The agriculture sector will have to step up efforts in many areas to meet three major targets set for the year, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said.

The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resource announced that the import suspension on uncooked prawns would lapse on July 6, 2017.

The Voice of HCM City People (VOH) radio station plans to open a new opera house called Music One this month.

 Authorities in the northern port city of Hai Phong halted the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival on Saturday after a man was gored to death by his buffalo.

 HCM City plans to begin construction of 48 new traffic projects and complete 19 congestion projects in the last six months of the year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The number of children admitted to the Hanoi-based National Paediatrics Hospital for disorders following the use of a traditional medicine called thuốc cam has increased.

 The central Quang Tri Province will lay a new water pipeline swiftly so that Van Hoa villagers stop consuming metal-contaminated underground water, which is suspectedly making them ill.

 Vietnam’s macro economy remained stable in the first six months of 2017 while inflation was curbed so as to reach the national steering committee on price management’s yearly target of 4 percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Thi To Nga’s family fell into destitution due to her husband’s heroin addiction.

Ha Noi Police on Sunday have arrested three suspects involved in extorting money from customers at a karaoke parlour a week ago.

 The nation’s elite junior chess players are all heading to the city of Da Lat in the central highland province of Lam Dong July 5 for this year’s National Junior Chess Championship.

 Foreign firms are hoping to tap into Vietnam’s cosmetics market as consumers are becoming more beauty-conscious.

 Hoang Xuan Vinh has retained his position as the world’s top 10-metre air pistol shooter with 2,542 points, according to the July 2017 men’s rankings from the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Ben Tre held a ceremony on July 1 to mark the 195th birth anniversary of poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu and receive a certificate recognising his tomb and monument as a special national historical relic site.

The winner of the third Global Taste of Korea Contest 2017 in Vietnam is Chu Ngoc Doanh, chef at Manna Bean Restaurant, who was chosen after a one-hour contest in Hanoi on June 30. 

 Vietnam saw good socio-economic development indexes in the first six months of 2017, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed at the Government’s regular meeting on July 3.

VietNamNet Bridge - Contractors fulfilling transport infrastructure projects are mostly from South Korea and China, according to a report released by the Ministry of Transport (MOT).

 Bridget March, an English artist who has nurtured a deep love for Vietnam after nearly five years of living and working here, has opened a new European-style gallery in the World Heritage-listed ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province.

 Bai choi is a type of folk art and folk game popular in Central Vietnam, particularly in Quang Nam province. Bai choi has played an important role in Hoi An residents’ spiritual life for centuries.

Freshman Nguyen Phuc Sang of the Ho Chi Minh city University of Economics and Finance has recently introduced hats made from coir, which are cheap and environmentally-friendly.