The Vietnam-US relationship appears as a case study of foe-turned-partner after the normalization announced in 1995.

 The five hundred-year-old Mao Dien Temple of Literature is evidence of the development of Confucianism and academic examinations in Hai Duong province in the past.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been advised to increase  catfish output to force prices down, to improve competitiveness over other countries. However, this solution has stirred controversy.

ThaiBev will receive more than VND1.7 trillion (US$73.2 million) in cash dividends for last year if a proposal to increase Sabeco’s dividend payout ratio from 35% to 50% is approved.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on April 2 as part of her ongoing visit to France.

Vietnamese rapper Suboi has become the first Vietnamese artist to be featured on Vogue Japan fashion magazine.

A festival is held annually in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the 8th day of the second lunar month in memory of female general Le Chan, who is credited with having founded the city nearly 2000 years ago.

 Amid enforcement of landmark free trade agreements, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has made significant legislative changes.

 The Ministry of Finance says in a draft proposal that the corporate income tax (CIT) should be slashed to 15%-17% from the current 20% for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

If Vietnam is not determined to reform, it will be a lower average income country forever, writes Vu Tien Loc, chair of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VCCI) for ‘For a Powerful Vietnam’, a forum initiated by VietNamNet.

Banks, enterprises and depositors are all concerned about what will become of deposit and lending interest rates.

When Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways signed contracts worth billions of dollars for aircraft purchase during the recent U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Vietnam, many logistics experts expect freighters are among the aircraft ordered. 

 Vietnam’s stricter regulations on unsecured consumer lending are credit positive for finance companies, said the credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service in its latest Credit Outlook report released today, April 1.

 Golf tourism is emerging as a potential new tourism product in the central coastal city of Danang and central Vietnam to attract visitors from Europe, according to Deputy Director of the municipal Tourism Department Nguyen Xuan Binh.

 Some 5,400 tons of seafood for export are currently stuck at local fishing ports as these ports are not authorized to certify the origins of seafood, the local media reported.

 Private sector employees caught giving petty bribes could face fines of up to VND100 million (US$4,300), according to a draft Government decree guiding the Law on Anti-Corruption, which will take effect in early July this year.

 The rainy season is forecast to start in the second week of May in the south, later than in previous years. Scorching weather continues, with higher average temperatures than in previous years.

Several modern steel shell fishing vessels are being abandoned in the central province of Ha Tinh as their owners complained that they were incurring losses using them.

 A famous Vietnamese comedian has died on a tour in the US, according to some artists.

The 2018 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Repor reveals that general improvement in provincial and local government performance, with citizens reporting less corruption in health care and education.