Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is making an official visit to the US at the invitation of US President Donald Trump.

 The Ministry of Finance wants to increase environmental protection tax on petrol and oil to ensure sufficient budget collection, as the country has to cut import taxes to fulfil international commitments.

 The executive board has announced the start of the search for Vietnam Fitness Model 2017, reports the HanoiMoi Online Newspaper.

 Vietnamese runners triumphed at the first-ever Vietnam Jungle Marathon held in the Pu Luong Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoa over the weekend.

 Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Thien was ousted from the Singapore F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on May 29.

North-South expressway to cost $13.6 billion 

 As many 11 people were killed and scores injured by falling trees and debris from buildings as a storm swept through Moscow on Monday, the national Investigation Committee,

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the Vietnamese permanent representative delegation to the UN and met Vietnamese entrepreneurs and intellectuals on May 29 (local time), as part of his official visit to the US.

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.