The Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) will identify and deal strictly with collective and individual responsibilities for loss-making investment decisions and other business management errors, a senior official said yesterday.

 French and Vietnamese companies signed two trade agreements at the France – Viet Nam Business Forum held in HCM City yesterday to mark the visit of French President Francois Hollande.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the ‘forest’ of fish sauce brands at supermarkets, it is difficult to find the original, authentic Phu Quoc fish sauce.

A series of plants making fertilizer from domestic waste have been built in recent years with ODA (official development assistance) capital.  And a lot of them, capitalized at tens or hundreds of billions of dong have been left idle.

 Vietnam topped the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships, which closed in Singapore on September 6.

 Vietnamese women’s masters tied with No 5 seed India in the fifth round match of the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan, yesterday.

 HCM City’s Transport Department has proposed to the city authority to allocate part of the land fund for street vendors to serve their trade activities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Warning about threats from Chinese-made equipment used in Vietnam, experts have suggested diversifying supply sources to reduce reliance on China.

The Vietnam Top Publishers Summit 2016 opened in Hanoi on September 7, drawing more than 100 delegates who are leaders and chief editors of 100 leading electronic newspapers and websites.

 ASEAN leaders continue to voice deep concerns about the East Sea situation in the Chairman’s Statement of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits, which was issued on September 7 afternoon. 

 Ho Chi Minh City’s officials pledged to work with France on measures to bolster bilateral trade and investment, as well as to facilitate market access for each other’s products.

Lao Party Secretary General and President Bounnhang Volachith hailed the practical and effective cooperation between the Lao and Vietnamese legislatures during a reception for Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty.

 French President Francois Hollande left Ho Chi Minh City on September 7 afternoon, concluding a successful State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

President Tran Dai Quang appreciated the cooperation between the two supreme procuracy bodies of Vietnam and Bulgaria at a reception on September 7 for Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov in Hanoi.

 The Foreign Ministries of Vietnam and Mexico agreed to take measures to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations in an intensive, practical and effective manner.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the significance of strengthening cooperation between ASEAN and external partners to the building of the ASEAN Community and realisation of the 2025 Vision.

 Many Japanese companies are exploring investment opportunities in the Vietnamese food market, which is expected to grow at around 5 percent this year. 

Domestic rice exporters are grappling with low demand in traditional importing markets and lower prices on global markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese agricultural enterprises are losing opportunities to export food, facing big challenges in the domestic market because of imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Building a roadmap to have English as the second language in Vietnam is one of the nine tasks the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has set on the threshold of the 2016-2017 academic year.