Many Korean beauty brands are looking to expand their operations to tap into the fast-growing Vietnamese market.

HCM City has earmarked 665ha of land by 2020 to upgrade existing hospitals and build new facilities so that they can cope with the relentless overcrowding, according to its Department of Health.

The amount of foreign currency sent home annually by Vietnamese workers in other countries is estimated at US$3 billion on average, heard a policy consultation workshop.

Vietnamese companies are dominating the cooking oil market despite the presence of big foreign brands. 

 The Central Inspection Commission has asked Ninh Binh Province to report about 11 huge projects in 2006-2011 period which have seen inflated costs.

 A Philippine tourist has been rescued while losing his way in Son Tra forest in the central coastal city of Danang.

 The number passengers on public buses in Hanoi has decreased by 93 million over the past five years.

 Experts have warned that the momentum of Vietnam's economic growth has not really come from increased labour productivity. 

 A kite festival with more than 50 kites of many designs and colours recently took place in the central city of Da Nang within this year’s Da Nang – Summer Destination event.

 Trade Remedies Authority of Viet Nam, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), has started receiving dossiers for the first review of anti-dumping duties on some H-shaped steel products imported from China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants to enhance co-operation with the international community to promote renewable energy, invest in new technologies and implement projects for environmental protection, 

 Enhancing regional connectivity is the key to fulfilling the tourism potential of the Central Highlands, according to the Government’s master plan on tourism development for the period through 2020.

 The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a "cesspool of political bias".

 Officials of Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) lauded the upbeat outcomes brought about by the EAEU – Vietnam free trade agreement in more than one year and a half since it took effect.  

HCM City leader receives foreign military attache delegation in Vietnam, Vice President apprises Vĩnh Long voters about NA session, NA Chairwoman helps Can Tho voters understand special zone law

 A new musical based on the life of Michael Jackson is set for a run on Broadway in 2020.

 Facebook has been ordered by a UK high court judge to reveal who told it to delete the profile of a jazz musician and his band, six months after he died.

 MobiFone has sent messages to its customers announcing that the operator stopped providing services with e-wallet Vimo from June 7.

 The US Department of State has hosted a farewell ceremony for Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh on the occasion of the end of his term in the US. 

 An array of cultural activities will be held in the framework of the Vietnam Family Festival on June 22 to mark the National Family Day (June 28), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi began to hear the appeals of Dinh La Thang and his accomplices in the case involving PetroVietnam’s contribution of VND800 billion to the OceanBank.

 The World Cup is finally here again. Vietnamese people are just as in love with the sport as any other country, and many people’s lives will revolve around the ball for the next month.

A smart mattress that helps the elderly change posture and direction is one of three winning projects in the Engineering Projects in the Community Service Programme, launched in January by USAID.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese livestock companies believe that foreign-invested enterprises are involved in the current pork price escalation, and that “the livestock industry may fall into foreigners’ hands just in one or two years”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has put forward a proposal to inoculate children against measles from the age of sixth months instead of the current ninth months.