Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he welcomes Japanese businesses to expand their investments in Vietnam and improve their quality and efficiency.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple’s latest-generation iPad which was introduced to the public recently has received much praise from Vietnamese technology experts.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts doubt that the minimum wage can be lifted each year if Vietnam’s productivity remains low compared with other ASEAN countries.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang launched an order to start construction of the seventh Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Vietnam on September 16.

 Visiting Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang met with Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Deputy Premier Troy Grant on September 16.

 The Japanese royal family strongly supports the development of relations between Japan and Vietnam, Emperor Akihito told Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during their meeting in Tokyo on September 16. 

 Vietnam attaches importance to the stable and sustainable development of the comprehensive strategic partnership with China, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting in Beijing on September 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Hoan Kiem District are investigating two shoeshine workers who are accused of overcharging and forcing foreign tourists.

Convenient stores have never developed as strong as present in Vietnam with the more attendance of both foreign and local retailers, which has rocketed rent rates forcing some firms with weak financial ability to transfer their shops

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors love the An Binh Islands and say they actually feel sad having to leave the inspiring people, magnificent sites and awesome adventures.

 Illegally printed books have flooded the market and have seriously affected the sale of original editions, officials said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Rice exports seem to be the playground of big State-owned corporations, which are able to impose unfavorable conditions on others, especially farmers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the minimum wage spike has three and a half months to go, enterprises in the labor-intensive textile and garment sector are scrambling to find ways to cope with this financial burden.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Mekong Delta, which is home to 18 million people, has suffered adverse consequences due to poor water resource management,

If they want to know who the most famous artisan is in Non Nuoc Stone Sculpture village in the central coast city of Danang, visitors will be certainly introduced to Le Ben as he has spent 65 years reproducing ancient Cham statues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More Vietnamese women marry Korean men than in any other country. The South Korean government has even funded special courses in Viet Nam to help the women grow accustomed to their new home.

France pledges to support Vietnamese firms in Paris, Vietnam emerges as big RoK export market, Vietnam unlikely to loosen lending, Vietnamese brand to compete in powdered milk market, Viet Nam car sales down 10% in Aug

 Thank an ancient squirrel, climate change and French scientists for the new discovery of an ancient virus, Mollivirus sibericum, that sounds like it could launch a creepy movie.

 Vietnam beer festival-exBEERience Fest is set to get underway in SC Vivo City Rooftop on 1058 Nguyen Van Linh street, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City from 4.30pm on November 11-15.

 A Hanoi delegation led by Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao recently toured Geneva and Bern in a bid to boost multifaceted cooperation between the Vietnamese capital city and the Swiss cities.