Ambassador of Vietnam to the US, H.E. Pham Quang Vinh, shares his thoughts on the future of the TPP.

VietNamNet Bridge - Will the tears of a primary school headmaster in HCM City cause city leaders to rethink their decision to prohibit teachers from holding private tutoring classes?

VietNamNet Bridge – Catching eels is an extra job of many farmers in Khanh Thanh commune of Yen Thanh district, in the central province of Nghe An. Let’s see how they catch slippery eels in the field.

ExxonMobil Corporation from the US is eager to co-operate with Vietnamese state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam to develop the gas-to-power complex located in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.

VietNamNet Bridge - Once the driving force for economic growth in 2015, the mining industry has been facing great challenges this year.

More than 5,000 people of Vietnamese origin living on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake have arrived in Vietnam paperless. Only 20 have been provided with Vietnamese citizenship.

State exempts export tax for environment-friendly products; Agro-forestry-fishery exports up, rice down; Debt must be collected promptly: GDT

VietNamNet Bridge - About 2,000 tons of seafood products remain unsold in Quang Binh province because of recent incidents that sullied the environment. 

VietNamNet Bridge - If public debt increases by VND385.375 trillion as estimated, Vietnam’s total public debt would climb to VND2,993 trillion, or 64 percent of GDP.

VietNamNet Bridge - Forested areas are protected in a small village in Phong Dien district in Thua Thien-Hue thanks to a special agreement of village elders.

The Ministry of Finance said that it would be difficult to finish drafting a decree on preventing transfer pricing within only a few months.

Thousands of households living near polluted dumping sites in this northern province will soon heave a sigh of relief as they will be closed by the end of this year.

The population explosion and rapid urbanisation have exerted pressure on HCM City’s environment, experts have said at a seminar held last week on the environmental problems facing the city in the last five years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Doosan Vina Heavy Industry has signed a contract on manufacturing nuclear power equipment for a South Korean nuclear power plant, the first ever contract of this kind.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau People’s Committee has released the criteria to choose new investors for Vung Tau Paradaise Resort developed by Vung Tau Paradise Company.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 200,000 workers with bachelor’s and master’s degree were unemployed as of the end of the second quarter of the year, as shown in MOLISA’s latest bulletin.

VietNamNet Bridge - Banks’ liquidity is strong, government bonds have been selling well, and bank interest rates and the dong/dollar exchange rate remain stable. However, the growth rate of the economy has been slowing. 

VietNamNet Bridge - If new suggestions by state management agencies receive approval, the automobile market is expected to benefit bigger dealers. 

 Experts have called for Vietnam, businesses and building operators to invest in energy-saving technology as power demand is growing strongly.

By the end of last month, Vietnam had attracted nearly US$13 billion from foreign direct investment (FDI), a year-on-year increase of 47%.