Ninh Thuan will compile a dossier on the Cham people’s traditional craft of pottery to apply for UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

 The Government Inspectorate has announced the inspection of overseas trips during 2012-2016 period from several ministries and localities.

 A large number of cashew companies in Vietnam have ceased operations after failing to compete with bigger competitors from in and outside the country according to the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

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The draft decree on managing the distribution industry stipulates that supermarkets and shopping malls must reserve at least 30 percent of stalls for products from Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two new hydropower projects, including Lao Pak Beng and Cambodian Sambor, on the upper course of the Mekong River have increased the risks for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese are no longer buying locked iPhones, while smartphone shops do not want to sell this item.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is building up a plan on removing the governing mechanism to be applied on a trial basis at three universities. 

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Thi Chi is busy with various activities at the ongoing Miss Asia World 2018 pageant in Lebanon.

A group of young Vietnamese people are revelling the festive atmosphere of the global phenomenon that is the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

 Vietnam Kids Fashion Week 2018 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on June 22-26 with the participation of more than 150 kid models.

Le Thanh Van, a standing member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Committee talks to the newspaper Tien Phong on the need to highlight the idea of transparency in the Law on Anti Corruption. 

 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".