Countries in and outside the East Sea should act responsibly and in conformity with international law, including the UNCLOS 1982 for peace and stability in the sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has maintained contacts with Japanese relevant agencies and kept close watch on the murder of Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba prefecture to bring the culprit to trial soon.

Vietnamese and Malaysian lawyers are actively collecting evidence to defend Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese suspect in the death of a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in the next court hearing. 

Vietnamese and Iranian leaders have committed all possible support to their businesses to navigate the respective markets towards a trade value of $2 billion, President Tran Dai Quang said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Hanoi on April 20 Nakamura Norimichi, Governor of Nagasaki prefecture, who is visiting Vietnam with a business delegation.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay official visits to Cambodia and Laos from April 24 to 27.

 US President Donald Trump will attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam in November together with the US-ASEAN and East Asia meetings in the Philippines as well. 

 Captain Nguyen Quoc Khanh from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has been assigned to join the UN mission in the Central African Republic.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung had a working session with authorities from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on April 19 to study the European country’s experience in planning, building and operating seaports.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu suggested the International Cooperative Alliance continue supporting Vietnam in improving its cooperatives’ capacity. 

The power provided to the entire lighting system of an industrial zone (IZ) is derived from a waste-to-energy plant, while processed and packaged straw residue is sold for VND60,000 per kilo. 

VietNamNet Bridge - GDP is usually considered an important factor that shows the health of the economy in Vietnam.

A report by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) about the status of non-state universities is nothing new, but the schools complain they are at a disadvantage compared with state-owned schools.

 A number of foreign retailers have expanding their businesses in Viet Nam in recent years, seeing large growth potential as well as opportunities in the modern retail industry.

 IBM and Five9 Viet Nam announced on Thursday they would work together on cloud services to bring cognitive computing to enterprises and organisations in Viet Nam.

 The capital that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) pledges to loan to Vietnam in fiscal year 2017 (from April 2017 to March 2018) will not differ much from the previous fiscal year.

 Individuals of State agencies and organisations should be banned from using vehicles and other assets that are presented or donated by organisations or individuals, the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed at a debate on April 20. 

 Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly Chung Sye-kyun will lead a high-level delegation to visit Vietnam from April 24-26, the NA Committee for External Relations announced on April 20. 

 National Assembly deputies gave opinions on a list of projects and specific sums of capital allocated for projects under the middle-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period.

 From June, 1,900 medical services will have new price ceilings, which means the rate for many services will rise two- or three-fold, as per a recent health ministry circular.