Vietnam misses many opportunities from WTO membership, Material shortage cripples shrimp processing factories, Saigon Port lowers target for 2016, plans divestment, Investors must be cautious with penny stocks: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s explore Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), the first university of Vietnam through 360 degree pictures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Sy Loi, deputy head of the National Assembly (NA)’s Social Affairs Committee, spoke with Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) about workers’ access to social welfare policies.

The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment has recognized 725 perennial fokienia trees in Quang Nam as heritage trees of Vietnam.

Director of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s branch in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho Vo Hung Dung spoke to Tuoi Tre newspaper about measures to prevent mass migration from the Mekong Delta region

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese manufacturers’ biggest rival is Thailand, experts say. The country exports a wide range of goods, from chicken to slippers, from cosmetics to electric cookers. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to submit the ratification of the TPP to the first session of the National Assembly XIV at the end of July.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A typical tourist’s guidebook with plain pictures and information might not leave much of an impression, but paper pop-ups of the landmarks might tempt readers to visit the sites immediately.

VietNamNet Bridge - The DVB-T2 set top box (STB) has a 35 percent import tariff. The STB market is chaotic with counterfeit goods and the broadcasting wave quality remains poor.

Ten domestic commercial banks have been piloting Basel II, a set of banking regulations put forth by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, since late last year, as part of measures required by SBV to restructure the local banking system.

Fog covers every corner of Hue City in early morning, making the old imperial city in central Vietnam more romantic and fanciful.

Thua Thien-Hue hosts int’l seminar on odonto-stomatology, Da Nang: Climate resilient house project kicks off, First Vietnam Int’l Café Show opens in Ho Chi Minh City, Researcher donates valuable books to Hanoi institute

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 households along the Hong (Red) and the Thai Binh rivers will be relocated as part of the new national plan for flood prevention and control.

  The upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to Vietnam is set to promote multifaceted links between the two nations, according to some US citizens.

Economic globalization, the double impact of climate change, development of irresponsible projects on the Mekong River and irrational exploitation of natural resources are all threatening the survival of the southwestern region of Vietnam.

With the recent purchase of supermarket chain Big C and the alleged purchase of online retailer Zalora’s Vietnamese operations, Thai company Central Group has snatched up the lion’s share of Vietnam’s retail channels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sasuke, the sports game show that originated in Japan, will start its second season in Viet Nam from May 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A bonsai can be seen as a miniature world of a Vietnamese village. An old banyan tree shadows a replica of a temple while a tiny fisherman sits by a pond.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Much more by the way of realistic reforms need be done to tackle the challenges of a rapidly aging population in Vietnam, says the Ministry of Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoIT).

With numerous large-scale foreign-invested projects to be licensed soon, Hanoi has set an ambitious target of attracting $2 billion in foreign direct investment this year, up from $1.4 billion in 2015.