The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drawing up a plan for restructuring the service sector from 2016-2020, making it compatible with the economic restructuring plan for the same period.

The Ha Noi Police Department has proposed to move the Ha Noi Railway Station and all the inter-provincial rail tracks to the suburbs to avoid traffic congestion and fatal accidents in the inner city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance,

 It took Ly Hoang Nam nearly three hours to beat Arata Onozawa in the first round match of the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday in Nonthaburi Province.

Starbucks will start re-selling Viet Nam’s Da Lat coffee globally this year after a year of disruption, the company announced in a session with the Starbucks Coffee Ambassador on Tuesday. 

Rescue forces are trying to prevent an oil spill incident that might occur after a ship carrying 18 tonnes of diesel sank in the waters between Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces on Sunday.

 A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

 The award-winning Notos Quartet will play works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms under the direction of Tran Thi Nguyet Sa at the third Da Nang Chamber Music Festival on August 15.

Vietnam has made substantive contributions to the success of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) and related meetings held in the Philippines from August 4-8.

 The price of pepper in Vietnam has gone up and down recently, allegedly due to unexpected Chinese purchases.

 Vietnam’s key sport events like track & fields, swimming, shooting and gymnastics are expected to help its sport delegation secure the third place at the Southeast Asia Games 29, the position that it has retained since 2003.

 The Vietnam National Assembly will continue its close cooperation with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia in the time ahead, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the NA Tong Thi Phong has said. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have said that the increased trade deficit with South Korea is not expected to lead to changes in Vietnam’s economic structure.

 The world's leading journal of botanical systems and biodiversity, Phytotaxa, has just announced their discovery of a new plant species found in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam.

The recent spikes in the region-based minimum wages have put great pressure on employers. However, the coming rises will be less sharp as the current wages almost meet workers’ minimum living needs.

 The government of HCMC, which is facing rising inundation triggered by rain and flood tides, is seeking an allocation of US$43.96 million from the central State budget to fund 36 flood control projects in 2016-2020.

 A Vietnamese passenger was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on August 8 for allegedly transporting cocaine from Brazil to HCM City. 

 A museum featuring thousands of antiques related to Buddhist culture and nationality in Van Hanh Zen Monastery in Da Lat City is regarded as the largest valuable private museum in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

 Medical workers have been run off their feet in these days when the number of dengue patients nationwide escalated to 71,000 cases with 19 deaths.

HCM City Finance and Investment state-own company, Vietcombank and the Saigon Water Corporation co-signed an agreement on implementation of the water supply program worth $158 million.