HCM City authorities plan to include the location of public toilets on e-maps and improve toilet services in HCM City.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc approved a proposal yesterday for Việt Nam to host the 2019 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF).

 Amateur pianists aged six to 18 will take part in the annual VNAM Piano Festival 2016 to be held in Hanoi between July 15 and 17  at the Vietnam Academy of Music.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law on ratifying the Agreement between the Russian and Vietnamese Governments on cooperation in geological survey and production of oil and gas in Russia.

 More than 1,000 crown hopefuls have registered for Miss Viet Nam 2016 – the biennial national beauty contest, creating a lot of work for the judging panel.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia has conducted measures to ensure citizen protection following Cambodian forces’ arrest of 84 Vietnamese people on July 1.

 The Vietnamese Government has approved an agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders signed with the Republic of Cyprus.

 PV Gas South JSC and PVGazprom NGV - a joint venture between Vietnam and Russia, will join hands with each other in natural gas development in service of the transport sector under an agreement signed recently.

The National Assembly, the Government and offices still have a lot of works to do to put the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) into practice, and to create a new motivation for the nation during its integration process once the agreement is ratified.

 Vietnam will continue to attach importance to developing friendship and cooperation with its traditional friends, including Belarus, President Tran Dai Quang told Belarusian out-going Ambassador Valery Sadokho on July 5.

  Judicial officials from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea said at a conference in Hanoi that the two countries have achieved positive results in judicial cooperation since they began implementing specific activities in 2002.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the appearance of new products, Phu Quoc fish sauce, in Vietnamese thoughts, is still the most delicious among true fish sauce products. However, the industry is now facing big challenges.

  Economists are concerned that Viet Nam will find it difficult to meet this year's GDP growth target of 6.7 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers nationwide have improved their lives considerably by cultivating medicinal herbs, but over exploitation threatens their extinction.

VietNamNet Bridge – TEDx (Technology.Entertainment.Design), an annual international conference for youths in the U.S. and the UK with a message of “Ideas worth spreading”, will be held in HCMC from July 10 to 17. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has great potential in developing digital technology but it has not been able to achieve a great deal because of a lack of digital readiness. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister’s decision to close natural forests has raised people’s hopes that the Central Highlands’ forests would be protected.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Nga Nhi came first at the 2016 high-school entrance exam in Hanoi. She also earned top scores at the entrance exams to the three most prestigious high schools for the gifted in the capital city.

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Foreign investors are increasing their search for biomass power projects in Vietnam, a development encouraged by the country’s recent feed-in tariff system.

 Households around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake in the capital city of Hanoi will have their doors and balconies repainted to ensure they match the area’s natural beauty.

Article 292 recently stirred up controversy as it was stated that any services offered online or via telecommunication networks without prior permission would be deemed illegal.

 Staff at the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, the Ramsar site in Dong Thap Muoi (plain of reeds) in southern Long An Province, has just caught some lù đù fish (Sciaenidae).

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) on July 5 organised a regular press conference in Hanoi to clarify major issues in the first six months and highlight important events in the second half of this year.

 Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Deta province of Kien Giang is hosting a map and document exhibition, giving locals an insight into Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.