A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 12 to launch the Vietnam trade information portal at http://www.vietnamtradeportal.gov.vn 

 A virtual tour of the Hanoi Opera House was launched in Hanoi on July 12, offering visitors a brand-new experience and an insight into different aspects of the renowned building.

 The southern province of Dong Nai on July 12 held a ceremony to commemorate soldiers who died in Bien Hoa airport battle in 1968 and re-bury the newly-found remains of the fallen soldiers.

 The “Returning to Truong Son” cycling race, the third of its kind launched by the Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) newspaper, will kick off in Hanoi on July 15, heard a press briefing in Hanoi on July 12.

 There is no “prohibited zone” in the inspection and execution of the Party’s disciplinary measures, stressed a conference in Hanoi on July 12.

 Hanoi authority has approved an architecture plan on Hoa Sen (Lotus) theatre floating on a lake between Yen Hoa (Cau Giay district) and My Dinh (Nam Tu Liem district), according to the city’s Department of Architecture and Planning. 

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group and Myanmar’s HTOO Group of Companies have recently signed a deal in Hanoi, under which they will explore the possibility of jointly doing business in Myanmar. 

 The first Vietnam-Laos border friendship exchange will take place in the northern mountainous province of Son La on July 22-24. 

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will open more direct domestic and international routes, targeting promising markets in Southeast and Northeast Asia. 

 The Law on Amendments and Supplements to Several Articles of the Penal Code and five other laws were made public by the Presidential Office a at a press conference on July 12.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting with heads of Vietnam’s overseas representative offices during the 2017-2020 tenure in Hanoi on July 12. 

 Vietnam and Malaysia have agreed to increase visits at all levels and through all channels along with exchanges between their citizens in order to advance the bilateral strategic partnership. 

On an early day this summer, we headed to Duong Lam, a famous village only 40km west of Ha Noi. If you go by car, just head for the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park and get onto the Thang Long Highway.

The new tuition frame for state-owned schools has been approved by the Hanoi authorities, under which the ceiling tuition will be VND4.3 million per student per month for preschool and VND4.5 million for secondary and high school. 

The food court model, popular in Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand, is thriving in Vietnam. While many food service chains huddle together in central business districts and pay high retail rent, some new food service models are moving to the suburbs.

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VietNamNet Bridge - RSL, a group of students from the environment faculty of Da Nang University of Technology, has successfully used cotton waste to grow mushrooms.

Ignoring the call to protect wildlife and the warning about punishment of wildlife traffickers, numerous restaurants and tourism sites serving wild animal meat have opened in Dak Lak province.

Eminent music teacher Nguyen Vinh Bao, the sounds of whose guitar were recorded by the French before 1945 and who was the head chief of vintage music at University of National Music and Drama before 1975, always hung ...

Medical equipment and machinery used in hospitals across Viet Nam require significant upgrades, and the management for these expensive devices is currently lacking.