The Hanoi People's Committee Hanoi will submit to the City People's Council for approval on 18 projects of the period of 2016-2019, including 15 transport infrastructure projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Loan sharks have a reputation for violence, but the tables got turned on some debt collectors recently.

 Telecom provider Viettel last week installed its first trial 5G service base-transceiver station (BTS) in Viet Nam.

 Viet Nam’s stricter regulations on unsecured consumer lending are credit positive for finance companies, according to a recent credit outlook report released by the credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service.

 Many areas in Hanoi may face water shortages due to forecasted heat waves while demand for clean water would also increase this summer, according to the Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 A couple from Hanoi have been criticised for nude wedding photos near Tuyen Lam Lake in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province.

 Cameras should be installed in all school classrooms to supervise and prevent violence in schools, Colonel Phạm Mạnh Thường, deputy director of the Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, has proposed.

 Burger King has come under fire for an advertisement that many deemed racist against Asians.

 The strategic partnership in climate change adaptation and water management continues to be a priority and an important pillar of Vietnam-Netherlands relations, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has said. 

Vietnam is one of the Netherlands’ most important partners in the region, visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

 Germany’s Siemens AG will help Vietnam build smart infrastructure for sustainable development under a framework agreement on industry and energy cooperation signed between the two sides in Berlin on April 9.

 The benzoic acid additive that Japanese authorities discovered in Chinsu-branded chilli sauce imported from Vietnam is being used in some food in Japan, according to Vietnamese Trade Counselor in Japan Ta Duc Minh.

 The Vietnam Information Technology Outsourcing (VNITO) Conference will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from October 23 to 25.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte agreed to upgrade Vietnam-Netherlands ties to the comprehensive partnership level during their talks in Hanoi on April 9.

 Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen agreed to tighten joint work to design and implement suitable policies and measures to cope with climate change.

 The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has committed 3.5 million USD in financial support for forest biodiversity conservation in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue during 2012-2022.

The Head of the NA Committee for External Relations talked the outcomes of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s recent working visits to Morocco, France, and the European Parliament, and her participation in the 140th IPU Assembly in Qatar. 

 The real estate market in Vietnam is the most attractive in Southeast Asia, according to Director of Japan’s Global Link Cooperative Yoshinori Nakata.

There has been an increase in the number of young people reporting problems with anxiety with 15 percent of the population having mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders,

 There has been an increase in the number of young people reporting problems with anxiety with 15 percent of the population having mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders.