Farmers in Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, examine infected rice plants they have pulled out of the field. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Once Bac Van Phong SEZ is set up, Van Phong Bay will have great opportunities to develop its potential. 

 With the existing potential of Vimico and VVMI, two of Vietnam’s leading precious metal mining and processing firms, Vinacomin’s divestment from these two firms will open large-scale investment opportunities for investors in the mining industry.

The IPOs of three major oil and gas companies - Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company, Vietnam Oil Corporation, and PetroVietnam Power Corporation - are expected to be the “blockbusters” on the stock market in the last quarter of the year.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has announced a list of 42 state-funded projects valued at VND43 trillion (USD1.9 billion) that have faced ineffective operations and losses.

Half of total business and investment necessary preconditions have been eliminated under a Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) decision, praised as a historic move that aims to create favorable conditions for businesses.

Senior Lieutenant General Vo Trong Viet, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Defence and Security, speaks to Youth newspaper on maintaining national security by defending the border and sovereignty.

After 10 years as a coal miner in Quang Ninh on a monthly income of US$435, Tran Van Phong from Hai Duong decided to go back to his hometown and take up a  job as a delivery man.

SEA Games and AIMAG 2017 have witnessed the unwavering and impressive form of the Vietnamese weightlifters. The gold medals won at these two Games are the premise for the Vietnamese weightlifting team to optimistically move towards Asiad 2018.

 Many experts believe that the land lot segment has received significant attention from investors as evident from the increasing selling price and transaction numbers.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the first-ever policy dialogue with leaders of 14 top private corporations.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday affirmed that the ministry has no policy of stamping beer products and that is just a proposal by Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage Association (VBA).

 Leading domestic telcos are strongly committed to expanding 4G coverage through infrastructure investment, albeit users are still modest in number about four months after the service was launched.

 Industry experts say that potential investors have the right to negotiate for the best price, but the process of buying Vietnam's two leading breweries must follow market regulations.

 Up to 10 leaders of communes and a forest management board in the central province of Nghe An face dismissal and punishment for their involvement in destroying local forests.

For the first time ever in their history, the Vietnamese karate team secured a gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League. 

The Ministry of Construction is working with software maker Autodesk to promote the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM).

State-owned banks are finding it more difficult to increase charter capital, especially when they still have to pay dividends instead of keeping the money for this purpose.

 Longan is planted in many provinces across the country but Hung Yen is renowned as “the capital” of the tropical fruit with more than 3,000 hectares of longan being harvested in the province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday held a conference in Ha Noi to discuss experiences of coping with trade defence investigations initiated by Australia.