Vietnam’s relations with the US and Israel were the focus of a recent diplomatic reception held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US and the Asia Pacific Institute of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

VietNamNet Bridge - A Google representative said that in the near future, Vietnam’s e-commerce performance will be ‘mobile only’.

VietNamNet Bridge - About 50 dollar millionaires in Vietnam earn billions of dong a month via Facebook, according to a Facebook representative. However, the taxation body said it cannot collect taxes from these sellers.

Parents in Hanoi complain that they cannot decide which English learning programs to choose for their children because there are too many programs and they don’t have sufficient information about the quality of the programs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two students in Can Tho City are using waste from seafood processing factories to create microbiological sludge to grow safe vegetables and ornamental flowers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnam’s fruits are popular among choosy consumers in the US, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand, the products have to struggle to cement their positions in the domestic market.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has sent a letter to a teacher in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai for his efforts to persuade many local students back to their class.

Weather experts expect the southern region to  experience less drought and salinity and more unseasonal rain during this year’s dry season.

Falling demand and overseas competition are expected to bite into Vietnam's rice exports.

Vietnam will work with the new administration and Congress of the US to continue fostering the two countries’ comprehensive partnership in economy, trade, national security, education, science-technology, and settlement of post-war consequences.

Vietnam’s relations with the US and Israel were the focus of a recent diplomatic reception held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US and the Asia Pacific Institute of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

 As many as 232 chess masters from all the five continents will compete in the 7th HD Bank International Open Chess Tournament, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12. 

 Ho Chi Minh City plans to become a smart city, and the task requires concerted efforts by the administration and information technology community, a city leader has said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been seeing slight GDP growth in recent years. The growth rate was 6.2 percent in 2016 and is forecast to be 6.3 percent this year. 

 The Food Safety Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City officially made its debut at a ceremony on March 11, making the city become the first locality in the country piloting food safety management by only one agency. 

 Jr. NBA, the US National Basketball Association (NBA)’s global development programme for youth basketball players, coaches and league administrators, has returned to Vietnam for a fourth consecutive year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the slurs he has faced, Dao Hong Tuyen, known as the ‘Tuan Chau Island King’ is determined to implement projects which, to many people, are ‘abnormal’ and ‘impractical’. 

The A/H5N1 avian influenza has been detected at fowl farms of some households in Hoa Long Commune, the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Vietnam has suspended the imports of poultry and poultry products from the US states of Tennessee and Wisconsin which have been affected by avian flu.

A strategic agreement to develop the Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand is expected to revive the country’s coffee industry, which needs to replace thousands of old, unproductive trees on farms in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.