President Tran Dai Quang asserted that Vietnam always treasures and prioritises developing its comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia at a meeting with Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko in Moscow on June 28.

The Ministry of Public Security has deployed synchronous measures to curb the increase of crime in the first six months of this year, heard a press conference in Hanoi on June 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hidehiro Irisawa has resigned as head coach of the national women’s volleyball team after just four months.

Vietnam and Russia hold great potential for bilateral cooperation based on time-honoured relations, said Grigory Trofimchuk, head of the expert council of the Eurasian ideas foundation. 

President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Moscow on June 28 afternoon, starting his four-day official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on June 28 to kick off the review and update of Vietnam’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) which are meant to realise the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The government will offer all possible support to businesses, start-ups and create jobs to workers, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

 Delegates to a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 raised concern about the lack of highly-skilled IT workforce in the country. 

The Communist Party of Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening relations with the People’s Action Party of Singapore on the basis of ensuring national interests for the sake of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Every summer season, lotus ponds next to West Lake are a meeting place for a lot of Hanoians who want to relax and cool off.  

Though the APG submarine cable broke twice in six months, Vietnam Internet Association’s (VIA) secretary general Vu The Binh said that APG has helped improve security and provisioning capability for Vietnam’s internet.

The government has instructed local authorities to evacuate people from landslide-stricken areas to safe places for resettlement. However, with hundreds of thousands of households affected by landslides, it has become a difficult task.

Having been in Vietnam for a long time, foreign online travel agents (OTAs) now dominate the market, but analysts believe there are still opportunities for Vietnamese OTAs.

While the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has said that adding swimming to the official curricula is necessary, parents are protesting the plan, saying that this would burden students.

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Doctor Nguyen Chien Quyet completed his first surgery as lead surgeon last Wednesday, performing a hernia operation on a four-year-old Mong ethnic boy, at Bac Ha District General Hospital

Senior Economist Dr. Vo Tri Thanh talks about the government’s work on macroeconomic policy during its first year.

The Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) recently opened its first branch in Myanmar, according to Lao Dong newspaper.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has ordered the extension of initial public offering (IPO) and adjustment of value of enterprises for equitising Viet Nam Southern Food Corporation’s (Vinafood 2).

Landslides hit two districts of the southernmost province of Ca Mau on Tuesday, damaging four households and incurring losses of some VNĐ700 million (US$30,800).

The Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Management Department will officially launch online invitation and guarantee procedures for Viet Nam-based agencies, organisations and enterprises applying for Vietnamese visa for foreigners on July 1.

 The auto industry in Vietnam is still very small, which is the reason why global auto component suppliers have not made their full presence in the market, the Automotive Working Group (AWG) said.

 Glyphosate, an herbicide and the active ingredient in Monsanto Co's popular Roundup weed killer, will be added to California's list of chemicals known to cause cancer effective July 7, 

Vietjet conducted many important business activities in May, including the reception of three new aircraft, the launch of new international routes and the increase of frequencies of international flights.

VietNamNet Bridge - Medical tourism can bring huge incomes to countries, but it has not been properly exploited in Vietnam.