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Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it will relaunch the world's longest commercial flight in October, a journey of almost 19 hours from the city-state to New York, but it will not be available to economy travellers.

Standard Chartered Bank seminar hears that country's young population, steady economic growth, and SOE equitization lay behind appeal.

Switzerland’s leisure airlines Edelweiss, an affiliate of the Swiss International Airlines, has announced direct flights to HCM City.

A National Assembly deputy in Kien Giang Province have asked the government to provide more detailed information about the failure of overseas state-owned enterprise investment projects.

Vietnam’s consumer price index inched up 0.55 percent in May, the highest monthly increase since 2012, according to the General Statistics Office.

The authorities of Gia Lai Province have granted licenses to 10 projects with total capital of VND5trn (USD200m) with the investors from HCM City after a successful inter-provincial conference on May 28.

The capital city of Hanoi attracted $860 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of 2018, said director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen.

Cross-ownership in banks has decreased sharply after the banks recently changed their top leaders at the 2018 annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) to meet the central bank’s new regulation.

Laguna Lang Co, one of Asia’s largest integrated resorts with international hospitality operator Banyan Tree as its managing partner, was recently issued a casino license by the Vietnamese Government.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on May 25 that it is launching an investigation into cold-rolled steel in coils or cut lengths originating in or exported from China, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam.

Collaborative robotics company sees major opportunities in Vietnam's electronics sector.

Vietnam is working hard to build a constructive and upright government to serve people and businesses, while focusing on completing institutions, improving governance capacity, and bringing more opportunities to all enterprises, including investors from Europe, said Prime Minister Nguyen

The number of Bitcoin investors in Vietnam has doubled in just one year, to 60,000 in 2018 from 30,000 in 2017.

The European Union (EU) market was the largest export market of Vietnamese shrimp in the first quarter of this year, according to Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.

Import turnover from China reached USD250bn while the export turnover was only USD100bn from 2013 to the first quarter of 2018, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The FLC Group’s Bamboo Airways plans to open 24 domestic routes and 16 international routes by 2023.

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 increased by VND500 to VND19,940 (USD0.87) per litre on May 23 following a joint decision of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Thirty Vietnamese businesses will showcase their products at the THAIFEX-World of Food Asia which is set to run from May 29 to June 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.