HCM City is striving to record a gross regional domestic production (GRDP) growth of 8 per cent in 2016.

 Six outstanding Vietnamese students will compete at the final event of the 2016 Certiport Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship, in Orlando, the US from August 7-10.

 A cement plant has been forced to temporarily shut down as dozens of households in the central province of Quang Ngai continue to demand to be relocated due to environmental pollution.

  The number of Vietnamese spare part suppliers for Korean tech giant Samsung has reached 190, triple  than the figure of 2015.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh presented the State President’s Friendship Order to Virginia Foote, Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, in Washington DC on June 23.

 Search teams this morning located the exact whereabouts of amissing CASA 212 jet engine in the area near Bach Long Vi Islands in the TonkinGulf.

Many brands familiar to Vietnamese people like Vinamilk, Vinacafe and others have sufficient conditions but they have not been recognized as famous brands because of a number of problems related to intellectual property law.

 A farmer in the northern province of Ninh Binh Province has returned a lost bag to a British tourist who dropped it during a tour to the locality.

 The northern port city of Hai Phong will import the country’s first solar bus with help from the Japanese city Kitakyushu.

 The National Civil Aviation Security Committee has just ordered tightened management around airports after a series of laser beams were flashed at planes during landing at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport.

 The Ambassadors of the Netherland, Denmark and Switzerland are making a working trip to the Central Highland province of Lam Dong from June 22-23 to enquire into the management of forest and water sources.

The Ministry of Transport has planned to invest $5.17 billion in developing transport infrastructure in the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands in the next five years, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.

 The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and the Lao National Institute for Social Sciences (NISS) have agreed to conduct joint research and exchange scientific documents in various fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and China have signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements on Vietnamese rice and rice bran exports to China. The protocol sets stricter sterilization inspection of exports.

 A representative from the Vietnamese tax watchdog said it was important to clarify the legal basis for taxing Uber and Uber taxi drivers in order to prevent tax avoidance.

 Amata Vietnam and Tuan Chau Group have officially decided to establish Tuan Chau-Amata joint venture to develop a US$1.6 billion industrial park and the Amata City Halong complex in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in mitigating biological threats, in Hanoi on June 22.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has honoured the Head of Vietnam Office of the UN Industrial Development Organisation for his contributions to Vietnam’s agriculture via the successful implementation of many projects.

 Former Manchester United (MU) footballers Dwight Yorke and Ronny Johnsen will come to HCM City tomorow to prepare for the match Peak of Manners organised by the Clear Men trademark.

Australia's decision to suspend cow exports to some slaughterhouses in Vietnam after reports about inhumane slaughter of cows surfaced could cause a slight crisis in the beef market.