Hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year in 2017 is the centre of Vietnam’s external activities, demonstrating the country’s desire to contribute to APEC and regional development, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Some provinces have been praised as pioneers in the movement to build a new countryside, but they are big debtors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The attractive profits from leasing and property price increases attract investors to buy apartments for lease. The trend has been growing in the last two years.

 Viet Nam is unlikely to meet the 10 per cent export growth target for this year, said Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Tuan Anh.

When Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh denied there were special group interests in licensing the Ca Na steel complex project, the ministry’s website showed information that indicated support for large-scale steel projects.

Able to read at 18 months and winner of many competitions, Phan Dang Nhat Minh is excelling at the ongoing 17th ‘Road to Olympia’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese spent more than VND600 billion in one week to buy iPhone 7s, far more than for Galaxy Note 7. 

An attractive market with a forecast growth rate of no less than 10 percent and weak Vietnamese enterprises are why foreign investors in the packaging industry have entered the Vietnamese market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The terms  ‘green works’, ‘green architecture’, ‘green cities’ and ‘green energy’ are now commonly used in Vietnam, but the practices are not applied widely. 

 Vietnam has some of the best university-based teacher training programs in the world, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hien of the Ministry of Education of Training at a recent forum in Hanoi.

 Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm, and asset management firm VinaCapital has announced the establishment of a joint venture spanning over development, acquisitions, and operation in the hospitality industry across Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang attended a dialogue and a group meeting with the APEC Forum’s Business Advisory Council (APAC) within the framework of the 24 th APEC High-level Week in Lima, Peru, on November 19.

 Vietnam-Italy economic and trade relations have been developing strongly, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien made the remarks in an interview prior to President Tran Dai Quang’s state visit to Italy from November 21-24. 

VietNamNet Bridge - President Tran Dai Quang had a busy day on November 19 (local time) hosting leaders of countries on the sidelines of the 24th High-level Week of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Lima, Peru. 

 The Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee convened its 34th session in Havana, Cuba with an aim to lift bilateral economic ties on par with the close political ties between the two Parties and States.

Priced at more than VNĐ300,000 per unit, a mosquito-repellent machine made by two enterprising junior-high school students is small, useful and cheap. 

 Microsoft Viet Nam on Wednesday officially launched the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017, aiming to support talented young people worldwide in using technology to build creative and realistic solutions.

 Vietnamese e-commerce startups are capable of competing with international companies, which are increasingly coming to Viet Nam to set up business, delegates heard at a forum yesterday in HCM City.

MobiFone recently received complaints from customers, who reported being spammed with missed calls from a foreign number and subsequently being charged high international call fees.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will hold a roadshow to introduce the sale of its shares in Vietnam Dairy Products JSC on Monday.