Viet Nam’s dairy industry is witnessing strong and rapid growth, Bui Truong Thang, Deputy Director General of Light Industry Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said during a seminar in Ha Noi on Wednesday.

 About 20 business deals worth a total of some US$10 billion between US and Vietnamese enterprises were signed yesterday during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to the US.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Washington DC on late May 31 (local time), wrapping up an official visit to the US at the invitation of President Donald Trump.

US' industrial giant GE has just announced five agreements valued at more than $5.5 billion to support the development of the Vietnamese energy and aviation sectors.

Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and national carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) are completing the necessary procedures to open a direct air route to the United States in 2018.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) should further clarify weaknesses and bottlenecks in the current development of industries so as to have a better plan on industrial restructuring, many insiders said at a workshop in Hanoi on May 31.

 Some 300 paintings created by children from different regions of Vietnam this year are on display at the Vietnam Cultural Arts Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 31 for Queen of the Netherlands Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

 The explosion of the lime kiln dust filter equipment in Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Plant (FHS) located in the central province of Ha Tinh came from the breakage of a dust fabric filter, according to the provincial People’s Committee. 

  International media and prestigious experts have given positive assessments on the ongoing US visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the invitation of President Donald Trump. 

 The foreign ministries of Vietnam and Laos held their second political consultation in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 31. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc voiced his delight at the development of relations between the NA of Vietnam and the US Congress while holding phone talks with some key parliamentarians of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in Washington D.C.

 Fifteen new high-quality buses with capacity of 60 seats each were put into operation on two routes in Hanoi from June 1.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam qualified for the second round of the Singapore F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on May 31.

 Vietnam held its first ever field hockey coaching course for all hockey coaches from Asian countries.

 The 10th national sport festival of ethnic minority groups in central, south central and Central Highlands provinces and Ho Chi Minh City officially opened in Dak Lak on May 31 evening.

 Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 31 for Senator John McCain from the US Senate Committee on Armed Services. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has described Vietnam-Netherlands ties as typical and effective relations between Vietnam and a European nation. 

 Cigarette smoke contains hundreds of toxic chemicals, about 70 of which can cause cancer. Listed among the 15 countries with the most smokers in the world, more secondhand smokers in Vietnam are suffering from fatal diseases.

 Vietnam and the US have issued a joint statement for enhancing the comprehensive partnership between the two countries, on the occasion of the official visit to the US by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from May 29-31.