Viet Nam will inspect a sample from every batch of tra fish exported to the US to check them for food safety, according to a new ministerial decision.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average price for imported pork is now $1.2 per kilo, or VND27,000, while the domestic pork price has dropped dramatically to a 30-year low.

Argentina’s U20 squad will play two friendly matches in Viet Nam next month, Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary Le Hoai Anh confirmed yesterday at a press briefing in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese representatives lost in the last qualifying round matches of the International U19 Football Championship in Nha Trang City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City faces a shortage of garbage collection stations, with empty pavements in public areas often used as makeshift stations.

 Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened from April 25 to May 23 to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day, Labour Day, Dien Bien Phu Victory Day, and late President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

 Vietnam is willing to share experience in managing and organising primary education with Bangladesh, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children Hoang Thi Hoa has said.

Vietnam and the US should sustain and strengthen economic and trade links, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said, describing these links as key to bilateral relations.

 The Trump administration had a simple but stark message for world financial leaders who gathered in Washington on Thursday amid worries about rising U.S. protectionism: fair trade means tit-for-tat tariffs.

 Greek-born Swedish DJ Steve Angello, a member of Swedish House Mafia, will perform at Ravolution Music Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12-13.

 Tours of villages in Vietnam’s northwest and Lai Chau province in particular have become popular in recent years.

 Tour bookings for the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1) holiday have grown 15-25% year-on-year but tour prices have remained mostly unchanged.

Taxi app Uber could face an increase in operator license fees in London under proposed changes by the city's transport authority, the latest in a series of moves by regulators to rein in a firm 

 The US State Department has announced that it is coordinating the transfer of the US Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau (WHEC 722) through the Foreign Assistance Act to the Vietnam government.

 After a period of stagnation, capital inflows into the textile and garment industry have started pouring back, continuing to expand existing projects, with a focus on deeper exploitation of existing export markets.

 Real estate analytics show a marked rise in foreign-ownership of high-end properties in Vietnam.

 The province targeted to welcome 1.8-2 million tourists, including 450,000 foreign ones, and tourism revenue growth rate of up to 23 percent annually by 2020.

 Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has stated that the US companies and Monsanto in particular need to hold responsibility for assisting efforts to recover from Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences in Vietnam. 

 A seminar introducing Korean energy technology to Vietnamese enterprises took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20, attracting representatives from nearly 60 firms, research institutes and State management agencies from the two countries. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dasar waterfall, on the road between Da Lat and Nha Trang, is the ideal destination for those who want to be challenged by adventure and immersed in grandiose nature.