President Tran Dai Quang and President Donald Trump co-chaired a joint press conference in Hanoi on November 12 to inform the outcomes of their talks.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Swedish businesses coming to Vietnam in the second investment wave are focusing on consumer goods, according to analysts.

 All Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations across the country have to install a system for automatic collection of fees by 2019 to ensure transparency.

President Tran Dai Quang on November 12 chairs an official welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump, who is on a State visit to Vietnam on November 11-12.

 Although Typhoon Damrey has been calm for a week, ten shipwrecks remain under the Quy Nhơn sea as ship owners struggle to rescue them.

 He repaired motorbikes, bought vegetables at the wholesale market and sold them in smaller markets, and did all kinds of jobs to make ends meet.

The north-south transportation route is expected to be overloaded by 2020 with 45.3 million passengers and 62.2 million tons of cargo per annum. Building a north-south highway is the solution Vietnam has chosen.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is leading a Government project on supporting a national innovative start-up eco-system. VNS speaks to Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.

 The retail industry has changed dramatically in the digital age where everything is connected, requiring retailers to continue to innovate to better serve customers’ diverse needs.

Focusing on the heap of sand and rocks, the grey-haired man in a faded shirt took little rest as he worked to fill in a road pothole. Next to him was a tricycle carrying his supplies, lying beneath a board saying “Road under repair”.

 The current rat hunting season has offered a good chance for many farmers in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That to earn money.

 Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang underscored the need for APEC to affirm and uphold its leadership in seeking new drivers for growth.

 President Tran Dai Quang met on November 11 with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith.

 Asia-Pacific executives are increasingly looking at Vietnam as a market and means as they see the population is increasing but the economy is growing, and people have more income.

 President Tran Dai Quang reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to the friendship and cooperation with Cambodia during his meeting with Cambodian PM Hun Sen in central Da Nang city on November 11. 

 US President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi on the afternoon of November 11, beginning his two-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. 

 The draft Law on Special Administrative, Economic Units needed to be substantially revised to make it feasible and to fully exploit resources for boosting economic development.

 Leaders from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) issued the Da Nang Declaration as they ended their meeting chaired by President Tran Dai Quang in the central city on November 11.

 The 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related meetings, which will be held in Manila, the Philippines, from Sunday to Tuesday, are set to focus on orientations and measures for enhancing connectivity to realise the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in central Da Nang city on November 11.