CJ CGV Vietnam, a subsidiary of Korean firm CJ Group, is planning to spend up to US$200 million expanding its cinema system in Vietnam.

Vietnam can obtain total export revenue of US$200 billion this year, up 13% versus last year, said Nguyen Phu Hoa, deputy head of the Export-Import Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Tourists staying in four to five-star hotels in HCM City can enjoy free fruits or fruit juices within a week starting from June 1 on the occasion of the Vietnam Fruit Week.

For the first time in years, the US is no longer the largest seafood export market of Vietnam as it is overtaken by Japan, says a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam has seen international arrivals this month growing over 30%, with some traditional visitor-generating markets even posting growth of over 50%, shows data of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The HCM City Department of Tourism has suggested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism relax the requirements for issuing accreditation cards for tour guides who can speak foreign languages.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a license for BIDV - SuMi TRUST Financial Leasing Company (BSL), the country’s first Vietnam-foreign finance leasing joint venture.

Ba Huan Company inaugurated a high-tech poultry egg packaging plant covering two hectares in Hanoi’s outlying district of Phuc Tho on April 15.

The pearl crown which will be awarded to Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 is worth VND3.2 billion (US$140,000), according to the organizing committee of the pageant.

Five popular comedians from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK have arrived in town to join the Magners International Comedy Festival to be held at the Caravelle Saigon in HCMC’s District 1 tonight at 8 p.m.