Minister of Public Security To Lam had a meeting with Robert Kaliňák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Slovakia, in Hanoi on June 3.

 Vietnam wishes to deepen strategic partnership with Japan for peace and prosperity in the region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told Japanese media agencies. 

When imported, foreigners’ motorcycles are liable to excise tax, which will be calculated based on the taxed price and tax rate. 

Vietnamese goods have to go through many intermediaries to enter foreign supermarket chains. As a result, enterprises have to pay high costs to sell their goods, and cannot develop their brands. 

 Defence cooperation between Vietnam and the US would be developing further, after having reaped new and practical progress, said Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Do Ba Ty.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the socio-economic performance in May as the best since early this year during the monthly government meeting in Hanoi on June 3. 

 From February this year, 59 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces had their area codes changed, under a decision issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese travelers are choosing outbound tours instead of traveling domestically as the tours are getting cheaper.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of apartment buildings has been increasing in new urban areas, but there are no clinics and schools in some of these areas. 

 According to Government Decree No. 07/2017/ND-CP of January 25, 2017, the grant of e-visas for foreigners who wish to enter Vietnam will be made on a pilot basis for two years, starting from February 1 this year.

 According to Vietnam’s Law on Marriage and Family, a man and a woman eligible for getting married who cohabit as husband and wife without registering their marriage have no spousal rights and obligations. 

Bia Hanoi, or Hanoi beer, a long lasting beer brand well known to Hanoians, which was served at former US President Obama’s dinner during his visit to Vietnam in 2016, cannot hold the upper hand over its rivals. 

 Major health investments in the capital have been abandoned.

 Men have been gradually playing an active role in shopping, especially when it comes to non-food items, emergency needs, and special occasions, latest Nielsen report finds.

Despite the lack of material possessions, children in the northwest highlands region remain innocent with the friendliest of eyes and equally pleasant big bright positive optimistic smile on their face.

The national television channel VTV is still not ready to provide VTV-produced TV channels on the internet as it needs to carefully consider technical solutions to copyright protection, according to a VTV Digital representative.

 Vietnam’s rice export growth has regained momentum this year after a year of slowdown, according to a report by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

 Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which gauges the country’s manufacturing performance, dropped from 54.1 in April to 51.6 in May, marking the weakest rate of improvement since March 2016.

On Monday morning, people in Phuoc Thanh Commune in the southern province of Tien Giang’s My Tho City heard the sound of a horn coming from a container truck parked along the road.

 Viet Nam will host the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) for the first time this November.