VietNamNet Bridge - Many vocational schools have closed some training majors, and analysts say they may have to shut down entirely as they cannot find students.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly all pharmaceutical manufacturers have been or are planning to produce functional food because of the lucrative market.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are huge financial resources in Vietnam which still have not been mobilized for investment and development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasized the government’s determination to fulfill socio-economic development tasks set for this year.

The flow of trade between Vietnam and the rest of the world is set to enter a prolonged period of disruption after voters in the UK opted to exit the EU.

Hoàng Quý Phước won a gold medal and set a national record at the Budapest Swimming Open in Hungary on Thursday.

Residents aged 16 to 35 in HCM City and provinces have been invited to  compete in the Chuông Vàng Vọng Cổ (Golden Bell), a national amateur traditional music contest.

Nguyễn Đăng An, winner of the Global Taste of Korea Contest in Việt Nam will be the Vietnamese entry at the Global Taste of Korea Contest, which is to be held from July 12 to 21.

Improving enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights is now high on the Government’s agenda as part of its efforts to uphold international IP commitments, especially those in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. 

The budget deficit in the first half of the year hit VNĐ82.9 trillion (US$3.7 billion) due to rising recurrent expenditures and the repayment of debts, the General Statistics Office reported.

The property market will continue recovering but experts told an online forum held by Đầu Tư (Investment) newspaper on July 1 that they do not expect breakthroughs in the second half of this year.

Meet Magento 2016 Vietnam, one of the most energetic and rapid-growing markets in Southeast Asia, will be held on October 15, 2016, in HCM City.

The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone), the second-largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, has started piloting its 4G and MobiTV services July 1.

Students took their first two national high school exams in mathematics and a foreign language.

In 2015, China topped the world in terms of steel output (803.8 million tons), exporting 111.6 million tons. Meanwhile, Vietnam ranked seventh in the world and the first in South East Asia in steel imports (16.3 million tons).

VietNamNet Bridge - Five years have elapsed since the day the State Bank released figures about banks’ bad debts, but the problem still has not been settled. Vietnam will need another five years to deal with it.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese enterprises have been step by step closing their factories in the south of China and moving to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple SIM is considered a technological breakthrough, but it could be an obstacle to mobile network operators’ business.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi needs investment to apply new comprehensive measures to sort waste at source, organize waste collection, and treat waste with modern technologies.

Analysts say they don’t believe the Ministry of Education and Training can prohibit private teaching unless the wage policy is adjusted and teachers’ salaries are high enough to cover their basic needs.