Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien proposed to change medical insurance pledging no more overloaded hospitals from 2020.

 Ho Chi Minh City needs to mobilize VND128 trillion (US$5.64 billion) from now until 2020 for development investment, reported the Department of Planning and Investment yesterday.

A delegation of the National Committee for Search and Rescue arrived on Phu Quy Island, the south central province of Binh Thuan, on June 14 to direct the rescue of a foreign cargo vessel stranded near the island. 

Locals and tourists in Hanoi will have the opportunity to taste different cuisines during a food festival at the Octagon House near Ly Thai To flower garden from June 16-17.

Veteran sculptor Ta Quang Bao was recently honoured at the 2016 Ho Chi Minh Awards for Literature and the Arts for his endless contributions to the country’s development of the arts. 

 CEG Music Festival 2017 (CMF 2017) will take place from July 29 to August 6, promising to offer a professional art playground with a series of art activities.

 Doctors at Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have successfully performed surgery on a child patient with a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm, a rare case in Vietnamese medicine.

Nguyen Viet Tien, Deputy Minister of Health, speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about challenges the health sector faces when importing second-hand high tech medical equipment.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Viet Nam’s A-listed songstress Thu Minh will perform this month in Ha Noi for the first time in a concert called "Fire Phoenix".

 Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday and thanked everyone who helped his career in music and movies.

 Draft amendments to the Law on Tourism submitted to the National Assembly on June 19 include a proposal to impose a $1 surcharge on all foreign tourists coming to the country.

Mr. Kakioka Naoki, Senior Representative at JICA Vietnam, tells VET's Quynh Nguyen about the advantages and disadvantages for Vietnam's agriculture sector in the global value chain.

 The Vietnamese real estate market continues to attract capital from regional foreign investors, mostly through mergers and acquisitions.

 Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank’s long-term deposit and issuer ratings have been downgraded to Caa1 from B3 by Moody’s Investors Service. Its ratings outlook remains negative.

 Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Hanoi in October.

 Around 1.11 million Vietnamese people of working age were unemployed by the end of the first quarter, down 8,400 against the figure of the fourth quarter of 2016.

Well-known designer Minh Hanh said she wanted to make daily clothes from silk as many local designers were ignoring the material. 

VietNamNet Bridge - 7-Eleven has announced it will open its first shop in Vietnam on June 15. Aeon, MiniStop and FamilyMart have already joined one of the fastest growing retail markets in the world.

When making an investment in Vietnam, foreign investors must study the feasibility of the project based on various factors. 

 LienVietPostBank’s new chairman Nguyen Duc Huong has rejected rumours that his bank will merge with Sacombank.