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Binh Duong welcome Croatian striker

 V-League 1 defending champions Becamex Binh Duong have signed up Croatian striker Simic Marko to strengthen their attacking line for the rest of the season.

Agribank remains top dog in terms of assets

 With total assets of VND763 trillion (US$35.16 billion), the Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) retained the top slot in terms of assets in the first months of this year.

US musician recalls ‘warm' audience upon return to VN

VietNamNet Bridge – American violinist Stefan Jackiw has returned to Viet Nam to perform in the Hennessy concert tonight at Ha Noi Opera House.

Boy band MTV hopes for return to glory days

 VietNamNet Bridge – Arguably Viet Nam's most popular boy band of all time, MTV, will perform live at a concert in HCM City that will showcase the milestones in its 15-year career.

Ministry wants e-papers to apologise over airport report

 Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieu has asked relevant agencies to find individuals or organisations responsible for spreading wrong information about the design of Long Thanh Airport.

Travel News in Brief

Riding a cyclo among top 40 tourist experiences in Vietnam, Wifi available on HCM City's Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, Nha Trang authorities limit beach chair rental areas, Motorboat tours to national historic site begin in Vung Ro

Vietnam orders Chinese novel to be pulled for inaccuracies about territory

 Vietnam authorities have ordered a popular Chinese novel to be withdrawn from publication and sale after discovering inaccuracies regarding Vietnam's territory in the book.

SOE assets at 80% of GDP

 The concentration of resources in the hands of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) allegedly created barriers to reforms, said experts from the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

Vietnam, Israel seek ICT cooperation

 A conference on telecommunication and mobile devices was organised by the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam on May 28, bringing together six leading Israeli corporations and Vietnamese firms active in the industry.

First Vietnamese trade office opens in China

 Vietnam’s first trade promotion office in China was inaugurated in Chong Qing city on May 28.

Vietnam verifies news on child slavery in UK

 The Vietnamese Embassy to the UK is working closely with relevant agencies to verify the news that 3,000 Vietnamese children were trafficked into cannabis production in the UK as reported by The Guardian newspaper.

Purchase of railway stations eyed by big companies

VietNamNet Bridge - Soon after the Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced the plan to call for public capital for railway projects, business tycoons announced they were interested in investment, even though they have no experience in the field.

Government News 29/5

Embassy liaises with Brunei to safeguard detained fishermen’s rights, HCM City – UK partnership to foster national relations: official, VN President to attend inauguration of Lao airport, Hanoi Party leader welcomes US senator

PM embarks on series of international working visits

PM Nguyen Tan Dung is attending a signing ceremony for the Vietnam – Eurasian Economic Union free trade agreement in Kazakhstan and is travelling to Algeria, Portugal and Bulgaria for official visits from May 29 – June 6.

US defence secretary to visit Vietnam

 US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 31 to June 2 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Phung Quang Thanh.

VN tells China to halt island intrusion

Viet Nam demanded that China stop construction currently under way in the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.

PM Dung arrives in Kazakhstan to witness FTA signing

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on early May 29 morning to attend a signing ceremony on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union in Kazakhstan.

Pilot bike emissions control plan to start in 2017

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Register is drawing up a scheme to control emissions from motorcycles and plans to execute it on a trial basis in late 2017,

VN sends eight diplomatic notes about China’s construction of artificial islands

VietNamNet Bridge – Relating to China’s building of artificial islands in Truong Sa of Vietnam, the Chief of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen said that Vietnam has sent eight diplomatic notes to China to protest their illegal activities.

50kg of old coins unearthed in Ha Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luong Manh Hai, 39, of Tri Lanh village in Ha Nam province discovered 50 kg while digging a foundation for a water tank.