National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien has expressed wish to receive the US’s further assistance in improving the management capacity of Vietnamese officials, especially those working in public and environmental affairs. 

 The upcoming visit to Vietnam by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will open many opportunities and prospect for stronger cooperation between the two countries, stated Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Meirav Eilon Shahar. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Vietnamese and Greek governments to boost ties across marine-based economy, maritime navigation, shipbuilding, agriculture and tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has released a list of 19 enterprises in Hanoi and the proportion of the state’s ownership stake in them.

For 20 years, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram has been spending time to conduct research on  biological active substances of trinh nu hoang cung (Crinum latifolium), using the substances of the precious herb to support the treatment of tumors.

 Hi-tech agriculture is riding a new wave of investment in 2017, with the participation of numerous enterprises, banks, and the resolute determination from the government.

 The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is drawing up a scheme to export high-skilled labor to choosy markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Plastics companies' high growth rate of 11 percent in the last five years has attracted the interest of foreign companies. 

The father of the schoolboy whose was leg broken said that he asked for help from the Ministry of Education and Training and the Hanoi Education and Training, but there has been no reply.

 Printing businesses are holding their breath waiting for revisions to a relevant legal document regulating the printing business which has hindered their operation since coming into force two years ago.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has recently announced the results of a survey conducted on the status of housing in order to meet demand in the southern city.

 Bilateral trade and investment from the US into Vietnam are expected not to see drastic changes under US President Donald Trump.

 National tennis players Ly Hoang Nam will compete at the China F1 Men’s Futures in Anning City.

 Residents in Ky Anh Town in central Ha Tinh Province have found dead fish floating in the local Quyen River since last week.

 China remained Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in the first month of 2017, followed by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the US, according to the General Department of Customs.

 The first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM1) and related meetings in 2017 will be organised in Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.

 Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong met with representatives of Vietnamese expats in New York, the US, on February 12.

Mobile network operators have noted changes in subscribers’ taste and technology trends. They now tend to access the internet and social networks instead of using phones to make calls or send messages.

VietNamNet Bridge - State management agencies and scientists have issued warnings about the damages to the economy and environment brought by harmful invasive species in Vietnam.

An alarm is sounded these days when the threat of an alien creature farmed in the Mekong Delta that may do harm to local agriculture makes headlines in local media.