The food and beverage industry is expected to maintain a growth rate of more than 10 per cent until 2020, according to experts.

 Viet Nam’s steady transition to a liberalised economy is the subject of a wide-ranging analysis in a new report by the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG).

The domestic garment industry has faced many challenges in exporting to key markets, such as the European Union and the United States, but it still has a chance of achieving its export target this year, according to experts.

Japan’s coal enterprises are ready to transfer clean coal technology to Viet Nam’s firms to reduce emissions and enhance efficiency in the electricity sector, said and official from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation.

 Vietnam will have representatives in the main round of the singles and doubles events of the Badminton Asia Championship, which will start today in Wuhan, China.

 Tran Thi My Dung has won a silver medal at the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

 Road traffic accidents claimed nearly 9,000 lives in Vietnam last year and caused tens of thousands of injuries, according to a report by the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC).

 The 30th ASEAN Summit will take place in Manila, the Philippines, on April 28 and 29, with the attendance of leaders from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse left Phnom Penh, Cambodia, early on April 26 for Vientiane, Laos, for an official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Thoonglun Sisoulith.

 The People’s Court of Vinh Cuu district, the southern province of Dong Nai, gave imprisonment sentences to shooters of a gaur in a provincial sanctuary during a trial on April 25. 

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Angolan Minister of External Relations Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti have agreed to continue seeking specific measures to strengthen ties in prioritised areas.

 President Tran Dai Quang hailed the Vietnam visit by Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Chung Sye-kyun on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on April 25 for Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors to Vietnam Craig Chittick and Wendy Matthews. 

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed on various measures to bolster the countries’ multi-faceted relations at their talks in Phnom Penh on April 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines is no longer the solo player in the country's aviation market. More airlines, including newcomer Vietjet Air, have created a highly competitive market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The news that a seventh grader and her parents only knew about her pregnancy on the day she gave birth has rung the alarm bell over Vietnamese students’ lack of sex education.

In Vietnam, IT university graduates are plentiful, but the number of IT engineers qualified to meet requirements in the fourth industrial revolution is insufficient to meet demand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following 2016, considered by meteorological agencies to be the hottest year since 1880, hot spells this year are expected to come later and will be less severe.

Photos of many memorable moments during the national liberation war, captured by Minh Loc as a field reporter at the Vietnam New Agency, have been presented to the public at a recent exhibition.

More than 860 people were killed in work-related accidents last year in Viet Nam, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.