Vietnam aims to create 1.6 million jobs in 2017

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued its 2017 economic survey plan for the municipality, where it will study the business sector, administrative agencies, individual business units and religious bodies.

 A Polish tourist and a Vietnamese tour guide lost their lives while ziplining Hang Cop waterfall in Xuan Tho commune, Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

 Australia is scheduled to host the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on February 23.

 Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang met with Commanding General of the US Army Pacific Robert Brown in Hanoi on February 23.

Increasing constructive dialogue between the EU and Vietnam is the aim of the visit from February 21-23 of a delegation from the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Chairman of the IMI Systems Ltd from Israel Yitzhak Aharonovich affirmed that his group wants to work together with Vietnam in areas of its strengths, thus bringing the two countries’ relations to the next level.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hoped that Vietnam’s trade, investment, and defence-security cooperation with the UK will be growing strongly following the visit by Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox.

Vietnam has reiterated its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracels) archipelagoes, and held that all construction and reclamation at the two archipelagoes without Vietnam’s permission are illegal. 

While many factors come into play, ensuring a stable supply of high-quality produce and diverse, value-added products will be crucial to meeting the shrimp export target of US$10 billion by 2025

VietNamNet Bridge - The first Nokia 6s have appeared in Vietnam, but many Vietnamese say they do not see any outstanding feature in the product.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vuon Chim Viet (Viet Bird Garden) in Dong My commune of Thanh Tri district in Hanoi is described as a ‘world of birds’ where rare and unique birds and waterfowl can be bred successfully.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese enterprises are working hard to become suppliers of parts and accessories for foreign electronics manufacturers. 

 The State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) is drafting a "special" law to boost bank restructuring and settle bad debts, which would remove all the obstacles in the existing legal regulations.

At 6pm every Wednesday, when many people are weaving as best as they can between long lines of vehicles in a traffic jam, heading for gym, yoga, zumba classes and so on, Hoang Linh is at the door of the Kinergie Studio.

A look at the more troubling aspects of Vietnam’s banking sector makes for uncomfortable reading.

 The website of the Federal Council of Russia has posted an article highlighting the official visit to Vietnam from February 20-22 by the council’s Chairwoman Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko.

VietNamNet Bridge - A four-seat car suddenly burst into flames while moving on Le Van Luong Road in Hanoi this morning.

 Practitioners performed demonstrations of Vietnamese Mother Goddess rituals in New Delhi, India on February 22, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh launched Ao Dai Festival 2017 in HCM City today (Feb. 23) at a press conference.