The eighth Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia Pacific Cities (TPO) forum concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on June 22.

 Demands for manual labour is rising Ho Chi Minh City, accounting for 50% of the recruitment, but young people prefer better jobs.

 The images of hundreds of people rushing to shove food onto their plates at a free buffet event at a restaurant in Can Tho Province have been shocking.

 A concert entitled ‘Nam Nhi’ (Macho) will take place in Hanoi on June 30, entertaining audiences with an interesting music experience by blending folk music and beatboxing.

 A patient with end-stage kidney failure has died of swine at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City flu, the hospital announced on Saturday (June 23).

 With Vietnam signing many multilateral and bilateral trade agreements and attracting more and more foreign investment, it is hard to avoid grievances and disputes, a workshop heard in HCM City yesterday (June 22).

 Four persons, including two executives, at the State-owned oil and gas group PetroVietnam (PVN) were detained yesterday on charges of abusing power to misappropriate assets.

 Invitations are open for a photo contest among Vietnamese and expatriate photographers to showcase their works on the environment and life. 

 Vietnam and Switzerland agreed to bolster experience exchange in law building and enforcement, and execution of international treaties under a freshly inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

 Ambassador of Vietnam to the US Pham Quang Vinh and US Congressman Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, talked about increasing parliamentary exchanges during their meeting on June 20.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is working to turn its famous Ca Mau Cape tourism area into the largest key economic area in the province by 2025.

 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said the 15th Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) will be convened on June 27 in Hunan Province.

 Experts proposed a number of measures to improve the quality of growth and competitiveness of the economy in Ho Chi Minh City at a seminar on June 23.

 The High-Level People’s Procuracy in Hanoi on June 22 proposed upholding the first-instance sentences for Dinh La Thang and his accomplices in the case involving PetroVietnam’s contribution of $35.2 million to Oceanbank.

 Vietnam is actively preparing to send its policemen to UN peacekeeping missions, said Lieut. Gen. Tran Van Ve, Acting General Director of the General Police Department.

 Some US steel producers have lodged a request to DOC to ask for investigations into and application of preventive measures against the avoidance of paying anti-dumping tax on corrosion-resistant carbon steel imported from Vietnam.

 The budget carrier Vietjet Air’s first flight from Hanoi to Taichung (Taiwan) departed the Noi Bai International Airport on June 22.

 Vietnam and France have agreed to further expand cultural cooperation in all aspects, including new forms, to encourage more and more Vietnamese youths to study French culture and language. 

 Facing increasing competition from the arrival of many world leading retailers, domestic retailing companies are turning their eyes to the rural market to capitalise on the advantage of home ground.

 The Police Investigation Agency of Hanoi’s Long Bien district on June 22 issued a decision launching criminal proceedings against and detained three people for illegal drug possession.