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A customer from Hanoi's Cau Giay District has filed a complaint with the National Citizen Bank twice after an employee cheated her out of nearly VND8.7bn (USD382,000).

The central province of Quang Nam held a conference on March 26, calling for investments in the automobile support industry, garment-textile, and entertainment services in coastal areas, hi-tech agriculture, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Domestic and foreign investors have registered to pour VND86 trillion ($3.86 billion) into 25 projects in central highlands provinces between now and 2020, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the shrimp sector to achieve export value of USD10 billion by 2025; however, it won’t be easy for the sector to reach the ambitious target.

News about forest devastation cases occurring throughout the country have appeared in newspapers recently. Deforestation has also been a hot item on the agenda of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee.

Vietnamese agriculture, battling to retain confidence among consumers, is losing market share across the agriculture and food spectrum, once considered its unbreakable home turf.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam surged to US$7.71 billion in the first quarter of 2017, exceeding the amount during the same period in 2016 by 91.5 per cent.

Airtravel agent in Vietnam said they had received notices from Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific Airlines that the fares would be raised.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the establishment of a new program that will trace specific fish and fish products from harvest to entry into the US markets.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that Vietnam will halt importing poultry meat from 21 Brazilian meat processing companies starting from March 23, following a rotten meat scandal.

Rental prices for many shops in Hanoi have started to fall following the city’s fight against pavement encroachment.

Vietnam is among the leading countries in Asia investing in infrastructure even thought it is one of the smallest economies in the region, according to Bloomberg.

Mapletree Investments Pte, Ltd., a Singapore-owned real estate developer, on March 22 saw its first office tower in Vietnam inaugurated by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

The 100 Vietnam Best Places to Work 2016 list has just been released by Anphabe. Unilever was again voted by its employees as the best place to work, for the fourth time in a row.

Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa has announced that State management towards Uber solely aims to ensure that the transportation company’s operations in Vietnam comply with regulations.

The Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has announced that India officially eliminates the temporary ban on importing six Vietnamese agricultural products, including coffee beans, bamboo sticks, black pepper, cinnamon, beans and dragon fruit, according to the Vietnamese

Local authorities in Vietnam have warned about the large import of meat from Brazil following a recent rotten meat scandal in the South American country.

Vietnam spent up to USD194 million on fruit and vegetable imports between January and March 15 this year, equal to around an average USD2.9 million per day.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can enjoy a financial aid package worth a total of approximately VND560 billion for 2017, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.