Vietnam resolutely opposes China’s Taiwan conducting a number of live-fire exercises in the waters area around Ba Binh island, which belongs to Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago.

 National Assembly deputies have raised concerns about how senior officials in Lao Cai Province apparently benefited from a land auction four years ago.

A government report sent to the on-going third session of the 14th National Assembly has raised concern about rampant nepotism at state agencies with 58 cases in nine provinces and cities.

 The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC) on May 25 is still attempting to collect copyright fees for songs on TV programmes broadcasted at hotels, saying that the songs are used to do business.

A commuter train was quickly evacuated after it caught fire after slamming into a passenger minibus Friday at a railroad crossing in the city of Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen Province.

 A world three cushion billiards championship got underway today with roughly 100 cueists from around the globe congregating in Ho Chi Minh City for a chance to win some of the US$58,000 in prize money.

 Over $27 billion of bad debts settled

 A visiting delegation from the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodia’s Motherland led by its Vice Chairman and Acting General Secretary Nhem Valy, has met with officials from the Hanoi Party Committee.

 The Central Highlands provinces have halted licensing projects involving the use of natural forests for other land needs, particularly for industrial tree plantations, and those likely to overexploit forest products in converted forest areas.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved FPT Information System (FIS)’s proposal to develop an intelligent transport system (ITS) to improve traffic flow in the city.

 Hanoi will create all best possible conditions for investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to invest in Hanoi as well as for 50,000 RoK citizens living in the Vietnamese capital, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has released a draft decree that all businesses can import cars provided they fulfil the required conditions and get a car import licence.

 Global healthcare company Abbott recorded net sales of US$434 million in the Vietnamese market last year, the company’s 2016 annual report revealed. Viet Nam is among top 10 profitable markets of Abbott.

The U.S. Coast Guard transferred a High Endurance Cutter to the Vietnam Coast Guard during a ceremony in Honolulu on Thursday morning. 

 170 Vietnamese students who have won the Russian language, Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Olympiads held by the Russian Center for Science and Culture will receive full scholarships from the Russian Government.

 Researchers in Brazil are experimenting with a new treatment for severe burns using the skin of tilapia fish, an unorthodox procedure they say can ease the pain of victims and cut medical costs.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested Google open official representative office in Viet Nam as many of Google’s services have been widely used by Vietnamese businesses and people.

 Internet security firm Bkav has warned of a new strain of malware dubbed EternalRocks that is said to be more dangerous than the ransomware WannaCry, according to its statement on the security forum WhiteHat.

 HCMC’s health and tourism departments will join forces to promote medical tourism in the city in the coming time, as data from hospitals in the city show that the demand of international visitors for health services here is high.

The Chinese are considered ‘quiet investors’ compared with Singaporean, South Korean and Japanese, but there are signs they have been stepping up the takeover of Vietnamese properties.