President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse arrived in Tokyo at noon on May 29, beginning a State-level visit to Japan which will last until June 2.

 Deputy Defence Minister Seninor Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception for UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever in Hanoi on May 28, during which he highlighted major strides in bilateral defence cooperation.

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The current conditions are all favorable for Vietnam to export rice: global demand is high while export prices are on the rise. However, the unstable domestic rice market still concerns exporters.

 The 2018 football World Cup will start in three weeks, but Vietnam has yet to officially announce to own broadcasting rights. Will Vietnamese people miss the event that comes around only once every four years?  

 France has seen a sharp fall in the number of people smoking daily, with one million fewer lighting up from 2016-2017, a survey suggests.

The report of the supervision board of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) shows that the public sector owed VND1.6 quadrillion (nearly $73 billion) between 2011 and 2016.

Dragged down by the three-year divorce proceedings between the main owners, Trung Nguyen not only seems farther away from its dream of dominating the global coffee market, but is also at risk of falling from grace on the domestic market.

Students and lecturers from five of Vietnam’s traditional medicine universities developed communications strategies to combat the use of illegal wildlife products in traditional medicinal treatments.

 One of Kim Jong-un's most senior officials is thought to be travelling to the US, as preparations for a possible historic summit gather pace.

A privately funded search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has ended. US-based company Ocean Infinity had been using a deep-sea vessel to conduct a 90-day survey of a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean.

The Southwestern region of Vietnam is famous for many kinds of special dishes.

Despite a huge reduction in revenue in China due to engine errors affecting CR-V and Civic vehicles, Honda is still doing well in Vietnam based on its market shares in the motorbike and car segments, with a new record in car sales.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though exports have been growing well, concern still exists because wooden furniture industry is in need of materials.

Vietnamese fashionista Chau Bui has been invited to attend the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2019 runway show in the French city of Nice.

 The race for market share in the Vietnamese ride-hailing sector has just entered a new phase with the arrival of big players like Go-Jek, Aber, and MVL.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the quick promotion of the youngest deputy chief of staff of the national anti-smuggling committee.

 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has co-operated with local forest rangers to release five animals into the wild.

 The Ministry of Public Security have proposed measures to deal with the sharply-rising child sexual abuse in Vietnam, including the launch of hotlines and email contact points, to provide legal consultation and assistance to victims.  

 Two whales have been stranded in separate incidents on a beach in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Binh Son District over the past five days.