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Vietnam’s total retail sales and services revenue reached VND1,430 trillion (US$63.4 billion) in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%, officials said.
Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a bronze medal at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis in the US on June 6.
Vietnam Women’s Grandmaster Nguyen Thi Mai Hung won a gold medal at the Asian Individual Blitz Women Chess Championship, which closed in Uzbekistan on June 4.
Bui Huy Thong of Vietnam and his teammate, Azhar Mohd Noor from Singapore, triumphed in the first round of the Asia Road Racing Championship’s Asia Dream Cup, on June 5 in Japan.
Vietnam on June 5 came from behind to beat Singapore to win the bronze medal at the Nations Cup in the U21 competition in Malaysia.
Nguyen Thi Anh Vien set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the women’s 400m freestyle event, with a time of 4min 7.96sec.
Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang brought their gold medals home after winning in the finals of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge on May 5 in Hanoi.
Coach Mai Duc Chung has called 26 players to prepare for the coming ASEAN Women’s Football Championship next month in Myanmar.
Nguyen Thi Tu Anh scored a double to help Vietnam earn a bronze medal at the AFC U14 Girls’ Regional Championship for the ASEAN zone on June 5 in Vientiane, Laos.
Export enterprises and commercial banks welcomed the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s decision to allow credit institutions to resume provision of foreign currency loans two months after it was banned.