VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2014, foreign visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi have received free tours from a group of Vietnamese youngsters,

VietNamNet Bridge – The ministries of justice, home affairs, information and communication, and government office are drafting a plan to establish a system to receive feedback on public administration services. 

Doan Diep Mau, deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs talks with Thoi bao Kinh Te Viet Nam about measures to stop Vietnamese labourers illegally staying and working in Korea after finishing their labour contracts. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have been cautious when asked whether Obama’s visit would give a push to Vietnam’s economic development, but have said it would help Vietnamese products penetrate the US market.

Franchising has grown into a prevailing investment channel with strong adaptability and a bright growth prospect in Vietnam.

Korean choreographer/businesswoman Chun Yoo Oh has recently unveiled her plan to bring back her dancing creation “Promise to 800” on stage at the Opera House in HCMC on June 2 and the Opera House in Hanoi on June 7.

 The HCMC government will have to find at least VND74.35 trillion (US$3.34 billion) to fund flood control projects in 2016-2020, according to a report on flood control solutions released at a HCMC Party Committee meeting on Tuesday.

  Localities have expressed high hopes for the tax office’s investigation into the affairs of Vietnamese citizens linked to the Panama Papers leaks.

 Vietnam’s U16 football team has been drawn into the “Group of Death” at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Football Championship.

 The Italian Senate supports the early ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Italy and Vietnam, Senate President Pietro Grasso told Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong on May 25.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam entered the final of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur World Championships on May 26 in Jonkoping, Sweden.

 A concert titled and Romanticism will be held at 7pm on May 28 at the Southern Vietnam Women Museum in 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3.

With 95 per cent of the vote, Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has been elected member of the municipal People’s Council for the period 2016-21.

The prosperity and sustainable development in Viet Nam, Asia and the world may be ensured only in a peaceful and stable international environment, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the expanded G7 Summit in Mie Prefecture, Japan on May 27.

 My Linh, a very famous Vietnamese singer, has been strongly criticised by some for her interpretation of the Vietnamese national anthem before a speech by US President Barack Obama in Hanoi on May 23.

An official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed the ministry will announce the official cause of the mass fish deaths when the investigation is finally finished, denying that they are burying the news.

 Though the number of Vietnamese smokers reduced, the country is still one of nations who have high rate of smokers in the world, said the Ministry of Health.

Microsoft Vietnam today organised Technology for Good Day, specifically designed for NGOs with attendance of about 100 people from more than 60 NGOs in Vietnam.

 The Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to a Vietnamese fishing vessel caught illegally operating in its waters.

The US Senate’s approval of a bill that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme is good news for Vietnam’s tra fish industry, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.