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Vietnam’s coffee suffers from crop failure, prices fall

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s coffee exports may fall by 25 percent this year to 1 million tons, a 20-year low.

New resolution shows Gov’t determination to support businesses

Resolution No.35 recently issued by the Government reflects the high level of determination to support and develop the business community.

Shabby buildings to be inspected from 2017

 The Ministry of Construction will begin inspecting all dilapidated buildings in urban areas from 2017, the ministry revealed on June 10.

Civil servants should consider censures as motivation to rise, HCMC Party Chief

Public servants must listen to censures and considered them as a motivation to rise. If each civil servant and each agency conduct administrative reform, it will bring great benefits, said Secretary of HCMC Party Committee Dinh La Thang.

US telcos eye local market

Vietnam’s telecommunications industry has become the target of many large US firms, thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will see the gradual opening of its doors to the agreement’s other 11 member countries.

Hospital costs to rise in five stages

 From August to January 2017 there will be five increases to hospital charges, Head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Planning and Finance has announced.

Vietnam becomes fourth largest recipient of Japanese visas

 As many as 139,236 Vietnamese nationals received Japanese visas in 2015, or about three percent of the total visas that Japan issued to foreign citizens in the year, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Deputy PM attends UN high-level meeting on ending AIDS

  Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that preventing and fighting AIDS is a priority task of the Vietnamese government during the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York on June 8-10.

HCM City: Water around garbage dump likely causes cancer

 Test results of five water samples in the area around the Dong Thanh garbage dump in Hoc Mon District revealed high nitrate and ammonium levels, according to the city’s Health Department.

ACV spends $1.1b for airport upgradation by 2018

 The Airports Corporation of Vietnam will pour over VNĐ 26.2 trillion (US$1.17 billion) for the upgradation of airports to meet travel demands and socio-economic development by 2018.

HCM City counts on diplomats to expand ties

 Ho Chi Minh City expects Heads of the Vietnamese diplomatic missions abroad to help broaden its collaboration, friendship and understanding with and other countries.

Local airlines growing but losing share

 Paradox comes as more international carriers see the attraction of flying into and out of Vietnam.

Vietnam seeks to boost all-around links with Germany

 Vietnam is looking for stronger cooperation with Germany across trade, environmental technology, ecology, processing technology and human resources training, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung.

Vietnam treasures relations with Poland, says Vice President

 Vietnam attaches importance to its time-honoured friendship and cooperation with Poland, affirmed Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh at her meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo in Warsaw, on June 9.

Campaign promoting effective IP right protection and enforcement in Vietnam

The Ministry of Science and Technology today held a review of the “One-month campaign commemorating World Intellectual Property Day towards integration”.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc elected NA deputy with highest number of votes

The National Election Council yesterday held a press conference to announce results of the 14th National Assembly election in which leaders of Communist Party, Government and National Assembly garnered the highest number of votes.

Government asks ministries to stay firm on set goals

 The Government has issued a resolution on its May meeting, requesting ministries, agencies and localities to be determined in actions to achieve the set targets.

Vietnamese football fans await Euro 2016

 Vietnamese football fans are anxiously waiting for the 2016 European Football Championship, which will open in France on June 10.

Vice President attends Global Summit of Women

 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh affirmed women’s important role in national development in her speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 26th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw, Poland, on June 9.

Vietnam tops regional Jiu-Jitsu championship

 Vietnam topped the medal table of the Jiu-Jitsu Regional Championships for South East and East Asia which was recently concluded in the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi.