Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son welcomed Rudolf Huygelen, Director of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs’ cabinet in Hanoi on April 4.

 Adjustments to the draft Law on Management and Use of Public Assets were high on the agenda at the National Assembly full-time deputies’ meeting in Hanoi on April 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Southern provinces and cities have drawn up a plan for prevention of avian influenza A(H7N9) as requested by the Prime Minister, following several outbreaks in China.

HCM City Urban Environment Company workers spent Tuesday morning collecting dead fish and spreading chemicals to avoid possible pollution on the city’s Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal.

 Expenses for the launching of basic projects and constructions will be reduced by 100 per cent in the 2016-20 period, according to the Hanoi People’s Committee.

 Asanzo Viet Nam JSC plans to introduce its first smartphones this summer, ictnews.vn has reported.

 The HCMC government has plans to re-designate a lot of two-way downtown streets as one-way roads in an effort to reduce congestion at rush hour.

 Bad debt has re-emerged as an issue for the banking system as it might be three times higher than reported, says a Vneconomy report.

The IT sector has increasingly high demand for new staff as globalization has enabled foreign firms to set up shop in the country and local companies to expand cooperation with international partners. 

VietNamNet Bridge - China’s wooden furniture exports to the US and EU are declining, while Japan and South Korea are importing more from Vietnam.

The government’s announcement about the huge credit package of VND100 trillion to support hi-tech agriculture has caused concern among farmers, who are concerned that they will not be able to satisfy requirements to access the preferential loans.

 Nestled in a small quiet alley of the most bustling and busiest backpacker street Bui Vien, Goc Hanoi café offers a nostalgic and peaceful space for those who love tranquility.

Over 37% of apartment units put up for sale on the HCMC market are situated along Metro Line No.1 which connects Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Park in District 9, according to real estate consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

A project to develop a billion-dollar complex of universities in HCMC by Malaysia’s Berjaya Land Berhad has almost ground to a dead halt.

 Viet Nam, like the rest of the world, is now standing on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, work and relate to one another.

 Public Administration Performance Index report from UNDP indicates that corruption fight in public sector is losing steam.

 Among other new policies, EVN permitted to raise capital from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals.

 Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia, plans to partner up with a domestic firm to start an airline in Vietnam.

 Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University’s Vietnam-German Faculty of Medicine on Tuesday signed a contract of co-operation with Germany’s Klinikum Braunschweig Hospital on clinical training for medical students.

 The Vietnam National Coffee Corporation (VINACAFE) will begin equitisation in the third quarter of this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.

 Locals at Hoa Tien 2 Village in Da Nang City are accusing a local hot-dip galvanising factory of discharging untreated wastewater and killing the rice fields and livestock.

 About 281 staff at Vietnam Fatherland Front agencies in Hau Giang Province have submitted resignation letters because of low salaries.

 As many as 54% people said that they had to pay bribes in order to get a job at state-owned enterprises, according to a newly-released PAPI 2016 Report on April 4.

 Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler and supplier Robert Bosch [ROBG.UL] are teaming up to develop self-driving cars in an alliance aimed at accelerating the production of "robo-taxis".

 Vietnam posts trade deficit of $1.9 billion in Q1