Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight to see the development of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan while receiving the special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, Tsutomu Takebe.

 Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi agreed to strengthen anti-crime cooperation during their talks in Kuala Lumpur on June 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of Sa Pa district Vu Hung Dung said Sa Pa officials have met with and encouraged family members of the missing British tourist Aiden Shaw Webb and expanded the search.

Vietnam has begun preparatory steps to compile its economic plan for 2017, with a GDP target of 6.8 per cent set.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign retail chains have been expanding their networks under the cover of domestic retailers.

 The National Election Council’s Subcommittee for Personnel and Settlement of Complaints and Denunciation reviewed its performance and outlined new tasks in a meeting in Hanoi on June 7.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked for the World Bank’s support in policy consultation and called for further funding, which will help stabilise Vietnam’s macro-economy while addressing the country’s challenges.

 India will continue providing support in terms of funding, technology and experience for Vietnam in training in information and communication technology (ICT), Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has pledged.

VietNamNet Bridge - Intense heat in recent days have made the life and work of farmers difficult. The following photos were taken on a field of My Duc district, Hanoi on June 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The call to clean up the beach by a Russian tourist was responded to by tens of foreign tourists, local people, and the staff of a nearby resort.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of the $22 billion ODA committed to Vietnam, $2.15 billion must be disbursed before 2016. Currently, relevant agencies are trying to remove obstacles to accelerate the disbursement.

In an interview with Myanmar Times several days ago, striker Le Cong Vinh – captain of the Vietnam national football team - announced that he would retire next year and the AFF Cup 2016 would be his last AFF.

Here are photos of soldiers, officers and residents of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago taken by a reporter of Vietnam Government Portal (VGP).

  Measures for the privatisation of PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) have been hastened with the process expected to be completed within this year.

 Police in HCM City have confiscated 1.2 tonnes of khat leaves imported from Africa and one case re-exported to the US. The leaves, which contain the stimulant cathinone, are banned in Vietnam.

Nearly 70 percent of German companies in Vietnam are pleased with their business results, while more than half of German investors consider increasing their investment in Vietnam next year, the AHK World Business Outlook Survey 2016 has found.  

 State-owned enterprises sold shares worth more than 2.08 trillion VND (93.2 million USD) in book value for 4.17 trillion VND (186.3 million USD) in the first five months of 2016, said the Ministry of Finance on June 6.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed a high-level delegation from the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Hanoi on June 6.

 Japan topped the medal table of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships, which concluded on June 6 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Experts are urging the building of a master plan on preserving marine biodiversity in its true sense to improve the efficiency of the work in the country.