Vietnam’s inflation this year is forecast to reach 2.6 percent barring fluctuations of prices on world markets and adjustment in the cost of public services, the National Financial Supervisory Commission reported on June 12.

 The HCM City Centre for Enterprises Support and Development is offering start-ups free space to run their companies.

Traffic police and authorities in HCM City are concerned about low road safety awareness of road users, which results in a large number of traffic accidents in the city.

 The 14th National Assembly began question and answer (Q&A) sessions as part of its ongoing third meeting in Hanoi on June 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - A sudden downpour hit Hanoi during morning peak hour today, June 13, flooding many streets. 

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, killing one woman and rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to ...

 Britain's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said its mobility services business, InMotion Ventures, would invest $25 million in U.S. ride services company Lyft Inc to help develop and test technology for self-driving cars.

Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick is likely to take a leave of absence from the troubled ride-hailing company, but no final decision has yet been made, 

 Industry 4.0 poses great challenges to ASEAN, including Vietnam, First container of Vietnam’s ngao oysters shipped to Italy, Central Highlands not to expand rubber area, Gangwon businesses promote Korean investment in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - Sorting waste at the source and recycling are two of the solutions being implemented in HCMC to control issues posed by garbage dumping.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of students from the HCMC Information Technology has invented Umind, a virtual assistant which can listen, understand and respond in Vietnamese. It can give strong support to elderly drivers and to the disabled.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s training in mathematics at universities remains poor, according to many mathematicians. 

Many transactions worth millions of dollars have been made recently, stirring up the stock market. The common characteristic of the deals was that they were made by female investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chu Thi Boi never thought that one day she would be on stage, singing then and playing a dan tinh to an audience of hundreds.

The northern province of Bac Giang’s People’s Committee has asked authorities in Son Dong and Luc Ngan districts to take measures to better manage and protect forests in the localities.

Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Việt Nam and neighbouring countries, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national housing development strategy targets having 12.5 million square metres of social and affordable housing by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Vu Anh Tai is a well known man now, especially after his recent selection as one of the nation’s role models.

An exhibition featuring works by famed overseas Vietnamese artist Van Duong Thanh is on display at the National Village Museum located in Bucharest, Romania.

A collection of posters by HCM City students with the theme of Vietnamese youth wishing for a peaceful world is on display at the War Remnants Museum.

Community-based tourism, unique lifestyles and traditional cultural values offer major potential for development in the centre of Viet Nam and its Central Highlands, 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed relevant ministries and agencies to strengthen drug prevention and control to ensure reduction in supply, use and attendant evils.

Quang Nam, RoK’s Gwangyang city ink cooperation deal, PM asks for efforts to reduce drug supply, demand and impact, Almost one third of communes recognised as new-style rural areas

Authorities in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat are taking measures to deal with the rising numbers of shopping scams targeting tourists.

 The chairman of HCM City Nguyen Thanh Phong has criticised three projects that remain uncompleted after a decade.