Ministry responds to World No Tobacco Day, Fire destroys squid fishing vessel in Quang Nam, Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign held in 93 poor districts, Da Nang exhibition showcases disabled kids’ paintings

VietNamNet Bridge - Some experts have proposed allowing foreigners to buy condotels in Vietnam to attract the foreign cash flow. 

More than 10 years ago, HCMC began applying a series of measures to fight against floods and improve the environment, worth trillions of dong. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Forty people in Da Nang’s high-quality human resources development program (Program 922) have refused jobs offered to them. 

Two eighth-grade schoolboys from Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi have won first prize at the city’s 2018 science and technology creativity competition for secondary school students, and a second national prize.

 The Mang ethnic minority people live in served mountain districts in Lai Chau province. Like other ethnic groups, they have upheld traditional customs and practices for generations while absorbing modern cultural trends.

Gia Thuy commune, Nho Quan district, northern Ninh Binh province, is famous for the over 50-year-old pottery village, which still preserves traditional cultural values.

 With a market of 93 million people, Vietnam has seen rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering great opportunities for the sector to expand, experts have said.

 The ministers of transport, environment, education and social affairs will be the main answerers of questions about issues within their remit raised by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the ongoing fifth meeting of the 14th-tenure parliament.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said Vietnam treasures its cooperation with the European Union (EU) and expressed his hope that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will be signed soon.

 Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 32.15 points to close at 931.75 points on May 28.

 A press conference took place in Hanoi on May 28 to introduce the Vietnam Blockchain Summit, themed “from technology to policy”, which was slated for June 8.

 Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has bid farewell to local officials and friends before returning home and concluding his mission in the US in late June 2018.

 Vietnam values its comprehensive partnership with the US and considers the country an important partner in its foreign diplomacy, President Tran Dai Quang said.

 The High-level People’s Court in HCMC on May 28 opened a trial to review the case in which Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, an ex-official of Vietinbank, was charged with swindling to appropriate $43.8 million of five companies.

 The operation efficiency of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) during 2011-2016 had yet to match the resources they were holding, according to a report delivered to the National Assembly on May 28. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 28 for Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, during which they highly evaluated the fruitful development of bilateral relations in recent years.

Che com (sweetened green rice), Che hat sen (sweet lotus seed), and Che khuc bach (pudding) are some of the delicious sweet soups you should not miss while visiting Vietnam in the summer.

Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties marked in HCM City, Prime Minister pledges more support in training to Laos, Lawmakers suggest renewing State management methods, Ambassador highlights Vietnam-Japan cooperation prospects

 Vietnamese cueist Tran Quyet Chien jumped 8 spots to 10th place in the latest World Union of Billiards (UMB)'s three-cushion rankings.

 Ten hamlet in Thai Nguyen province has become an attractive destination to tourists interested in exploring the Mong culture.

With her collection "Black Moon Lighting”, Tuyet Le has become the first Vietnamese designer to win first prize at the Global Short Film Awards Festival as part of Cannes Film Festival in France.

 In what will be a first for the city, an exhibition of nude photography will open in early July in Hanoi.

 Hanoi can be proud to be the city with the most readers in Vietnam. Many new bookstores are popping up, and old ones have always attracted readers who collect antique and rare books or just like to be reminded of the good old days.

 Vietnam's economy grew rapidly and comprehensively last year, according to a government report presented at the ongoing session of the National Assembly.