The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) wants to maintain and enhance relations with the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), creating an important political base for a bilateral rapport.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has described the official visit to Vietnam by Lao Vice President Phankham Viphavanh as a significant contribution to deepening traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting in Hanoi on July 11 with Lao Minister and Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Office Phet Phomphiphack, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The 50th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on July 11, with the aim to discuss preparations for the first session of the 14th legislature slated for July 20. 

The biggest environmental scandal ever in Vietnam by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corporation has caused foreign firms doing business here to be more concerned with regards to environmental protection issues.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Vietnam’s southern provinces will be amazed by monasteries built with the curved roofing technique and unique architecture amidst palm trees.

VietNamNet Bridge - The threat to Son Tra Peninsula and the red shanked douc in Son Tra is uncontrolled tourism development.

VietNamNet Bridge - New powers have appeared in the home appliance & digital product market after merger and acquisition (M&A) deals, creating new alliances.

The Bach Khoa Anti-virus Center (BKAV), the nation’s leading internet security firm, has warned that it has found hidden links on many websites with the domain name ‘.gov.vn’, websites run by government agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Thua Thien – Hue provincial Education and Training Department has asked the police to conduct an investigation into a video clip ridiculing the national high-school finals on the internet.

People will be allowed to record traffic violations for the first time, in an attempt to increase road safety awareness.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s economic growth in 2016 will be affected by many factors. General Director of the Viet Nam Statistics Office, Nguyen Bich Lam, speaks to business news website BNEWS

 At the weekend, some streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter are full of the sights and sounds of folk performances, attracting large crowds of visitors. These street shows contribute to promoting Vietnam’s traditional culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The adoption of a one-door mechanism at civil judgement enforcement agencies must be expedited across the country to allow online applications for enforcement in the coming period, officials said.

 Viet Nam should raise policies to encourage the development of affordable rental housing in an effort to resolve the severe shortage of housing for low-income earners, experts said.

 Heat wave continues in northern, central regions, Vietnam participates in ASEF Editors’ Roundtable in Mongolia, Hanoi, Seoul eye cooperation expansion, Photo exhibition on East Sea opens in Seoul

 Vietnamese online hotel booking start-up vntrip.vn on Monday said it got US$3 million from a group of foreign investors led by Fenghe Group and Hancock Revocable Trust.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has selected Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE) for the provision of Airbus A320, A350 and Boeing 787 pilot training services under a 10-year agreement.  

 The “Feel Japan in Vietnam” festival will feature popular symbols of Japanese culture, Hello Kitty, Geisha and Ninja, in HCM City this week.

 Vietnam won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the ongoing Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships’ team events in Thailand.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance at the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Ulan Bator, Mongolia from July 15-16 aims to push the realisation of ASEM initiatives.

 Vice President Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted an official welcome ceremony for standing member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee Phankham Viphavan on an official visit to Vietnam in Hanoi on July 11.

 Prime Minister of Romania Dacian Ciolos began his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 11.

 Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on July 11 worked with the police in Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla on protection procedures for 15 fishermen who have been detained at the provincial police headquarters since July 8.

 Five Malaysian fishermen were rescued by their Vietnamese counterparts on July 9 after nine days drifting on their boat at sea from July 1.