JA Solar Vietnam is building a big $280 million solar panel plant in Bac Giang province, though it has still not submitted a report on the possible impact on the environment as stipulated by law.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been accused of going too slowly in implementing plans to reform the training of teachers at junior pedagogical colleges (3-year training).

 It’s very much in Vietnam’s interest to continue the reform program that was a key feature of the TPP.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The regulation of adding iodine should not be applied to all food, the Viet Nam Dairy Association suggested in a dialogue with the Ministry of Health earlier this week.

Mr. Daniel Lim, Chairman of immigration specialists AIMS, tells about the possibilities for Vietnamese thinking about heading overseas.

 Hanoi People’s Procurate on Tuesday decided to prosecute a couple and an airport employee for attempting to smuggle gold worth VNĐ2.8 billion (US$122.600) to South Korea.

 People, young and old, aged 13 and up, stood in line over this past weekend in Hanoi at the downtown cinema to buy admission tickets to the newly released film Kong: Skull Island.

 Grandmaster Le Quang Liem on March 15 moved one match closer to capturing the HDBank Cup International Open Chess crown by defeating Aleksey Goganov of Russia in the sixth round.

 Vietnam’s national women’s team seeks to earn a berth in the final round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Cup by leading Group D in the qualifying round.

 Crowds of domestic and international tourists flock to the Huong Pagoda Festival in spring to pray for a happy new year and to contemplate the picturesque landscapes at the site.

 Stock market capitalisation reachs record level

 It’s time to comprehensively reform rice production since the staple plays an irreplaceable role in the country’s agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized while chairing a conference on March 15.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 15 launched its public services portalto providing the people and businesses with almost public services of the level 3 and 4 between now and the year-end. 

 Legal aid measures are being prepared to protect legitimate interests of Doan Thi Huong, a suspect in the death of Democratic People’s Republic of Korean citizen Kim Chol, according to Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry.

 The Netherlands wishes to expand relations with Vietnam, including cooperation in peacekeeping activities between the two countries’ armies, said Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster. 

 The 15th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation took place in Phnom Penh on March 15.  

 A high-level Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Petrovich Trutnev visited Vietnam to seek more economic cooperation with Vietnam on March 14-15.

 Active coordination and the maintenance of regular and irregular meetings have allowed border localities of Vietnam and Cambodia to deploy reached agreements efficiently, helping maintain security and stability in the shared border.

 The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) will continue close and effective cooperation with the Lao People’s Army to help strengthen the two countries’ special relations, Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the VPA Phan Van Giang said.