Many people across Vietnam are working to preserve folk painting genres which face extinction. 

 Vietnam and Ireland have been actively engaging in climate change adaptation activities and realising the UN sustainable development goals to build a green and peaceful world for future generations.

The Irish Government considers Vietnam an important partner in the region and wishes to enhance multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, President Michael D. Higgins has said. 

 State budget overspending will be reduced to below 3.5 percent of GDP by 2020, while public debts, government debts and the country’s foreign debts will not exceed 65 percent, 54 percent and 50 percent, respectively, of GDP annually in 2016-2020. 

 President Tran Dai Quang has sent a letter of thanks to his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, for freeing 17 Vietnamese fishermen and eliminating all related accusations since they had only entered the Philippine waters to avoid bad weather.

Vietnam and Cambodia should boost their solidarity, work together, and assist each other in the interests of their people, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Cambodia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Prak Nguon Hong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Tran Viet Anh visited the mountainous Ha Giang Province in March 2015 with friends, he had no idea that the trip would impact and change their lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology tells Tin tuc (News) that good intermediaries could facilitate transfer of advanced technology to end users.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New sedans are parked on the slope leading to Trieu Mui Mui’s house, which stands beside beautiful golden terraced paddy fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US social network Facebook and the search engine Google receive the biggest pieces of the Vietnamese online ad market, which has been growing rapidly in recent years.

 The Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco, Code: BHN) will soon seek shareholders’ written opinions on it listing on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) in the fourth quarter.

VietNamNet introduces the second part of the talk with expert Pham Viet Muon about enterprise restructuring policy in the past 30 years.

 The "Genting Dream" cruise ship will bring 3,500 tourists to Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port tomorrow at the start of a promotional tour of Vietnamese ports.

 The Republic of Korea’s Woori Bank on Monday held a launch ceremony to officially set up the wholly foreign-owned bank in Viet Nam.

Doctors at the HCM City Tumor Hospital yesterday completely removed a 35kg tumor from a woman’s ovary.

 The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) earned an estimated VND63.15 trillion in revenue in the first half of this year, achieving 50.6 per cent of the yearly target.

 The Best Street Style contest, part of the week-long Vietnam International Fashion Week, ended yesterday morning in Hanoi attracting hundreds of fashionistas to streets around the high-end Trang Tien Plaza mall.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday, it was testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates, a move that could pressure LinkedIn Corp's (LNKD.N) recruiting business. 

 Ten contracts and memoranda of understanding worth nearly VNĐ1 billion (US$44,800) have been signed between Vietnamese and South Korean businesses at an industry-trade-tourism fair which concluded on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several airlines from China have opened direct scheduled flights to HCMC to cash in on the rising number of Chinese travelers to the city.

“If students are not punished for their bad behavior, everything will get out of control. But if you punish students, you will be criticized by parents,” a teacher complained.

VietNamNet Bridge - Air and water pollution in HCM City has worsened, though the city has spent VND21 trillion a year on environmental activities.

A new farm produce preservation technology has been invented by scientists from the Hanoi University of Technology. 

The World Health Organization revised guidelines on antenatal care on Monday, saying pregnant women should have twice as many contacts with health providers - eight - as it recommended previously. 

Vietnamese startups often become a foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) after successfully raising funds from foreign investors. Coc Coc, Vntrip, Huy Vietnam, The KAfe and Wrap & Roll are just a few of them.