Hanoi will have its own decree on developing tourism to 2020, targeting to welcome 30 million tourists, 5.7 million of which are international tourists, and earn VND120 trillion ($5.38 billion) in revenue.

Vietnamese marketing experts commented that US President Obama gave Habevo a golden opportunity to advertise its Bia Ha Noi (Hanoi beer) brand. But Habeco still cannot take full advantage of the opportunity.

Over recent years, padlocks attached to bridge railings as tokens of couples safeguarding their love have become commonplace in almost all parts of the globe from Paris to Moscow to China and the US.

 Local suppliers find blocks to supermarket access, Corporations divest VND 2,000 billion from non-core business, Business bemoans high wages and social insurance, Rice exports forecast to rise in final months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T scored the biggest win at the 12th round match of the V.League, returning to play after nearly one month off for the national teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New 3D books for children, issued by foreign publishing houses, are now available at bookstores around the country.

 Nearly 74,000 volunteers join Exam Season Support 2016, Deputy PM urges salt purchases to help farmers, Vietnam aims to promote human development in ethnic minority areas, Vietnamese culture highlighted in Czech Republic

 Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia's Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes.

 The central province of Binh Dinh has approved a plan to organize a major summer tourism festival which is slated to kick off at the central square of Quy Nhon City on June 22.

 Starbucks Corp has opened its fifth store in Hanoi, expanding its presence in Vietnam, one of the world's largest coffee-growing countries.

Literature on Hue Royal Architecture was recently honoured as a documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting in May.

Fire warnings were in place across three western U.S. states on Sunday as record-breaking heat threatened to feed wildfires that have blackened thousands of acres (hectares), especially in California and New Mexico.

 Nguyen Thi Huyen is Vietnam's second track-and-field athlete to be named as a member of the Vietnam national team to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.

 The Asian Tour will return to Vietnam next summer at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, according to the organisers.

 Over 100 international buyers and 28 foreign media and tourism bloggers have registered to participate at the Beach Leisure and MICE Travel Mart Da Nang from June 23-26.

Analysts have noted that equitized SOEs tend to choose  conglomerates with powerful financial capability - real estate developers or financiers - which do not have relations to their core business fields, as their strategic shareholders. 

 The Prime Minister has signed a decision to establish a 39-member National Financial and Monetary Policy Consultation Council led by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

 Russia’s biggest truck producer KAMAZ plans to increase its export to Vietnam from 700 trucks in 2015 to 1,000 ones this year.

Anton Yelchin, a 27-year-old actor best known for playing the character Chekov in two "Star Trek" movies, was killed early on Sunday when his car rolled and pinned him against a wall in his driveway, police said. 

 The delivery of 5,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice to Cuba as a donation took place at the headquarters of the Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Ministry (MINCEX) on June 16.