VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has a plan for its economic development over the next 20 years. Bui Trinh, an economic expert, spoke to the Hai quan (Customs) on-line outlet regarding tasks that Viet Nam must accomplish.

 Responsible tourism is everyone’s business and the industry has the potential to become the cornerstone of the nation’s economy, says the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VietNamNet Bridge - The market for safe agricultural products is wide open for investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) has projected the nation’s online retail sales would amount to US$10 billion by 2020, accounting for 5% of total retail revenue.  

 The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will be held at the Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21-27.

 People have donned monk robes and roamed the streets of HCM City to fraudulently earn money as people continue to flock to temples and pagodas following the start of the new lunar year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vegetables, fruits and seafood are expected to benefit much from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement despite concerns that agriculture will be one of the most vulnerable sectors.

 The central city of Da Nang has issued orders prohibiting the parking of four-wheelers on even dates and odd days on certain routes of the city centre.

 A line-up of activities will be held by the friendship group of parliamentarians who love Vietnam in the European Parliament (EP) in 2016 to enhance cooperation with Vietnam.

 The content and agenda of the 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly (NA), to be held in late March, were among the talking points of the NA Standing Committee’s 45th session on the morning of February 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - Natural rubber, sea shipping, pharmaceuticals, seafood, oil & gas, and steel enterprises are expected to be under pressure this year, according to securities firms.

 U.S. health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.

 The Fijian government and international aid agencies began delivering much needed aid on Wednesday to the Pacific nation's remote islands and coastal villages devastated by a powerful cyclone that killed 42 people.

 Many sellers in HCM City are re-trapping birds that have been released as part of the traditional First Full-moon Festival.

 Vietnam will grasp the opportunity to promote the country through famous movies, a tourism official has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Folk games such as bamboo dance, tug of war, mud banger, and stilt walking, were recreated in a program called “Discovering Vietnamese Tet” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on January 30.

Deputy general director of Vietnam Television (VTV) Nguyen Thanh Luong has confirmed the government has allowed VTV and two of its partners, the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) and BRG Group, to set up the Vietnam TV Tower JSC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indigenous tourism provides fascinating insights into the life, art and history of some of the globe’s longest surviving cultures, having inhabited Vietnam’s northwest for centuries.

ODA attraction, use directions issued for 2016–2020, Vingroup pips rivals with paradise villas, Upturn in rice exports early this year, Vietnam property prices set to increase, Insurer Bao Viet targets $1 billion in revenue in 2016

VietNamNet Bridge – The Russian partner in Vietsovpetro JV has proposed to reduce the personnel of Vietsovpetro to under 5,000 people from the current number of 7,200 over the next five years.