The participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a driving force for Vietnam to fine-tune its legal framework and enforce laws on the environment, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said.

  Vietnamese economists have long voiced concerns about the country’s heavy economic dependence on China, alleging certain groups and individuals have got kickbacks from Chinese contractors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that four Asian conglomerates are powerful enough to make big changes in some Vietnam’s industries if they succeed with their M&A deals.

 Vice chairman of VNPayTV, Le Dinh Cuong, spoke with Dan Tri about negotiations over the English football Premier League’s broadcasting rights.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister’s advisory team includes 13 members who are experts in many business fields.

Recently, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu SuoJin said that trade relations between Vietnam and China are rapidly developing and Vietnam surely  will become the biggest ASEAN trade partner of China in 2016.

 Simple greed has fuelled many people to use harmful chemicals in the production of food, wreaking destruction on the environment despite the dire consequences it has for their fellow country people.

 The Saigon Hi-Tech Park Incubation Centre (SHTP-IC) put into operation an Innovation Lab on April 8 in order to promote research, creativity and start-ups in business incubation projects.

 A project on developing a network of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) in Vietnam was introduced in Hanoi on April 8.

 The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained 23 Vietnamese fishermen on April 8 on the charge of illegally fishing in the waters off Terengganu and Pahang states.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Japanese Ambassador Fukada Hiroshi – the first guest of the new government, during a reception in Hanoi on April 9.

 The Vietnamese Government will continue to tighten cooperation with the World Bank, especially in coping with climate change and saltwater intrusion, improving public administration and investment climate, and fighting corruption.

 National Assembly deputies have expressed hope that the new government will build on the past successes and issue timely policies for socio-economic development.

 Vietnam joined nearly 150 delegations from foreign countries, international organisations and non-government organisations attending the United Nations (UN)’s Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism in Geneva, Switzerland on April 7-8.

VietNamNet Bridge - Four giant conglomerates from Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines have been expanding their investments in Vietnam, raising both joys and concerns.

 Powerful athletes will race in the VNG Ironman 70.3 Vietnam in the coastal central city on May 8.

 Thousands of endangered Asian openbill storks, which are listed as especially rare in Vietnam’s Red Book, are migrating to the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, according to local sources.

 While people are more worried about the flood of unsafe food, they often continue to indulge in unhygienic habits when it comes to street food, ignoring various latent health risks.

 Amateur kayakers will compete in the Da Nang Kayak Open Race in the sea along coastline of My Khe beach on April 30, 2016.

 Vietnam finished the Asian Nation Cup chess tournament with team silver and bronze medals in the blitz chess event on April 7 in the United Arab Emirates.