As part of a programme to create an agricultural supply chain by 2020, HCM City will build a safe supply chain each for vegetables, pork and seafood, open shops selling safe agricultural produce and develop brands for safe food markets.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed that the business and investment environment of Vietnam has been effectively supporting the development of enterprises, pointing a high number of startups and profitable firms. 

 The Government Office has launched a system to receive and give feedback to citizens’ petitions and recommendations related to policies and administrative procedure processing at http://nguoidan.chinhphu.vn.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Chairman of the National Committee on APEC 2017,signed a decision on April 3 on the completion of the committee’s personnel.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Phan Van Giang received Chief of Army of New Zealand Peter Kelly in Hanoi on April 3.

 The Government gives top priority to ensuring macro-economic stability and sustainable growth, according to Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung. 

Vietnam and Mongolia should exert more efforts to increase political trust, expand economic cooperation and closely coordinate at multilateral forums, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during a meeting with his Mongolian counterpart.

 Scores of decomposing cadavers were being released for burial on Monday as rescuers continued to search for victims of weekend flooding and landslides that devastated a city in southern Colombia, killing at least 273 people.

 Bob Dylan got the Nobel Literature prize-giving he wished for on Saturday, a Swedish broadcaster reported, finally receiving his diploma and medal in a private ceremony in Stockholm a world away from the media storm the award has generated.

 A blast in a St Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 11 people and injured 45 was carried out by a suspected suicide bomber with ties to radical Islamists, 

 $23,711 invested in high-tech Park, CJ Group looks to step up presence in Vietnam, Investment in startups rises 46%, Shipping route between Can Tho and Singapore to be launched soon

 A few years ago, visitors to Bat Trang pottery village in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district would be greeted by a thick layer of smoke emitted from the kilns.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts hope that Vietnam's dollar billionaires will spur the development of several business fields and open new value chains.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, Samsung launched 31 mobile phone models into the market, while Lenovo launched 26, ZTE 24 and Huawei 22.

Several coal thermal power plants are expected to be built in the Mekong Delta under the 2011-2020 plan for national power development. What are the options for energy development in Vietnam?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern metropolis’ breakneck urbanisation has turned much its surrounding agricultural land into urban space, both officially and unofficially. 

 Dao Xa village in Ung Hoa district, 50 km from the center of Hanoi, is famous for making musical instruments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba trao singing has been passed down for generations in the fishing villages of Nui Thanh District, in the central province of Quang Nam.

Public concern is once again inspiring changes to education programmes in schools, with calls for more sex education to be included in the curriculum so that children can better protect themselves from sexual abuse.

 Some 50 Vietnamese startups received $205 million in investment capital last year, a 25 per cent decline compared to 2015.

 Dozens of ceramic wares dating back up to the 14th century have been unearthed in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 Tonnes of jellyfish and seafood affected by last year’s Formosa toxic spill have not been destroyed in Ha Tinh Province’s Loc Ha District, and have started stinking, the e-newspaper Dan Tri reported.

 Vietnam and Japan should join hands to equip their UN peace-keeping forces with sufficient knowledge and experience to complete tasks in various area around the world.

 Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong attended the Governing Council meeting and the General Debate of the 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 2.

 Q1/2017: Export of agro-forestry-fishery products posted good increase