VietNamNet Bridge - In a TPP without the US, powerful member countries will benefit most, according to economist Nguyen Tri Hieu.

Vietnam now has 30,817 students at all levels and in all 50 US states. It remains a solid undergraduate market with 30% enrolled in community colleges – on their way to a bachelor degree via the 2+2 option – and 30% attending four-year institutions. 

 The rice price is forecast to continue soaring in near future, buoyed by the higher demand for rice of some countries, but Vietnam is having difficulty boosting rice shipments, heard a seminar in Hanoi last week.

Pooling of land is needed to improve agricultural efficiency, but the Government also needs to have policies to safeguard the benefits of both farmers and businesses, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man from the capital city is being investigated for keeping 18 pieces of animal horns at his house in Hoang Mai District, 

 Businesses will be allowed to negotiate with foreign partners to decide international roaming services starting June 1.

 The Business Climate Index for the first quarter of this year dropped seven points against last quarter’s score to 78.

The Ministry of Finance has recently updated the list of registration fees for automobiles and mortobikes, which has increased the price of many luxury models.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and attend the 40th anniversary of Viet Nam’s accession to the UN in New York during his official tour of the U.S. from May 29-31.

 Vietnam Forbes Magazine on Monday announced a list of 50 best listed companies on the Vietnamese stock market in 2017.

Vietnamese tech giant the VNG Corporation plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) on the US’s largest stock market, NASDAQ.

Jonathan L. Moreno, chairman of AmCham, talks with the Vietnam Investment Review about the outlook of US-Vietnam bilateral relations and how the American business community helps consolidate the commercial ties.

 Authorities in Ha Tinh Province have just proposed to close the Thach Khe Iron Mine during a meeting with a multi-department team led by the Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Hieu on May 29.

Since 2007, meritorious Artisan Pham Van Vang has nurtured the idea of restoring the ancient local Bo Bat pottery craft, an art which had been lost for around ten centuries. 

Countries in the Mekong River basin have been urged to stop building hydroelectric dams on the river’s main stream as alluvial soil and vital nutrients are being seriously depleted.

Two-way trade hit $47 billion last year, 33.5 times higher than when BTA came into effect in 2001.

The healthy aspect of many Vietnamese traditions and festivals is perhaps most exemplified by the Doan Ngo Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth of the fifth lunar month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite many preferences given for decades, VnSteel, with its spearhead, Tisco, has not succeeded as well as the the steel industry had hoped.

 A wide range of foreign contracts sign a bumper season for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) in response to its overseas expansion plan.

 Phu Yen’s provincial authorities’ claim that mass lobster deaths were caused by a sudden weather change has been rejected by local farmers who are blaming a company for releasing polluted water into the environment.