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Multiple laws will be amended to impose harsher sanctions against drunk drivers, even though the National Assembly (NA) has failed to pass any regulations on penalties for this behavior in the draft law on fighting the harmful effects of beer and alcohol, NA General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc said at a press conference on June 10.

The Ministry of Transport has refused a proposal to allow foreign airlines' flights bound for Vietnam to stop over at a local airport before flying on to a final destination.

Shrinking rice and tra fish exports to China, a major consumption market for Vietnam, have dropped prices of the two items in the local market.

The Ministry of Construction's statistics on the total real estate inventory value is incorrect as the inventories of many property enterprises are not fully taken into account, according to the HCMC Real Estate Association (HoREA).

As many as 18 domestic and foreign venture funds attending the Vietnam Venture Summit 2019, which opened in Hanoi yesterday, have committed a total of US$425 million for Vietnamese startups over the next three years.

The undersupply of pigs, triggered by the rapid-fire spread of African swine fever (ASF) in the nation, has driven up live-pig prices in Dong Nai Province, HCMC and Hanoi over the past five days to VND35,000-VND41,000 per kilogram.

European stocks traded higher Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump told CNBC that immediate tariffs would be imposed on a further $300 billion of Chinese goods if President Xi does not attend this month’s G-20 meeting.

Polluted water, little investment in treatment and overdependence on international rivers could drag Vietnam’s GDP down by 6 percent, a study shows.

HCMC - In the year to end-May, credit growth was recorded at 5.74% against the same period last year, mainly going to production and business activities and priority sectors as required by the Government, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).