Canada will support Vietnam in successfully organising the upcoming APEC event, said Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong held a reception in Hanoi on February 7 for Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded the Japan External Trade Organisation’s (JETRO) coordination with Vietnamese agencies to prepare for a programme to call for Japanese investment in Vietnam in the first half of 2017.

Agoda, Traveloka, Booking and Expedia have to pay VAT (value added tax) and CIT (corporate income tax), which is 5 percent of total revenue, for profits from doing business in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

VietNamNet Bridge - In early 2019, Vietnam will launch LOTUSat-1, a satellite with radar technology that will observe the Earth. Three years later, it will launch LOTUSat-2.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more green architecture awards have been given to buildings in Vietnam, a refection of the country's effort to develop construction works friendly to the environment.

Agriculture was never found on the list of the most attractive investment channels for those who have idle money. But things are changing.

Dam Quang Minh is well known in Vietnam for not only being the youngest university rector, but also as the educator who cherishes the dream of exporting Vietnam’s education.

 Phu Quoc Island is being targeted by a number of local developers with major projects already built and in the pipeline.

 It seems Vietnam's gains from the TPP were merely hypothetical.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) planning department has to submit solutions for each of the 12 major projects that have been delayed and/or are performing badly before Friday.

 In its report on Tuesday, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) predicted a growing trend for Viet Nam’s economy for the 2016-2050 period, with an upward shift in the global ranking each year.

 Firefighters have put out a fire in a Ho Chi Minh City hotel today (Feb. 7) and rescued four people who were briefly trapped in their rooms, a fire battalion chief said.

 As first blush, the arrival of transnational retailers in the metropolitan centres of Vietnam appears to be a boon for consumers who want wider choices and a death sentence for local retailers, most of whom are small.

  The new Government headed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has gained the confidence of the public and the corporate sector since its debut 10 months ago.

 Recent test results that showed 90/ 100 underwater samples in Ho Chi Minh City were polluted has raised concern in the public and city residents want the local government to issue urgent measures to reduce environmental pollution.

Flash flood and cyclone, unseasonable & high recorded  rains, heat waves in mid-winter, snowfall in Hanoi and Nghe An, early blooming flowers & fruits have hit the country in the recent years.

 State Capital Investment Corporation currently holds stakes in 146 businesses. Its chairman Nguyen Duc Chi shares with VIR the company (SCIC)’s major tasks set for 2017.

 Many ancient mahogany trees in Lang Street in Hanoi have had their bark stripped by vandals who are said to use this as a remedy for pruritus treatment.

 The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) is expected to hold ten sessions this year, according to the recently released 2017 working programme.