The mid-term Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) 2017, the most expected event of the domestic business community, is set to take place in Hanoi on June 16. 

 Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung stressed improving the efficiency of public and foreign investment during a Q&A session at the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing third plenum in Hanoi on June 14. 

The 9th Vietnam-Russia Strategic Dialogue on Diplomacy-Defence-Security and the political consultation at deputy minister level between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and Russia took place in Hanoi on June 14.

The fifth annual International Maritime Congress recently held in Poland raised concern over the complicated developments in the East Sea issue, saying that they are directly linked with China’s maritime strategy. 

There has been no report on any Vietnamese citizen being the victim of a fire in Grenfell Tower in west London on June 14 (Vietnam time), according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK.

Having run for three months, a project titled “Vietnamese Fine Arts and Cultural Diplomacy” has successfully called on Vietnamese artists to donate their pictures for the country’s representative offices abroad. 

Le Hong Minh, CEO of VNG, stirred up the public at the Vietnam Game Summit 2017 when he said that he believes Vietnam would obtain $1billion in turnover from games in the next 10 years.

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VietNamNet Bridge - The number of residential quarters and real estate projects has been increasing rapidly, but water drainage systems and sluices have not expanded to meet demand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Teaming up with local airlines to set up a joint venture is expected to help Air Asia obtain a high aviation market share in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Major central pedagogy schools train only one-third of total students, while the number of students at local pedagogy schools is two to three times higher.

 Inflation this year is forecast at 2.6 per cent amid fluctuations in prices on world markets and adjustments in the cost of public services, according to the latest report from the government watchdog.

French singer and songwriter Joyce Jonathan held three live charity concerts in Viet Nam last week to raise funds for street children through the Poussières de Vie (Dust of Life) organisation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Emotional and psychotic disorders in Vietnamese children are increasing at an alarming rate, doctors have warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Nguyen Dung, 49, from HCM City, has donated blood on 62 occasions but cannot remember the exact year when he did so for the first time.

Trinh Minh Giang, chairman of Creative Start-up Group of Viet Nam Private Sector Forum, tells Hai Quan newspaper that the lack of human resources and market connections are major obstacles for start-ups

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang attracts large numbers of visitors in summer, thanks to a series of beautiful islands, particularly the most famous one, the Phu Quoc.

 PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the state-owned energy giant PetroVietnam, said it will sell a 49 percent stake late this year with priority given to strategic investors. 

 Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said her ministry will do its utmost to improve grassroots-level healthcare network as the government already approved a resolution on the plan.

 Capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals amounted to around US$1.8 billion in the first five months of the year, up a whopping 116.2% compared to the same period last year.

Thua Thien-Hue has now become Vietnam’s second locality after its neighboring Danang City to allow international cruise ships to keep their casinos and free-duty shops operational while at anchor there.

 Vietnam’s first art painting live show is expected to take place in Ho Chi Minh Television’s theatre on July 29 and the Pham Hong Minh, 1991, born in Binh Dinh will be the first artist to make it.

 District authorities said that it is difficult to encourage laborers in rural districts to take park in vocational training courses and it is more difficult to find suitable jobs for them.

 Around 30,000 Vietnamese farmers in 9 provinces in the country will be trained to use internet for their work by Google over the next three years.

 The Southwestern province of An Giang is blessed with beautiful landscapes and is home to numerous historical relic sites, particularly the Bay Nui (Seven Mountains) region which has great potential for spiritual tourism and ecotourism.