Vietnam’s tuna exports to Japan have dropped for four consecutive years since 2013 partly due to high import tariff at 6.4 percent – 7.2 percent.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant ministries to remove all obstacles, including existing mechanisms and policies, to mobilise capital from all possible sources for transport infrastructure projects.

 Economic restructuring outcomes so far remain modest and have yet to create favourable conditions to shift to a good growth model, according to the 2016 Vietnam economic report of the National Economics University. 

 The domestic market remained stable on March 16 after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its interest rates for the second time in three months, with the USD/VND exchange rate declining. 

 The Government of Australia and the Ministry of Education and Training jointly organised a workshop to review the Australian online education quality assurance tool developed to support APEC economies.

 Picking up music lessons at age nine, it took Hung a long time to play on his own. In 2013, Hung decided to become a professional music composer.

 Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam held talks with Cambodian Minister of State at the Interior Ministry Ouk Kimlek in Phnom Penh on March 16, discussing cooperation in ensuring security in their respective countries.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for closer coordination of Laos in preventing cross-border crimes, such as drug trafficking, and ensuring security along the shared border.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that Japan will become the largest investor of Vietnam in the near future.

 Broken tailing pond leads to mass fish deaths in north-central Vietnam, Tourism to become HCM City’s key economic sector, Additional trains to run during coming holidays, Massive VN war mine forum meets

VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Long Bay, attracting over 3 million domestic and foreign visitors each year, has to bear tons of garbage and tens of thousands of cubic meters of untreated waste water each day.

The lack of customer confidence, payment solutions and information transparency all have prevented e-commerce from booming, with only 17 percent of the population buying online.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students from poor families face many difficulties, but their success at school shows they also have the potential for high achievements.   

 Ms. Duong Thuy Dung, Director, National Business Line Leader, at CBRE Vietnam, tells VET about the prospects for Vietnam's real estate market and M&A activities in the sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan’s Linux Professional Institute (JPI) Evolable Asia company and Da Nang’s Dong A College have established an information technology (IT) human resource training programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 150 athletes in 16 teams from 14 cities and provinces across the country are competing for gold in the National Club Championships in sepak takraw (kick volleyball).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and German artists will perform together in a show featuring Italian Songbook by Hugo Wolf in Ha Noi on March 17 &18.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP) on Wednesday ordered full investigations on a 76-year-old man from Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province who is facing allegations of child sexual abuse, following public uproar. 

Local markets gain marginally, await US Fed announcement, Business expo to boost ASEAN-Africa trade, Seaprodex's capitalization up 50% in three sessions, Nidec says to pour more capital into HCMC

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced the imposition of a high border tax after concluding that cheap Chinese steel ingots and long steel products are flooding the Vietnamese market and causing irreparable harm to the segment.

A cultural and tourism promotion programme “Quang Binh in the land of Hanoi” will be launched in Hanoi’s downtown on March 25.

 Da Nang tops PCI ranking for 4th consecutive year

 The Airbus Foundation and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines jointly have carried 31 kidney dialysis machines and medical equipment to Hanoi Nephorology Hospital.

 The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) will continue close and effective cooperation with the Lao People’s Army to help strengthen the two countries’ special relations, Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the VPA Phan Van Giang said.

 The outcomes of provincial anti-corruption efforts in 2016 did not meet the real demand or match the Party and State’s resolve, the Government Inspectorate (GI) has found.