US State Secretary John Kerry delivered a keynote address at the Vietnam War Summit at Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, late on April 27 (local time).

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VietNamNet Bridge - In many ‘duels’, it is not the foreign giants with powerful financial capability and experience, but rather the Vietnamese conglomerateswho are the winners.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environment data from automatic monitoring equipment shows that Hanoi has bad air quality. The machines have sometimes discovered suspended mercury in the air.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s economic growth would cool to 6% this year due mainly to weaker demand on global markets and the serious impact of drought and saltwater intrusion on the country’s agriculture.

  The presence of foreign investors in domestic insurance companies is considered a positive sign for the development of the Vietnamese insurance sector.

  The Embassy of the Republic of Poland announced that Polish Jazz band Michał Milczarek Trio is going to have three shows in Vietnam at the turn of April and May.

 Drought and salinity have caused losses of VND5.6 trillion (US$249.89 million) for large swaths of the Central Highlands, south-central and Mekong Delta regions.

 Vietnamese firms still have difficulty exporting agro-aqua-forestry products to the U.S. although the U.S. is the second largest market for Vietnamese agricultural products after China.

 Gia Lai Province General Hospital today confirmed the death of a fifth-grade girl, raising the death toll of the drowning accident in Dak Koa District to three.

 The Vinaconex Water Supply Joint Stock Company (Viwasupco) has decided to relieve Bui Minh Truong of his post as director of the Da River Water Pipeline Project’s second phase.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The testing results of sea water samples in Da Nang shows that the water is normal for serving aquatic sports and entertainment activities, according to authorities of Da Nang.

 The Tuan Chau – Ha Long 2016 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship got underway on the resort island of Tuan Chau in Ha Long city, in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh.

 Palau’s authorities have captured two Vietnamese fishing vessels after two weeks of keeping a close watch on the boats.

 “The Ride of the Brothers” (ROtB) has handed over dossiers on five sites believed to house mass graves of Vietnamese soldiers who died during the Vietnam war to the Vietnam Ministry of National Defence.

 A Vietnamese delegation attended the 7th US-ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held on April 28 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta.

 Authorities investigating the death of Prince found prescription opioid medication on him, according to various news outlets on Wednesday, the same day court records showed a judge appointed a bank to safeguard the music legend's estate.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Arguing that trading on the beach has been their livelihood for decades, hundreds of people protested and prevented the authorities from banning parties on the beach of Vung Tau on April 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport is studying the trans-Asian railway project, which will connect the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong route of Vietnam to Southwest China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Champion of Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thuy wore hand-painted, gold-inlaid dresses designed by Hoang Quyen on the catwalk at the ongoing Vietnam International Fashion Week 2016 in HCM City.