Vietnam and Brunei have expanded their defence cooperation across levels, as viewed by the two countries’ officers at the 55th founding anniversary of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. 

 Hanoi-based food processor Vietfoods has said a wrong claim about sausage safety by the Hanoi market monitoring authority has delivered a heavy blow to the company.

The Government has proposed the National Assembly (NA) reduce the personal income tax by 50% for workers in the information technology sector.

A fourth-level public service to issue international driving licenses on the Internet was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 31.

 Despite the best efforts by Hanoi authorities to curb the constructions of super tiny houses, many of such houses have appeared on a newly-opened road.

 Endangered Asian openbill storks, which are listed as especially rare in Vietnam’s Red Book, have been spotted in paddies in Ban Qua and Ban Vuoc communes in Bat Xat, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

 The URC Vietnam Company in Hanoi was fined VND5.8 billion (US$ 259,144) for violating food safety and hygiene regulation, said the Ministry of Health’s Deputy Chief Inspector Nguyen Van Nhien on May 31.

 Mr. Mauro Petriccione, Deputy Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade and the European Union (EU)’s chief negotiator of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is visiting Vietnam this week.

General Director of Siemens in Southeast Asia, Mr. Armin Bruck, expressed the company’s interest in building the North-South high-speed railway at a meeting with the Ministry of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge - The representative of FPT Shop said that if FPT Shop joins hands with Alibaba, it could  strengthen its online business.

 Quang Ngai authorities resolutely proposed the government to end the long-delayed Guang Lian Steel-Dung Quat project, despite the investor proposed to restart the construction.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked for tighter management of fishery products amid warnings by major import markets on food hygiene and safety standards of aquatic products.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem dropped to second place at the ongoing Asian Individual Chess Championship in Uzbekistan.

 Le Cong Vinh kept his promise and did a good job to help Vietnam beat Syria 2-0 in an international friendly match yesterday in Hanoi.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved updated plans for Hoa Lac High-tech Park, to be completed by 2030 in Hanoi’s outlying districts of Thach That and Quoc Oai.

VietNamNet Bridge - The new airport will be built opposite the current Noi Bai International Airport at a cost of about US$5.5 billion, said the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) Lai Xuan Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge - As Russia has decided to choose Thailand instead of Vietnam for its aircraft maintenance center, experts say Vietnam should call for investors from the US, UK, France and other countries. 

 Australia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman pledged to continue contributing to stepping up his country’s cooperation with Vietnam when saying farewell to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on May 31.

 Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Laos’ Champasak province have agreed to further bolster their win-win partnership in various fields, especially economy.

 Vietnam has always attached importance to cooperation with the German state of Hessen and regards this as an example for relations between the country and foreign localities, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.