Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 18 met with President of Thailand’s Privy Council Prem Tinsulanonda and President of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly Pornpetch Wichitcholchai as part of his ongoing visit to Thailand. 

Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the press about the ongoing APEC agriculture week in Can Tho Mekong Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - With value of $118 billion in 2016 and $180 billion projected for 2020, Vietnam is listed among the world’s 30 most attractive retail markets. 

The Vietnamese mobile phone market in recent days has heated up with the appearance of two 4G/LTE models – Bphone 2 of BKAV and Vivas Lotus S3 LTE of VNPT Technology.

VNPost, EMS and ViettelPost, the big players in the forwarding market, are now faced with growing competition from smaller players such as giaohangso1.vn, tochanh.vn and giaohangnhanh.vn which are scrambling for market share. 

 As State Capital Investment Corporation gets ready to sell 3.3 per cent of its shares in Vinamilk, the market expects to see a different outcome from last year’s unsuccessful bidding.

VietNamNet Bridge - Amid an average 14.4 percent growth rate of listed companies, many enterprises have reported unsatisfactory business results, including strong brands with a long business history.

Exports of tra fish to the United States have remained stable after it imposed a demand that exporting countries demonstrate that their food safety control system is equivalent to that of the US.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has rescinded an administrative review of antidumping duties on certain frozen warmwater shrimp imported from Vietnam from February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017.

Instead of lending to large companies, more and more banks have started to lend to small businesses to hedge their risks.

In late August, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will divest their capital in three major companies with a total charter capital amount of VND1 trillion ($44 million).

At 5pm Gia Rai General Hospital in the southern province of Bac Lieu starts to get crowded, not only with patients but also with visitors who come here for a stroll.

The shift to digital banking has helped banks to provide modern and convenient services to customers, but this has also exposed them to many security risks, experts said at a conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to develop Vietnam’s bond market in 2017-20 with a vision to 2030.

MPI has suggested stopping mining operations at Thach Khe, the biggest iron ore operation in SE Asia, but the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Vinacomin and Thach Khe Iron JSC (TIC) have disagreed about the plan.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is seeking investment to develop a US$3.5 billion seaport complex, which can receive vessels of up to 250,000 tonnes capacity, on Hon Khoai Island.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 10 years ago, the plan on sorting waste at the source kicked off in urban areas in a campaign to mitigate pollution. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Though network operators repeatedly affirm the outstanding quality of 4G services, surveys have found that access is poor to average. 

Students only need a 3 score on one entrance exam subject to be admitted to pedagogy training schools, while university lecturers at the schools rarely conduct research. Such is the state of teacher training in the country. 

Pham Duyen Phuong, deputy director of the Information Technology and Statistics Department under the General Department of Customs, speaks about the national one-door customs mechanism.