The US would continue working with Vietnam to lessen growingly adverse impacts of climate change, according to Todd Raymond Johnson, who is Forest and Climate Change advisor, the USAID Asia’s Office of Technical Services.

Switzerland's Novartis pledged to nearly triple its number of biosimilar drugs on the market by 2020, raising its bet that cheaper versions of blockbuster cancer and immune system medicines will snatch billions in rivals' profits. 

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drafting a law to specifically support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

 Search and rescue work was enhanced on June 19 in searching for nine missing crewmembers onboard the CASA-212 military aircraft, according to the Ministry of Defence.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has asked universities and institutes for Doctorate degree certification for a strict review of their syllabuses.

 A Vietnamese woman has given birth to her first child at the age of 53 with the help of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) after undergoing fertility treatment for ten years, said director of IVF Center of the Post office Hospital Nguyen Thi Nha.

Agencies and ministries in Vietnam have wasted huge amounts of public money on excessive numbers of new cars.

 The Ministry of Health set up an inspection team to test food safety on products made by Coca Cola Vietnam, said inspectorate chief Dang Van Chinh on June 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Baking hot temperatures have raised the forest fire warning in six provinces to level 5 – the extremely dangerous level, 

Thai investments are expected to continue growing across Vietnam thanks to the country’s improved business climate and new trade bloc windfalls.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs confirmed that it would comply with any government decision to transfer the management of the vocational training system to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Hanoi will have its own decree on developing tourism to 2020, targeting to welcome 30 million tourists, 5.7 million of which are international tourists, and earn VND120 trillion ($5.38 billion) in revenue.

Vietnamese marketing experts commented that US President Obama gave Habevo a golden opportunity to advertise its Bia Ha Noi (Hanoi beer) brand. But Habeco still cannot take full advantage of the opportunity.

Over recent years, padlocks attached to bridge railings as tokens of couples safeguarding their love have become commonplace in almost all parts of the globe from Paris to Moscow to China and the US.

 Local suppliers find blocks to supermarket access, Corporations divest VND 2,000 billion from non-core business, Business bemoans high wages and social insurance, Rice exports forecast to rise in final months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T scored the biggest win at the 12th round match of the V.League, returning to play after nearly one month off for the national teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New 3D books for children, issued by foreign publishing houses, are now available at bookstores around the country.

 Nearly 74,000 volunteers join Exam Season Support 2016, Deputy PM urges salt purchases to help farmers, Vietnam aims to promote human development in ethnic minority areas, Vietnamese culture highlighted in Czech Republic

 Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia's Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes.

 The central province of Binh Dinh has approved a plan to organize a major summer tourism festival which is slated to kick off at the central square of Quy Nhon City on June 22.

 Starbucks Corp has opened its fifth store in Hanoi, expanding its presence in Vietnam, one of the world's largest coffee-growing countries.

Literature on Hue Royal Architecture was recently honoured as a documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting in May.

Fire warnings were in place across three western U.S. states on Sunday as record-breaking heat threatened to feed wildfires that have blackened thousands of acres (hectares), especially in California and New Mexico.

 Nguyen Thi Huyen is Vietnam's second track-and-field athlete to be named as a member of the Vietnam national team to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.

 The Asian Tour will return to Vietnam next summer at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, according to the organisers.