Ly Hoang Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded on June 11.

 Vietnam’s real estate market attracted over 600 million USD in foreign direct investment in the first five months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

VietNamnet Bridge - Vietnamese choose foreign rice not because the latter is better, but because Vietnamese enterprises don’t know how to build their brands, experts say.

 Russia pays special attention to the development of comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, its long-standing and reliable friend in the region, according to Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin V. Vnukov.

 Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is estimated to post an increase of 7.37 percent in gross regional domestic products in the first half of 2017 and earn 5.8 billion USD from exports, up 12.1 percent against last year.

Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has bagged the Arcasia Awards for Architecture 2017 of the Architects Regional Council Asia.

 Some commercial banks have entered a new interest rate hike race for long-term deposits with adjustments from 0.1-0.2 percent per year.

 As many as 96.5 percent of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) was equitised as of the end of March this year, but the privatized capital amount from these reached only 8 percent, according to a report of the General Secretary of the National Assembly. 

 The Republic of Korea topped the investor line-up in Vietnam with over 50 billion USD as of the end of 2016, according to statistics from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) released on June 12.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh called for Australian and Vietnamese businesses to foster their trade and investment partnership, prioritizing cooperation, in human resources, infrastructure, wind power and renewable power from waste.

 Households near the steel companies in Da Nang coastal city’s Hoa Vang District will be relocated on account of the environmental pollution there.

The National Committee of Search and Rescue on Sunday urged authorities to rescue a foreign vessel stranded near Phu Quy Island off the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

 A south-north train caught fire on Saturday while travelling across the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, blocking traffic on the national railway system for 30 minutes.

The central region of Viet Nam is frequently hit by natural disasters, especially severe flooding. Every year, during the rainy season, which falls from May to November, ...

VietNamNet Bridge – A dance show by talented choreographers Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung will be organized at the HCM City Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square on June 17.

VietNamNet Bridge - A music concert by Swedish jazz professor, pianist Håkan Rydin and fellow jazz musicians from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, will take place on June 16-17.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three movies from America, Europe and Iran will be screened in Hanoi this week.

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that the digital world needs regulations like those that exist for financial markets in the G20 and for trade under the World Trade Organization.

Real estate sales up slightly in May, Ministry makes efforts to reduce trade deficit, 2017 litchi exports shows great promise despite bad harvest, State treasury raises 5.9 trillion VND from government bonds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Choir team La Salle Chorale from the Philippines was awarded the top prize of the fifth International Choir Competition at Hoi An Theatre on Saturday.