The Mekong Development Bank (MDB) is set to merge with the Vietnam Maritime Commercial Bank (Maritime Bank) to form an institution among the country's five largest banks in terms of charter capital.

 Young and dynamic women and men make up the biggest group among Vietnam’s wage workers, who are willing to migrate within the country to find work, according to a latest brief report issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

 A group of French experts are working on a plan to help the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai develop sustainable tourism in Bac Ha town, the second most popular destination in the locality.

Deputy Defence Minister receives French guest, Vietnamese leader’s presents given to Lao provinces, Promoting border livelihoods is pivotal mission, Vietnam eyes more effective ASEAN cooperation

 The Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association and the Military Technical Academy held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 22 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia friendship space-flight mission (July 23).

 Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has assured Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Jerril G. Santos that Vietnam will continue working closely with the Philippines to ensure a successful APEC Year 2015.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi for Thailand on July 23 for an official visit and to attend the third Vietnam-Thailand Joint Cabinet meeting at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta has many attractive tourist destinations for those who love spending time in the countryside and the riverine region.

 The number of tariff lines South Korea will cut for Vietnamese imports under the Vietnam-Korea FTA (VKFTA) is 95.4 per cent of the total, 5 per cent higher than other countries such as China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

 A type of diabetes drug may offer a glimmer of hope in the fight against Parkinson's disease, research in the journal Plos Medicine suggests.

The Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) has announced unsatisfactory results on a stress test it conducted on 13 Vietnamese banks which hold 68.5 percent of the total assets of the banking system.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Numerous licenses of big foreign-invested (FDI) projects have been revoked, revealing the poor ability of local governments in assessing FDI projects.

 As the market scale of the cooking oil industry has reached $1.37 billion annually the industry is now attracting a lot of corporations from different fields such as confectionery, real estate, and supermarkets.

Giving more ‘power’ to primary school students and changing the ways of criticizing and complimenting students are all measures the MOET has tried to implement to revolutionize education in the country. 

The Vietnam National University Integrated Circuit Design Research and Education Center (ICDREC) has made an 8/16/32 byte microprocessor, but it is still too early to say whether it will have commercial potential.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese belly dancer Do Hong Hanh and two famous colleagues from Ukraine and the US posed during a photo shoot at a reed field in the Hanoi suburbs.

 The People Court in southern Soc Trang Province has begun hearing a case of fraud in the Phuong Nam Food Processing Company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As his plane landed at the Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi, Dong struggled with mixed feelings.

 FDI exporters outperform local firms, Ministry can decide investor selection format for major bridge, Tax debtors may be banned from overseas travels, Homebuyers concerned about developers' tax liabilities

 The number of tourist ships operating in Ha Long Bay would be reduced, chairman of the Quang Ninh People's Committee, Nguyen Duc Long, said at meeting on Tuesday.