VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee exporter, after Brazil. However, Vietnam’s coffee export value remains moderate as exports are mostly coffee beans, or unprocessed coffee.

New President of the Vietnam - Thailand Business Council, Mr. Sanan Angubolkul, shares his thoughts with VET on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The TPP will allow investors from 11 foreign countries to provide tour operator services in Vietnam for the first time, raising concerns among local travel companies about losing out in their home market to foreign rivals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The AHF band has become famous among both young and old audiences in the central province of Binh Dinh for their memorable performances.

Eighty-six per cent of wage workers in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sector are at high risk from automation, according to the ASEAN in Transformation report from the International Labor Organization, released recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government late last month announced the results of a preliminary investigation into the massive fish deaths in four central provinces of Viet Nam, with Formosa being the culprit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate is collecting opinions from Ministries and sectors to fine-tune the draft revised anti-corruption law.

 Ly Hoang Nam will kick off Vietnam’s three-day Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia-Oceania zone campaign against Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand at the National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi today.

  A new online portal will enable Vietnamese people living overseas to learn Vietnamese via the Internet, following a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Pham Tat Thang, a senior researcher at the Trade Research Institute under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, speaks to the Hai Quan Newspaper about challenges facing the country’s primary industry in the first six months of 2016.

Foreign experts around the world have voiced their support for a diplomatic settlement in the East Sea following the final ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague against China.  

 About 1,000 artists from several Southeast Asian countries will perform at a festival in Dong Ha City in the central Quang Tri Province from July 18 to 25.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tan Thinh, deputy director of the Department of Public Asset Management under the Ministry of Finance, speaks to Vietnamnet online about the future sanctioning mechanism regarding public wastage.

 Many Vietnamese retailers are coping with a slew of problems with high retail rental and tax policy but they remain confident in their competition with foreign rivals, according to a recent survey.

 Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk)'s products would be sold in the United States after they were displayed at the Summer Fancy Food Show.

Vietnam enjoyed their third win in a row at the ASEAN Football Federation U-16 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. 

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh repeated Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea issue at the regular press conference in Hanoi on July 14.

 Goasean, the first ASEAN travel channel, has suggested four Vietnamese dishes to try when travelling to HCM City.

 Construction workers are moving an 800-tonne building 40 metres from its original location in the central Nghe An Province.

 Fish have died en masse in farming cages in the central Thua Thien Hue Province, causing distress to farmers who fear they have lost all the money they invested.

US hospital ship USNS Mercy, a Japanese Navy ship of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, JSDS Shimokita, and the Vietnam People’s Navy ship Khanh Hoa docked at Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port to begin Pacific Partnership 2016.

 Vietnam’s team won six medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2016, according to the Department of Educational Testing and Accreditation under the Ministry of Education and Training.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on July 15 presented the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia to the outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander.

 The 2016 technology and equipment market (Techmart) will be held from September 28 to October 10 at Hanoi Museum.

 An A320 CEO Sharklet airplane touched down at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15, ready to make its maiden commercial flight in Vietnam as part of Jetstar Pacific’s fleet.