Hydro-meteorological cooperation with China essential, Southern fruit festival to shine in June, PM gives nod to hi-tech biotechnology park in Dong Nai, US Peace Corps to set up English teaching programs in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Compared with other countries in the region, Vietnam has outstanding consumer potential and new opportunities, which will help stimulate capital to flow from the US to Vietnam.

After years of feeble attempts, Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest electronic component manufacturer, advanced its investment commitment in Vietnam by acquiring Microsoft’s smartphone factory in Bac Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farming Kindergarten, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architecture Company, has been listed as one of the top 30 architectural designs in terms of aesthetics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has announced a blacklist of incompetent contractors that failed to meet major requirements and will therefore have fewer opportunities to win bids.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Right after buying Big C - the biggest supermarket chain in Viet Nam - for more than US$1 billion, Thai’s Central Group allegedly requested higher rates of discount from Vietnamese suppliers.

HCM City committed to create all possible business conditions for US firms as well as international investors for the benefit of both enterprises and the city.

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working visit to Japan from May 26-28 looks to further enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries.

 The international circus festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue between May 28 – June 4, attracting 11 troupes from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Ukraine and Vietnam.

 The Japanese Government announced a non-refundable emergency aid worth $2.5 million for Vietnam to address drought and saltwater intrusion consequences in the central and Mekong Delta regions.

 The ongoing landmark visit of US President Barack Obama to Vietnam continues to make headlines on regional and international media, on May 24.

 Vietnam and the US have issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of the visit by US President Barack Obama to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

Stability, security and development in Vietnam – China land border areas have been promoted as a result of the implementation of three bilateral legal documents on the land border, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - US President Barack Obama discussed the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and Vietnam’s entrepreneurial growth during a talk with 100 young businesspeople in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The US President Obama will stay at the Presidential Suite on the 20th floor of the Intercontinental Asiana Saigon to night. Let's take a look at the room.

 Several American lawmakers and veterans supported US President Barack Obama’s historic decision to fully lift a decades-old embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 24 for a delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council, where he stressed that the business community should be a decisive factor for the sustainability of the two nations’ ties.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Hanoi on May 24.

 Madonna paid tribute to Prince, Kesha earned a standing ovation for her stirring rendition of "It Ain't Me, Babe" honoring Bob Dylan, and Celine Dion dedicated her Icon award to her late husband

 Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will make a two-day visit to Vietnam to boost military relations between the two nations, according to the Indian news agency Press Trust of India.

VietNamNet Bridge - The US President visited a small tea shop on his way out of Hanoi center to Noi Bai Airport to fly to HCM City at noon, May 24.

 On May 24, US President Barack Obama delivered remarks on Vietnam-US relations at the Vietnam National Convention Centre reviewing milestones and substantial progress between the two countries over recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – A concert titled “Canada and Viet Nam in Harmony” featuring artists from the two countries will take place on Thursday.

 The strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years, which damaged crop production in Asia and caused food shortages, has ended, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday.

Fighting massive forest fires is dangerous and taxing enough, but those sent into Canada’s oil sands are not only wrestling with one of the worst wildfires in the country’s history. They are doing it surrounded by the volatile, explosive chemicals