A workshop took place in northern Hai Phong city on May 23 to gather opinions on a draft decree guiding the enforcement of compulsory social insurance for foreigners working in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though hometel properties are new in Vietnam, the segment is well known as a profitable business model as investors can make high profits when reselling or leasing. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people are zinc deficient at an alarming rate, especially pregnant women and young children.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to update its legal documents and regulations on musical performance.

 The film, “Dao cua dan ngu cu” (The Island of Aliens or The Way Station) by director Hong Anh will premiere in the country, starting on June 9.

 Education Minister Phung Xuan Nha proposed to allow schools to recruit teachers, basing on their specific requirements.

 Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on Tuesday said that he would propose the National Assembly (NA) to issue a resolution on specific mechanisms for the city to develop.

 Representatives from different Vietnamese enterprises committed to fulfill their responsibility to protect wildlife at a workshop held today in Hanoi.

Around 45km from Hanoi, Flamingo Dai Lai Resort is ideal for summer retreat with unique landscape and synchronized utility system with the rise in the value of services.

Encouraging signs for rice exports after a down-period have boosted the Vietnamese rice market.

 The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and Clean Air Asia have designed an action plan on air quality management for the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to strengthen links with provinces supplying farm produce to improve oversight at the points of origin, officials said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many key routes in Ha Noi have been downgraded due to ineffective maintenance work, posing high risks of traffic accidents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After two years of working at a factory in Ha Noi, mechanic Huynh from the central region finds it hard to hear conversations unless his companions talk loudly.

Doctors from the Viet Nam – Germany Hospital has conducted the country’s first successful surgery on a female patient with the HIV virus who was suffering from type A aortic dissection.

National Assembly (NA) deputies said promulgating the Law on Support for Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) was an urgent task during a discussion on the draft law yesterday.

The National Assembly plans to approve 19 laws, debate another 16 draft laws, three resolutions and conduct supervisory acts on two special subjects and consider and make decisions on various significant policies

Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus won the race to be the next head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, becoming the first African to lead the United Nations agency.

 Filmmakers and fans at Cannes held a minute's silence on Tuesday for the victims of the bombing of a pop concert in Manchester, condemned by the film festival's organizers 

 Actor Roger Moore, who earned international fame playing British secret agent James Bond in seven movies, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 89,