When a bill on amendments and supplements to the Law on Environmental Protection Tax is approved by the National Assembly, environmental protection taxes on HCFC (hydro-choloro-flouro-carbon) solution and plastic bags might be raised.

 Locals in the Central Highlands have planned to plant 12,559 hectares more of forests and over 4.57 million scattered trees in this raining season.

 Concerns about a Greek bailout, early Italian elections and comments by the European Central Bank chief about the need for continued stimulus all kept the euro under pressure on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to visit Vietnam in November 2017 to attend APEC Leaders Meeting marks a new milestone in bilateral relations since the normalisation of diplomatic ties between the two countries in 1995.

 This tiny room is where painter Do Lenh Tuan creates hundreds of postage stamp paintings.

 The Vietnam National Petrolimex Group (Petrolimex) has sold 14.4 million shares at 750 billion VND (32.9 million USD) to foreign investors since the group listed its shares coded PLX on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on April 21.

 Some 2.5 million doses of high quality combined measles-rubella vaccine will be used in the expanded national immunisation programme, replacing imported vaccines from India in the next six months of 2017. 

 According to the website, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hoi An has roots that can be traced back to a 15th-century fishing port. Today the coastal town offers both historical sites and pristine, white-sand beaches.

 National Assembly (NA) convened a plenary session in Hanoi on May 29 under the chair of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

The Vietnamese Party, State and Government always attach importance to relations with Japan, and want to develop these ties practically and comprehensively, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his wish that the Nasdaq Stock Market would further expand cooperation with and provide stronger assistance for Vietnamese enterprises to list their shares on the US stock market.

Mr. Adam Sitkoff, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Vietnam, talks with VietNamNet’s Dieu Thuy about trade and investment between Vietnam and the US on the occasion of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace – will screen the French film “La belle et la bête” (Beauty and the Beast) on June 4 at 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition by Danish photographer Nikolaj Svennevig is now underway at Huong Ngo Art Space, 89 Ma May Street, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “La Chèvre” - a movie starring French actor Gérard Depardieu – will be screened at Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on June 2 and June 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the last week of the British Literature on Screen month in Hanoi, “Pride & Prejudice" directed by Joe Wrightwill be screened in Hanoi on June 2.

When the play The Blue Bird ended at Viet Nam Youth Theatre the audience was delighted, some of the children even asked to go up on stage and take photos with the characters. 

The sand volume left on Tien River and Hau Rivers should be carefully preserved and must not be exploited indiscriminately or sold cheaply, according to Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent researcher on Mekong Delta ecology.

VietNamNet Bridge - The minimum required investment capital of VND1 trillion to open a private university is expected to discourage investors, as it would be difficult to recoup the capital.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Competition Law was passed 13 years ago, but the number of times the law has been cited to fight against monopoly and collusion has been very modest.