The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided more than 112,500 EUR through the Embassy of Germany in Vietnam for the restoration of Phung Tien palace, part of the world heritage site Hue Citadel.

 Vietnam considers cooperation with Boeing a long-term and strategic plan and the Government will create all favourable conditions for the US company to expand investment in the country.

Vietnam has participated in the first meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Executive Council, which opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 2.

Cooperation to narrow the gap of development in ASEAN has gained positive strides recently, members of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration Task Force said at their 53rd meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters last weekend.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has been elected Chairman of WIPO General Assembly for 2018-2019.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the Vietnamese Party, Government, and people cherish the relationship with Laos, considering it a valuable asset in the two countries’ revolutionary cause.

 Calligraphy using Vietnamese letters has become more popular in Vietnam in recent years.

With 135 million people traveling abroad last year, Chinese are being welcomed by many destinations all over the world, including HCMC.

VietNamNet Bridge - Along Huong River, from mountain to estuary, the environment is at risk of being disrupted by natural disasters and urbanization.

VietNamNet Bridge - Non-touch electronic payment methods in Vietnam, including contactless cards or payment by phone scanning, are being applied widely in large cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – French artist Julie Vola’s exhibition “Vietnam in Cyanotype: Batch 1” will be held at Ke Quan,81b Xuan Dieu Street, Hanoi until October 8. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least six people were killed and 10 injured in a serious accident involving two coaches at about 4am on Monday morning in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

 Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) and the Singaporean branch of Swiss financial services firm UBS AG have become advisors to sell another package of the State’s capital in Viet Nam’s biggest dairy producer Vinamilk.

Vietnam's model Thuy Trang has had a wonderful performance at Tabot Runhof show within the framework of the ongoing Paris Fashion Week.

VietNamNet Bridge - The first warning about the ‘Thai goods threat’ was given two years ago when Thai groups took over a number of retail chains in Vietnam. 

 The first-ever vaccine for the mosquito-borne disease dengue fever is expected to be released in Vietnam next year following testing.

 Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese citizen suspected of murdering Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen Kim Chol, pleaded not guilty at the start of the trial in Malaysia on Monday.

 The national industrial production index (IPI) expanded by 7.9 percent in January-September, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese men ended a very long walk yesterday.They’d been on the road for 58 days after starting on August 6 from the Hoan Kiem Lake in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Over the past 20 years, nearly 200 Cham people living in an apartment block in Binh Thanh District, HCM City have been preserving their customs and habits.