A number of products imported from Japan to Vietnam will enjoy zero percent tariff beginning April 1, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Vietnam, RoK forge bilateral legal engagement, Vietnam attends 10th APEC TELMIN in Malaysia, NA Chairman meets Pakistani, Moroccan legislators, Vietnamese leaders meet with Hungarian guests

 Regional academics have described how the strategic vision of late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew nurtured the relationship between Singapore and Vietnam, who are now special partners within ASEAN.

 Kazakhstan officially opened its Embassy in Hanoi on March 30, looking toward it helping promote ties between the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Wandering the Ho Thi Ky flower market at night is an exciting experience in the life and culture of Saigonese.

 Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 5-7, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 30.

 Vietnam backs India’s Act East policy and comprehensive connectivity with Southeast Asia, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) of India Sumitra Mahajan in Hanoi on March 30.

 President Truong Tan Sang hosted Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou, Speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly Sardar Ayat Sadiq and Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament of India Sumitra Mahajan on March 30.

 The Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, ongoing for the first time in Hanoi, continued its discussions on March 30 with emphasis placed on the sustainable development, environmental protection and regional and global security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Serious pollution in the Vam Co Dong River is the main reason for heavy losses to fish farmers in Tay Ninh Province, local environmental authorities have confirmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Riparian communes should be asked to stop permitting individuals or firms to set up sand-gathering sites on the banks of the Red River,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Dac Phu, director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to VietnamPlus about the scarcity of some vaccines under the national immunisation programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The year 2014  marked one of the biggest events in recent years in the global economy: China’s hot growth in the three consecutive decades came to an end.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a raft of free trade agreements on the way, a checklist of equitisations, and new legislation in place to support foreign investment, a new wave of M&As are forecast to sweep across Vietnam.

 Two former leaders of NamA Bank, Tran Ngo Phuc Vu and Tran Ngoc Tam, now represent this bank’s share holdings at the Vietnam Bank for Export and Import (Eximbank) and are expected to run for board membership at Eximbank’s upcoming general meeting.

 In an initial public offering plan, Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will convert debts owed to other firms into shares and have a positive cash flow by 2019.

 Vietnam and the Philippines have launched a hotline to facilitate the timely exchange of information on fishing activities.

 A voluntary organisation located in Mikkeli, Finland dedicated to promoting young entrepreneurs’ concepts and assisting them in starting a new business venture recently chose to assist Vietnamese Le Hoang with an app he is developing.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has confirmed that airlines will have to include the environment fee in their adjustments of airfare ,but it is still unclear how this would be implemented.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training hopes to increase average classroom space to 6-8sq.m for each school student this year by reducing the number of children per class.