The large-scale state-owned enterprise equitisation has yet to lure strategic investors, especially foreign investors, due to problems related to procedures and the quality of business management and transparency.

 Preparations to treat a large-scale outbreak of food poisoning were organised by the city’s Food Safety Management Board and Department of Health at District 7 in the city on Friday.

 Peruvian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nestor Popolizio has spoken highly of cooperation prospects between his country and Vietnam, especially when the two countries are the hosts of two APEC Years in a row.

 Vietnam and Australia held the first national defence policy dialogue in the Australian capital city of Canberra on November 3. 

The Ministry of Transport has presented a financing plan for phase one of the North-South Expressway project, with the State budget accounting for 39% of the VND118.7 trillion (US$5.24 billion) cost.

Art lovers have been flocking to an annual art show in downtown Ha Noi. Many of them have been stunned at the dozens of paintings inspired by mountains and karst plateau of northern province of Ha Giang.

 The Internet of Things is rapidly changing the face of business operations, from manufacturing to sales and logistics. With industrial applications as the main drivers, Asia-Pacific economies are charging ahead to lead this revolution. 

Son Ca lighthouse is one of the most beautiful lighthouses on the Truong Sa archipelago. It navigates ships and maritime pilots at sea and also marks Vietnam’s territorial waters.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined four major tasks that need to be implemented in the remaining months of 2017 so as to comprehensively achieve this year’s socio-economic development targets.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 3.

 Lawmakers debated a bill on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during their ongoing fourth session on November 3.

 Storm Damrey has wreaked havoc in the south central coast of Vietnam after landing the region on November 4 morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of real estate projects in the central city of Da Nang, pending for many years, have been reactivated by new owners. 

 Mexico has a special friendship with Viet Nam: Its ancient culture, kind people and economic potential show us that greatness can live through the past, the present and the future.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many things can change in 27 years, but time hasn’t changed teacher Dang Thu Thao’s charity class Phuoc Thien.

An ageing population is posing mounting challenges to providing care for elderly people in Viet Nam. However, in a country where most families look after old parents in their own homes, the idea of a ‘nursing home’

 Anthony Brown and Liesbeth Kanis won the first stage of the Viet Nam Mountain Bike Marathon 2017, which is underway in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic waste management and treatment has been a pressing issue for rural areas in Viet Nam for many years.

Gyrating and jumping with gay abandon to blaring music can be an annoyance, but that’s not out of step with the times – it’s what young people generally do, and there’s no point getting flustered about it, one would say.

 The Ministry of Health has floated three birth adjustment options for married couples and individuals as part of the population and family planning policy proposed in the draft population law, the Government news website reports.