The ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation Meeting took place in Laos, with ministers agreeing to push the implementation of the two sides’ agreements on investment, trade and services towards lifting ASEAN-India ties to a strategic partnership.

 Vietnam has made specific and important contributions to the success of the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and related events that took place in Vientiane in early August, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said. 

 Vietnam came out on top at the Asia Cup 1 Rowing Championships which finished in Singapore early this week.

 Globalisation and technology are transforming universities and colleges worldwide, leading to different approaches in research and education, including in Vietnam, the President of University of Victoria in Canada said at a conference in HCM City. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese commercial banks have been taking cautious steps to exploit foreign markets in an effort to seek new business opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Approximately 14 million new cases are diagnosed annually around the globe. Viet Nam is among the countries with the highest rates of cancer and cancer emortality in the world. 

Vietnam’s no. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh captured the men’s 10m air pistol gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in the early morning of August 7, thus ending the country’s long-standing thirst for a first Olympic gold.

 An increasing number of foreign companies are expanding research and development (R&D) activities in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled in the Red River Delta, Thai Binh Province is known for vast rice fields made fertile by the alluvium of the Red River and two other rivers, the Hoa and the Luoc.

VietNamNet Bridge – Advanced medical techniques in cardiovascular surgery and interventions have been successfully transferred to provincial hospitals, saving the lives of hundreds of patients every year,

VietNamNet Bridge – The first edition of Vietnam Mountain Bike Marathon is set to take place on November 4-6 in the remote mountainous region around Sapa Town in the northwestern province of Lao Cai,

 More foreign investors are planning to develop wind farms in Vietnam to satisfy the country’s rising demand for renewable energy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The kitchen plays an important role for every ethnic family in Vietnam. The cooking place is also a venue where rituals and other customs occur. Whenever a guest arrives, the host makes a fire to show hospitality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is buying new buses, upgrading existing buses and creating more bus routes to attract riders as the number of riders continues to fall.  

 Ho Chi Minh City-based Terra Wood is planning to develop two renewable energy plants in the central province of Quang Ngai to tap into the local wind and solar resources.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Viet Hung, former deputy head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee on Forest Management, Protection Development, spoke to Viet Nam News Agency about forest management.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam loses 2.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually due to traffic accidents.

 The fish sauce market is witnessing increasingly fierce competition between many famous brand names that use both industrial and traditional methods like Unilever, Masan Consumer, Phu Quoc, and Phan Thiet.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh hailed the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership relations in all areas at a meeting on August 5.

 The first season of Junior Masterchef Vietnam has been launched to search for budding kid chefs in the country. Children aged between 8 and 14 can now register to attend the cooking competition at www.vuadaubepnhi.vtv.vn until September 5.