Special Advisor to the Japan- Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomo Takebe stressed that exchanges between people, legislators and localities lay a firm foundation for the bilateral ties to advance strongly.

 Lao Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining Viraphong Viravong has expressed wish to boost cooperation with major Vietnamese firms, especially those working in electricity and power transmission.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The shooting of a film, jointly produced by Viet Nam and India, has begun in Viet Nam after a year’s preparation.

Debt owed by provinces and cities is poised to increase steadily in the coming years as the Government will boost its on-lending of foreign loans and reduce budget allocations for projects using ODA and preferential loans in provinces.

The most famous spot at Dinh Cape in Son Hai Village, Phuoc Dinh Commune is the lighthouse which was built by the French in 1904.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the most anticipated Electronic Dance Music festivals of the summer will be held on July 23 at Ha Noi Creative City, the arts and entertainment complex located at 1 Luong Yen Street, Hai Ba Trung District.

VietNamNet Bridge - Myanmar has jumped into large markets, getting ready to become the No 1 in the world in rice exports, according to Vo Tong Xuan, the leading rice expert. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Coc Coc is well known in Vietnam as a browser on par with the world favorite Chrome. However, its founders initially planned to develop the company as a search engine.

VietNamNet Bridge - A female student studying in the U.S. is leading a project to protect Son Doong Cave from work that may affect the local ecosystem.

Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company will next month put up for auction the five turboprop ATR-72-500s currently leased to Vietnam Airlines as the national carrier will end its short-haul aircraft lease four years ahead of schedule.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three books by To Hoai, winner of the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature in 2006, have been reprinted by two leading publishers in HCM City to celebrate the writer’s second death anniversary.

 People in some areas in Hanoi are facing serious water shortages again after a major pipeline that transports water from the Da River Plant broke for an eighteenth consecutive time on July 11.

 The value of M&A activities in the first half of 2016 in Vietnam reached $1.551 billion in 20 deals, according to the “South East Asia M&A Trend Report H1 2016”.

An 800-tonne building has been moved 35m from its original position in the central Nghe An Province.

Hoi An will expand the area for walking streets to Hoang Dieu and Hoi An market – outside of the old quarter – in an effort to create more space for tourists and ease the crowding of tourists in old quarters.

The Government's establishment of a special committee to manage capital at State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is necessary, but it is likely to face significant challenges in its work, experts said.

  The Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016 were recently launched in Ha Noi with theme of "For the quality of life".

 The State Securities Commission of Viet Nam has allowed Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) to increase its foreign stake to 100 per cent.

 The recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the Philippines’ s lawsuit against China concerning disputes in the East Sea is of historical significance, a Japanese expert has said.

 Over the past 65 years, the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Slovakia have been further consolidated.