Vietnam always attaches importance and gives high priority to contributing to common efforts to raise the role of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) cooperation, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

 President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse, and a high-level delegation left Hanoi on March 2 morning to pay a three-day State visit to India.

 Vietnamese shares declined on March 1 after rising for four consecutive sessions, due to large-cap stocks underperforming as investors sold in pursuit of short-term profits.

 Six out of eight defendants in the asset embezzlement case at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land) have so far lodged their appeals against the first-instance sentences handed down by the Hanoi People’s Court on February 5. 

 The Government has asked ministries, sectors and localities to closely monitor developments of domestic and global situations to devise suitable policies, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

Despite Brexit and the US withdrawal from the TPP, which are expected to have adverse effects on Vietnam’s economy, foreign experts and investors still have a positive impression of the economy’s performance.

VietNamNet Bridge - Samsung has introduced the duo Galaxy S9 and S9+ on the threshold of the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is a ‘city of rivers and lakes’. However, many are in danger because of waste pollution.  

With the support of information technology, teachers are helping students from poor areas connect with friends around the world.

 Many firms in Vietnam, both local and domestic, will face tax audits this year.

 From February 20, 2018, logistics businesses have to meet the business conditions outlined in Decree No.163/2017/ND-CP on logistics services, replacing Decree No.140/2007/ND-CP.

While rumours circulate of the US potentially re-joining the TPP, renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the UK has also recently expressed wishes to have its name added to the pact. 

 As Decree No.116/2017/ND-CP  has tightened quality checks, it is very hard to import automobiles to Vietnam, but a huge investment wave is forming to hit the automotive industry.

Grab and Uber received permission to extend the pilot programmes on using technology applications to connect and manage transport activities until the new decree is issued and comes into effect.

Groups and corporations run by ministries and agencies will be shifted to the Committee for State Capital Management after the launching of this committee.

Demand for offices is forecast to increase sharply in 2018 thanks to the improved economy, while the number of co-working spaces will also expand proportionally. 

The capitalisation of Minh Phu Seafood Corporation decreased by $48.7 million after information that $10.8 million was appropriated from Chu Thi Binh’s - the wife of the “King of Shrimp”—savings account at Eximbank.  

A large number of local people and tourists came to Tien Du district from the early morning of February 28 to join the Lim festival, which honours Quan Ho – a world intangible cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO.

Vietnamese representative Huong Giang put in a strong performance in the talent competition at the international transgender pageant Miss International Queen 2018 in Thailand.

 Vietnamese movie star and director, Ngo Thanh Van appeared on the cover of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet on February 27 with an exclusive interview.