Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen. The fruit is round, its skin light yellow and firm, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent.

 Vietnamese businesses and individuals have stopped importing bitcoin mining machines since the beginning of July, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and the National Committee for Disaster Response, Search and Rescue issued an official dispatch in response to storm Bebinca, the fourth of its kind hitting VN this year. 

 Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen met with visiting Chairman of Enterprise Singapore Peter Ong on August 13, stating that his city hopes to learn from the latter’s experience in smart city building.

 The three pillars of culture, economy, and politics have contributed to creating a comprehensive, modern diplomatic sector, delegates said on the sidelines of the 30th Diplomatic Conference, which opened in Hanoi on August 13. 

 A group of young people that share a love for Vietnamese traditional cultural values joined hands to set up a company to restore traditional costumes and rituals to spread their love to others. 

 Vietnam gained strong growth in lychee exports and the number of enterprises exporting lychee this year against the figures of last year, according to the General Department of Customs.

 The central province of Quang Nam has agreed a pre-feasibility study for the development of an International Education City in Nam Hoi An with proposed investment of 1.5 trillion VND (66 million USD).

Vietnam’s U23 football team and its coach Park Hang Seo on August 13 trained to prepare for a game with Pakistan on August 14’s afternoon in Group D in the men’s football at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia.

 Viet Nam will face Pakistan in the opening of Group D in the men’s football at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia today.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC hotel market this year has welcomed many foreign brands, including Mandarin Oriental, Movenpick and Best Western Premier. 

HCMC needs at least 12 waste water treatment plants to deal with the large volume of domestic waste water daily. However, it is difficult to call for private investments in the sector.

The number of Vietnamese students going to international schools in Vietnam is expected to increase rapidly in the near future following a new regulation which allows international schools to receive more Vietnamese students.

Domestic and foreign developers such as Grab, Zalo and Line are running a race of developing super-apps as they believe ‘early birds will catch the worm’.

 The shoe-making store of Trinh Ngoc was opened in Ho Chi Minh City in 1975, among the oldest of its kind still operating today.

  Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s state visit to Vietnam in September is expected to create new momentum for the bilateral strategic partnership, a diplomat said.

 The Hanoi Food Culture Festival 2018, the first of its kind, will take place in the capital city from October 5-10 with an aim of introducing Hanoi’s cuisine legacy to locals and tourists alike. 

 With unpredictable weather abnormalities and extreme climate change, people in the coastal areas in central Vietnam are suffering unfathomable losses. 

 Ho Chi Minh City is calling for investment to 17 flood prevention and wastewater treatment projects, and needs more than 96 trillion VND (4.12 billion USD) for the works from now to 2020.

 Vietnamese shrimp exporters need to improve quality of their products, and update procedures and requirements in the Republic of Korea (RoK) to overcome technical barriers that hinder the shipments, experts have said.