Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chile’s Ambassador to Asia-Pacific, is paying a visit to Vietnam from July 13-17.

Vietnamese enterprises have registered a total of more than 200,000 .vn domain names, according the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).

 The National Election Council (NEC) convened its seventh session - its last plenary meeting - in Hanoi yesterday under the chair of National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, head of the council.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee exporter, after Brazil. However, Vietnam’s coffee export value remains moderate as exports are mostly coffee beans, or unprocessed coffee.

New President of the Vietnam - Thailand Business Council, Mr. Sanan Angubolkul, shares his thoughts with VET on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Eighty-six per cent of wage workers in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sector are at high risk from automation, according to the ASEAN in Transformation report from the International Labor Organization, released recently.

 Ly Hoang Nam will kick off Vietnam’s three-day Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia-Oceania zone campaign against Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand at the National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi today.

  A new online portal will enable Vietnamese people living overseas to learn Vietnamese via the Internet, following a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Foreign experts around the world have voiced their support for a diplomatic settlement in the East Sea following the final ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague against China.  

 Many Vietnamese retailers are coping with a slew of problems with high retail rental and tax policy but they remain confident in their competition with foreign rivals, according to a recent survey.

 Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk)'s products would be sold in the United States after they were displayed at the Summer Fancy Food Show.

Vietnam enjoyed their third win in a row at the ASEAN Football Federation U-16 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. 

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh repeated Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea issue at the regular press conference in Hanoi on July 14.

 Construction workers are moving an 800-tonne building 40 metres from its original location in the central Nghe An Province.

 Fish have died en masse in farming cages in the central Thua Thien Hue Province, causing distress to farmers who fear they have lost all the money they invested.

US hospital ship USNS Mercy, a Japanese Navy ship of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, JSDS Shimokita, and the Vietnam People’s Navy ship Khanh Hoa docked at Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port to begin Pacific Partnership 2016.

 Vietnam’s team won six medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2016, according to the Department of Educational Testing and Accreditation under the Ministry of Education and Training.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on July 15 presented the “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia to the outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander.

 The 2016 technology and equipment market (Techmart) will be held from September 28 to October 10 at Hanoi Museum.

 An A320 CEO Sharklet airplane touched down at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15, ready to make its maiden commercial flight in Vietnam as part of Jetstar Pacific’s fleet.