Eventful diplomatic activities took place in June with a string of overseas trips of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and President Tran Dai Quang to Japan, Russia, and Belarus.

 Built by the Nguyen Dynasty which reigned the country from 1802 to 1945, the former Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has recently ranked as one of seven leading tourist destinations of Vietnam in 2017.

 Boosting crude oil pumping and coal mining to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.7% in 2017 is forecast to face difficulties mainly due to low prices, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 The Finance Ministry asserts the collection of tax on Grab and Uber is fully compliant with prevailing tax regulations and many traditional taxi companies are still paying less than the fixed tax payable by the two foreign firms.

A psychiatric hospital in Belgium is home to one of the world's largest collections of human brains, which researchers say could hold the key to developing new treatments for diseases such as psychosis, schizophrenia ...

Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co Ltd, the operator of Dung Quat Oil Refinery, wants the Government to provide guarantee for its loans of US$1.26 billion needed for the second phase of the upgrading and expansion project of the refinery.

 Several companies have expressed keen interest in developing waste-to-power projects in HCMC given the high potential in the sector.

 IT recruiters will be seeking up to 350,000 programmers in 2018, a 20-fold increase compared to 2016, according to the Salary, Welfare and Trends.

“We have also pared back our full-year forecast from 6.4 per cent to 6 per cent growth in 2017, due to the country’s sluggish start in the first quarter,” HSBC noted in its Vietnam at a Glance Report.  

 More than half of Japanese companies are planning to raise the retirement age of their workforce, a Reuters poll shows, with many saying it would alleviate the country's labor shortage and harness ...

In spite of numerous failures, Singapore-based F&N Dairy Investments Pte., Ltd., has expressed its determination to own more stakes in Vinamilk via registering to buy an additional 14.5 million shares.

Facebook Inc is in early talks with several news publishers about how its social media site can better support subscription business models, the company's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, 

VietNamNet Bridge - The statistics on the number of private businesses released by state management agencies vary.

 The Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts Association has banned the Nam Huynh Dao Kung Fu School from participating in any competition with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores without official permission.

 South Korea has surpassed the US, the EU, and ASEAN for the first time to become Vietnam’s second-largest trade partner.

The Football for All in Viet Nam project, funded by the Football Association of Norway, won the NGO and Individual Category at the Dream Asia Awards 2017, presented by the Asian Football Confederation.

 An American man has died while undergoing liposuction at a clinic in HCM City local police said. 

 Many Japanese firms such as Mitsubishi, Maeda, Kajima, Sumitomo and Creed Group have made investments worth tens to hundreds of millions USD in the Vietnamese realty market within over the past year.

 Noise pollution in urban areas, mostly caused by traffic, factories and construction sites, has become more severe in recent years, affecting the quality of life.

Viet Nam’s Thai Son Nam are targeting the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship which starts today at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in HCM City, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces in the Mekong Delta have run out of sand for construction at a time when many key infrastructure works are in progress.

In a video clip that immediately sparked public outrage after being posted on Facebook late on Monday, a young woman was seen yelling, cursing and trying to physically attack a traffic police officer ...

 The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) can be a major catalyst for national growth, but few Vietnamese businesses have grasped the concept and its importance, officials and experts said at a seminar on Wednesday.

Vietnam has launched its first energy efficiency network in HCM City.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived at Pochentong airport in Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh on July 20 morning, beginning a State-level visit to Cambodia from July 20-22 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.