The Ho Chi Minh City police are investigating a complaint from a man that a foreigner stole more than 2.2 kg of gold he had kept in a car when he was changing a flat tire.

Pham Nguyen Foods, a known producer of choco pies and crackers in Vietnam, has received US$9.3 million from Mizuho Asia Partners Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Mizuho Financial Group, according to local media.

A government agency managing transport projects in the Mekong Delta has sought the Ministry of Transport's permission to borrow around 20 billion Japanese yen (US$185 million) from Japan to build a new bridge in the region, local media reported April 9.

Singapore's property developer Keppel Land Limited has subscribed for VND500 billion (US$22.07 million) worth of convertible bonds issued by Vietnamese real estate company Nam Long Investment Corporation.

Uncontrolled consumption of fast food and soft drinks has caused the number of diabetes patients in Vietnam to shoot up to a dangerously high level, with more and more children diagnosed with the disease, according to new data.

Canada, the world’s third largest pork exporter, is seeking to expand its market in Vietnam, where a growing middle class has driven demand for meat products. 

Australian agencies are finalizing procedures to allow Vietnamese exporters to ship mangoes into the market, said a source from the Vietnam Business Association.

Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh have arrested a local woman accused of colluding with three African men to swindle 80 Vietnamese women out of nearly US$70,000 in total.

At least 12 new apartment buildings and several older ones have not met fire safety requirements, putting thousands of lives at risk, according to Ho Chi Minh City's Firefighting Department.

Police in Hanoi has said they had arrested a Chinese man accused of running a huge online gambling ring after three years evading investigators in his country.