Snap Inc, parent company of messaging and video app Snapchat, and NBCUniversal launched a joint venture studio on Tuesday to produce scripted shows and other genres to air on Snapchat.

 South Korean investigators raided the Seoul office of McDonald’s Corp on Wednesday, following a series of complaints that children fell ill after eating hamburger patties alleged to have been undercooked, 

 Foreign retailers continue to invest heavily in Vietnam, according to Navigos Search, opening up opportunities at all levels of employment.

 Despite predictions of falling prices in the buy-to-let housing segments in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City due to increased supply, as of now the segment remains one of the most profitable for investors.

Though Idemitsu Kosan has impressed Vietnamese with high-quality, friendly service, it will still meet difficulties to cement its position in the Vietnamese market, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - APEC 2017 will open many opportunities for businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, to access the broad market of member economies.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on Tuesday has finalised charges against Huynh Nam Dung, former management board chairman of Mekong Housing Bank (MHB), and sixteen accomplices.

Vietnam representative Huyen My and other contestants of the Miss Grand International 2017 showed off their curvaceous figures in the bikini contest on October 17.

 Vietnam’s appeal as a destination for foreign logistics providers is rising on the back of its expanding retail market.

 Vietnamese model Phi Phuong Anh has been listed among The Best Street Style from Seoul Fashion Week Spring ’18 on the US’s Vogue fashion magazine.

Hanoi will focus its foreign investment attraction on transport, logistics, healthcare, education, and waste treatment in a move to become a smart city in the future.

 Korean stars Lee Kwang Soo and Haha will have exchanges with Vietnamese spectators as part of the Korea-Vietnam Food & Culture Festival 2017 at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on October 27-29.

 Vietnam National University, Hanoi has maintained its 139th ranking and Vietnam National University, HCM City climbed five places to 142nd in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018.

 The current interest rate levels have been deemed appropriate for the time being, according to experts, and any attempt to further cut rates could impose unnecessary risks to Vietnam’s overall macro-economic stability in the medium term.

 The smoking rate in Vietnam has fallen four years after the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm was enacted, according to a report by the Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, has requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Finance to carry out the equitisation of Vinafood 2in accordance with the approved scheme.

 A romantic Bollywood film will be screened for free on Friday in Hanoi to promote Indian culture.

The health sector, medical institutions and governments across the country need to closely co-operate with the social insurance agency, which faces a huge deficit, to prevent abuse of the system,

The simplification of Viet Nam’s governance structure over the last decade or so has not resulted in significant changes in policy-making and macro-economic management.

The Government reported yesterday to the National Assembly that the macro economy remains stable, inflation is controlled under 4 per cent, and the annual growth target of 6.7 per cent is likely to be achieved. 

Artist Hoang Ha Tung has just returned from the Netherlands where he’d held a solo exhibition in the old city of Kampen, about 90km from Amsterdam. The exhibition displayed portraits of Dutch and Vietnamese farmers.

A 365-page tear-off calendar featuring images of dogs won first prize in a calendar design contest launched by the southern branch of the Viet Nam Publishers Association and the Book Street Company

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite of having only one well-known player in their line-up, Quang Nam FC are on the verge of winning the V.League title for the first time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will seek funds to relocate hundreds of households living in two communes of Ha Noi’s Chuong My District,

 Situated near the Mekong River, the Sa Dec flower village in the city of the same name is famous for its flowers that bloom all year round, thanks to its rich soil that is fertilised by the river’s alluvial deposits.