Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Laos’ Champasak province have agreed to further bolster their win-win partnership in various fields, especially economy.

 Vietnam has always attached importance to cooperation with the German state of Hessen and regards this as an example for relations between the country and foreign localities, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Vietnamese government will make efforts to complete a legal framework and policies to create a transparent, open and stable investment and business environment for foreign investors, including Japanese businesses, to succeed.

ThaiBev has been chasing Sabeco’s stakes for a few years. More than 10 investors have registered to buy Sabeco’s shares. Why are investors so interested in the Vietnamese beer manufacturer?

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has officially voiced its opposition to the Drang Phok hydropower project in the Yok Don National Park.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi students are nervous about the stiff competition for seats not only at schools for the gifted but also at state-owned high schools this year.

 Local listed firms remain hesitant to remove conditional business lines from their charter to lift foreign ownership limits.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the fresh-faced expat in Ha Noi the adjustment to Viet Nam’s pace of life can be overwhelming at times.

VietNamNet Bridge - Events during US President Obama’s visit to Vietnam helped promote many domestic brands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On May 10 the Viet Nam Competition Authority warned that the import tax on crude and refined edible oils, reduced from 3 per cent this month to 2 per cent, would be scrapped altogether in May 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of new books for children of Vietnamese and international authors will be released during the summer.

The long-delayed approval of an equitisation plan for the country’s largest state-owned shipping company, Vinalines, has again been set back, leaving foreign investors languishing in an investment dilemma.

Vietnam highly appreciates the US Senate’s approval of a draft resolution that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on May 31.

 The Song Da Joint Stock Company 11 was accused of mixing soil with concrete while laying a base for the 220kV-electric poles in Vu Ban District of northern Nam Dinh Province.

 The development and collapse of an underground karst cave caused a depression in An Tien Commune, My Duc District in Hanoi on April 2, experts said.

 Tens of thousands of Vietnamese workers will have opportunities to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) when the country re-opens its labour market to Vietnam from the middle of 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental protection in Ha Long Bay, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, remains difficult as large amounts of rubbish are generated by tourists and rubbish collection activity is not effective,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five students reportedly drowned in three districts of central Nghe An Province yesterday afternoon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health (MoH) on Sunday, May 29, confirmed that 2.2 tonnes of Vietfoods sausages, which had been confiscated by the Ha Noi Market Watch, were safe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two talented Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang are set to compete at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, heard a press conference on May 30 in Hanoi.

Besides “bun cha”, bia hoi and bun oc, two famous dishes of Hanoi, will appear in CNN’s culinary discovery program featuring well-known American chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain.

HCM City People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong is concerned that without suitable policies, foreign investors will dominate the retail market in the country in the near future.

 Vietnam Report 2035 shows that the current institutions of Vietnam are facing two major problems: creating barriers for autonomous operation of the private sector, weak capacity and low accountability.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After fewer than two years exploring seaplane service, Hai Au (Seagull) Airlines has incurred heavy losses and faces a threat of stopping operation.

 Child care, education, protection – strategic tasks: President, Laos assists Vietnamese victims of drought, saltwater intrusion, Traffic accidents kill 726 in May, Korean NGO helps Cao Bang farmers improve income