Legal matters involving the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, were featured at an international workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23.

 Vietnam and Myanmar agreed to step up the traditional amity and all-round cooperation for two peoples’ benefit, contributing to the ASEAN peace, sustainability and collaboration.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on July 23 met the Foreign Ministers of Laos and Brunei on the occasion of the ongoing 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings in Vientiane from July 23-26.

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Singapore and Indonesia on July 24 on the sidelines of the 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane.

The World Bank has applauded Vietnam’s idea of setting up a “super committee” to supervise assets owned by State-owned enterprises (SOEs), which are estimated at around $227 billion.

The General Confederation of Labor has proposed the minimum wage be increased by between $11.21) and $17.93 in 2017, while the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for an increase of between $4.48 and $8.07.

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In the next 10 years, HCM City will spend VND8,100 billion ($370 million) to import hundreds of firefighting vehicles, develop the water supply network, and increase the number and quality of the firefighting staff.

The interest rate would continue to be stable over the remaining months of the year, the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) said in a report released this week.

 With people spending more time online, the internet and connected devices can be a cause of family tension, a new research from Kaspersky Lab and iconKids &Youth has found.

VietNamNet Bridge - The total assets of the state in the national database by December 31, 2015 were valued at VND1,031,313.82 billion.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has proposed increasing the minimum wage in 2017 by VND250,000 ($11.2) to VND400,000 ($17.94) per month, or 10-11 per cent.

Graduating from Jean-Jacques Rousseau School in Sai Gon, the then 18-year-old Trinh Xuan Thuan decided to pursue the study of natural science despite his aptitude for literature.

In a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ho Chi Minh City proposed to recruit 4,920 employees for public agencies, bringing the total number of personnel in these agencies to more than 131,000 people in 2017.

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 The proportion of malnourished children is reducing remarkably but the ratio of childhood obesity is on the rise, according to the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine.

The rapid growth of Vietnam’s export-oriented manufacturing sector has boosted the demand for logistics services but the government needs to step up its game to be more competitive.