Chairman of the National Council (Upper House) of Bhutan Tashi Dorji will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 11-14, the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs has announced.

The reference exchange rate and exchange rates of commercial banks have increased continuously in recent days, with the reference exchange rate making its record high on May 8 at 23,046 VND. 

The Russian Embassy held a ceremony to commemorate the “Immortal Regiment” of Russia at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on May 8 on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War in Russia (May 9).

Sweden will help Vietnam in areas of its strength like energy saving, focusing on renewable energy development, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Ann Linde has said.

Belgian conductor Michel Jakobiec will perform with the National Academy of Music of Vietnam during a concert in Hanoi on May 9.

Vietnamese escort warship 016-Quang Trung on May 8 set sail from Cam Ranh port for Singapore to join military exercises as part of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+), and attend the Asia Pacific’s Flagship Maritime Defence Show 2019.

The first shrimp trading floor has been put into operation which allows buyers and sellers to conduct transactions directly, without intermediaries. However, no one believes the model will succeed.

Vietnam’s joining of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is expected to boost the country’s exports, and give the private sector more opportunities for growth.

On the occasion of the Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum 2019 last week, a number of Vietnamese entrepreneurs talked about their expectations from the government in creating a more favourable space for them to thrive.

Despite a lucrative route to startups in Vietnam, how to develop them into unicorn firms remains a knotty issue, insiders have said.

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While international education organizations recognize the achievements of Vietnam’s education, Vietnamese people don’t have confidence in the national education system.

A “Week of Vietnamese Goods in Thailand” will be held in from September 18-22 at Central World, Bangkok’s biggest shopping mall.

Viet Nam’s banking sector earnings growth is likely to moderate this year following a sterling year in 2018 due to expected slowing of loan growth to 13 per cent, experts forecast.

Truong Dinh Bac, deputy head of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department, spoke to Sức khoẻ & Đời Sống (Health & Life) newspaper about the measures needed to eliminate non-communicable diseases among young people.

The 16th United Nations Days of Vesak (UNDV) will be held at the Tam Chuc Buddhism Culture Centre, Kim Bang District, in the northern province of Ha Nam from May 12-14.

The EU has returned or put under surveillance 17 batches of seafood and almond kernels imported from Vietnam as they failed to meet the bloc’s food safety requirements, the Ministry of Industry and Trade stated on its website.

Though no measles-related death has been reported in Hanoi, 1,105 people have the disease, ten times more than the same time last year.

All of those pigs in Dien Thai commune, Dien Chau district of the central province of Nghe An were positive for virus ASF, according to test results announced by the Regional Animal Health Agency No.3 on May 5.

Controversial issues surrounding the Thu Thiem New Urban Area project in District 2 of HCMC could be put on the agenda of the seventh sitting of the National Assembly (NA), which kicks off later this month.