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President expects breakthroughs in Vietnam-Russia economic cooperation

Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia, President Tran Dai Quang told visiting Chairwoman of Russia’s Federal Council Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko.

Exclusive: Facebook in talks to live stream one MLB game per week – sources

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports,

Equitised firms must list and disclose information

Nguyen Hoang Hai, Vice Chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Financial Investors. speaks to Hai Quan online about the Government’s resolve to have all equitised State-owned enterprises listed on the stock exchange

Green growth needs Government support

Dr Tran Toan Thang, deputy director of the Research Department on Business Environment and Competition, under the Central Institute for Economic Management speaks to BNEWs/Viet Nam News Agency about green growth

Ho Hoan Kiem & To Tich - Hanoi’s two shortest streets

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite being very short, these streets have a long history and are associated with special dishes. 

Construction sites worsen air pollution in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Large construction sites which don’t strictly follow standard procedures are contributing to dust pollution throughout the city.

Vietnam’s plan to develop 800 MW wind power delayed

VietNamNet Bridge - The target of developing 800 MW wind power by 2020 may be unattainable as the plan to adjust the wind power purchasing price has been delayed.

Will Vietnam become the 20th largest economy by 2050?

Many Vietnamese have expressed doubts about the prediction that Vietnam is expected to become the 20th largest economy in the world by 2050, exceeding Thailand, Canada and Italy.

Vietnam lacks risk management procedures in schools

VietNamNet Bridge - The case of a female high school student who was severely burned after a chemistry lab experiment shows that schools lack sufficient risk management procedures.

A better approach

People’s credit funds need to be restructured to provide proper support to rural and agricultural businesses.

HCM City sets out traffic congestion plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Traffic Safety Committee and Transport Department has said it plans a series of strong measures in order to reduce traffic jams.

Catching ’wife’? Be careful, or you’ll be caught yourself

 The practice of ‘wife catching’ is a longstanding tradition. However, the tradition has a new obstacle: camera phones.

Res. 19 rehabilitates business climate

 Early this month, the government issued Resolution 19 on the continued improvement of Vietnam’s business climate and economic competitiveness for 2017, with a vision to 2020.

Hanoi jujitsu athlete wins gold at Thai tournament

 Le Trong Hoang won a gold medal at the Thailand Open International Jujitsu Tournament 2017 held February 17-19 in Bangkok.

Vietnam seizes illegal ivory shipment

 Around 350kg of ivory hidden in a shipping container has been seized in Vietnam, an official said today (Feb. 21), the first major bust of the illegally-trafficked product this year.

Da Nang tech park draws $180 million investment

 The central coastal city’s high-tech park has attracted six projects valued at US$180 million from two Japanese and four domestic investors, said the head of the park management board, Phung Tan Viet.

Huawei to spend $2m on it human resources in Vietnam

Huawei Technologiesannounced that it will spend US$2 million for corporate social responsibility programmes in Viet Nam, which mainly focuses on training and developing ICT human resources of the country between 2017 and 2019.

Vietcombank to open subsidiaries in Laos, Cambodia

 The Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, one of the country’s four largest State-owned commercial banks, plans to open subsidiaries in Laos and Cambodia this year, a bank official has said.

2011-2016: VN gains almost $60b in footwear export

 Viet Nam’s export value for leather and footwear gained stable growth every year during the 2011-16 period to reach US$57.5 billion in total.

How well-known braised fish are made in Ha Nam nowadays

 A tour inside a home facility Dai Hoang village, in the northern province of Ha Nam, that cooks and sells the local renowed braised fish on a large scale.