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Vietnam earned over 2 billion USD from exporting fruits and vegetables in the first half of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 19.7 percent.
The selection of Vietnam as a training site for UN peacekeeping forces in ASEAN demonstrates the UN’s high evaluation for Vietnam’s activeness and capacity to contribute to UN peacekeeping activities, said a military officer.
Up to 22 people had died and nine others gone missing due to flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern mountainous provinces by 18:00 on June 27.
Vietnam has emerged in SE Asia as an important energy, natural oil and gas producer.
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has spent VND22 trillion in the last 10 years to fight flooding, while the figure is expected to increase to VND120 trillion by 2020.
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese spend billions of dollars on smartphones, but they don’t spend money on locally branded products.
VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers have built more urban areas in Hanoi, but they have not included schools in the areas.
Most of the 40 venture funds operating in Vietnam are foreign ones, so State agencies should take drastic steps to support the establishment and development of local venture funds as a way to bolster startups.
Vietnam is willing to accompany with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in boosting sustainable development for the current and future generations, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc had meetings with leaders of the South Pacific countries of Nauru and Marshall, and Guyana, a South American country, on the sidelines of the sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility in Da Nang on June 27.
Japan overcame 86 countries and territories to become the largest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first six months of this year, with 6.47 billion USD, or 31.8 percent of the total registered capital.
The HCMC People’s Procuracy on June 27 proposed an imprisonment sentence of 4-5 years to Dang Thanh Binh, former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam for the charge of lacking responsibility causing serious consequences at VNCB.
Vietjet Air’s VJ261 flight en route from Dong Hoi to Ho Chi Minh City on June 26 made an emergency landing in Da Nang to save one of its passengers.
The leader of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to support Vietnam’s transition to high middle-income status, with up to US$1 billion in sovereign loans to be made available annually.
The decision of the European Commission (EC) to extend its yellow card issued for Vietnam’s seafood until January next year will make life more difficult for local seafood exporters, local officials said.
Eximbank has just compensated Chu Thi Binh for VND93 billion ($4.1 million). Binh was swindled out of VND245 billion ($10.8 million) early last year.
Nearly 60 local and international paragliders took to the skies for the ‘Flying over Tien Sa 2018’ paragliding competition in the central city of Da Nang.
Vietnamese hospital patients, who are avid football fans and not in critical condition, are spending most of their time watching the World Cup on hospital televisions.
The Sixth season of Football for Friendship (F4F) Programme implemented by Gazprom, the Official partner of FIFA and the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, has concluded successfully in Moscow.
Prolonged heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in recent days which have caused serious damage to the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang.