The sixth Southern Land Cuisine Festival 2016 will take place from May 28 to June 1 at Dam Sen Park in District 11, HCMC, featuring a wide variety of specialties of the country’s southern region.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has confirmed that it has no plan to mobilize gold from the public for now due to risks though the Vietnam Gold Trading Association has proposed making full use of this huge yet idle resource.

 A number of the US newspapers have recently published articles highlighting the warming relationship between the US and Vietnam on the threshold of the US President’s visit to Vietnam.

The East Sea situation was the highlight of a debate recently held by Poland’s Centre for International Relations (CSM).

  Deputy minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung said that the workshop on information safety between ASEAN and Japan will enhance and strengthen the relationship between the two.

 Many scientific and technological solutions have been invented and applied in the past five years to cope with climate change and settle Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences in Vietnam.

 A conference to launch the 2016-2020 programme on prostitution prevention was held in the southern province of Bac Lieu on May 19.

 Fitch Ratings ​recently affirmed Vietnam’s long-term foreign and local currency IDRs at ’BB-’ with a stable outlook.

 Pham Thuy Trang from northern Hoa Binh province was crowned Miss Sea Vietnam 2016 on the final night of the pageant held in Ha Long city, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on May 21.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay a working visit to Japan from May 26-28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 20.

 Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Party Central Committee member and Deputy Defence Minister, has been appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army.

The National Election Council’s Office reported more than 65.5 million voters nationwide or 98.77 percent of the electorate went to the polls by 22:20 on May 22 to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils.

 Vietnam’s ongoing election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure has caught interests of foreign news agencies.

NukeViet is now an IPv6 comprehensive support software product, while NukeViet 4.0 version will be a modern software kit ready for implementation of apps in the IPv6 environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Trang Tien Plaza, the luxury goods paradise, is well known to every Hanoian, but many people go there just to visit the shopping mall, not to buy goods.

 US President Barack Obama’s official visit to Vietnam from May 23-25 is expected to usher in a new period of more rapid and stronger development in relations between the two countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - The lakes in Hanoi are considered the lungs of the city, but many of them have become seriously polluted.

 US President Barack Obama has arrived in Vietnam for a three-day official visit beginning May 23.

In an effort to ease pressure on students, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in 2015 decided to prohibit secondary schools from organizing entrance exams. However, the decision has not improved the situation.

The domestic property market this year would see "hot" development as Viet Nam would be one of five best prospective markets in the Asian region, experts said.