An official of the Ministry of Finance has detailed four financial cooperation initiatives proposed by Vietnam in the APEC Year 2017, ahead of the Senior Finance Officials’ Meeting slated for May 18-19 in Ninh Binh province.

 Vietnam-Myanmar traditional friendship and cooperative relations

 The impressive growth of Viet Nam’s tourism sector has given a boost to tourism and resort property market, according to experts.

 Viet Nam has proposed an initiative on building an e-commerce facilitation framework within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as it is an important content in the 2017 APEC’s agenda.

 Japan has become the largest market for Vietnamese shrimps, accounting for 21.9 per cent of the country’s shrimp export value in the first quarter of 2017.

 The Viet Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) has been made the exclusive financial institution to carry out settlements for derivatives trading transactions.

 The private film company Thien Ngan (Galaxy), in co-operation with its partners, has introduced its latest film in hopes of drawing young audiences away from South Korean and American  productions that have dominated cinemas this summer.

 Vietnam beat Laos 2-0 in Group A’s last match in the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation’s (AFF) U-15 Women’s Championship in Laos on Tuesday.

 HCM City police have released their investigation report on a suspected case of sexual harassment of a girl student at a primary school in Thu Duc District.

 Some 1,900 computers in Viet Nam have been attacked by WannaCry virus – one of the largest-ever cyber-attacks affecting computers across the globe.

 The Government will adopt a series of measures, including pumping more oil, to achieve economic growth of as high as 6.7% this year, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

 The third session of the National Assembly is scheduled to take place from May 22 to June 21, the NA Standing Committee announced on May 17.

 The business community has put forward recommendations for the more effective implementation of the Government’s Resolution No.35/NQ-CP on supporting and developing enterprises through 2020 at a conference with the Prime Minister in Hanoi on May 17.

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, hosted a reception for Senior Vice President of the US-ASEAN Business Council Michael Michalak in Hanoi on May 17. 

 The film, “Dao cua dan ngu cu” (The Island of Aliens or The Way Station) by director Hong Anh will be screened at the 70th Cannes Film Festival that is scheduled for May 17-28.

 The country`s tourism ambassador Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the movie “Kong: Skull Island” plans to offer at least two scholarships on arts education to Vietnamese students in the U.S.

Lawyer Tran My Hoa from the HCMC Lawyer Association said that 34 percent of Vietnamese adolescents at the age of 14 – 17 consume alcohol.

 The fourth industrial revolution is coming and Vietnamese enterprises simply must give it due regard.

Despite the problems besetting the Galaxy Note 7 and its batteries, Samsung products remain popular in Vietnam, with smartphone sales at impressive levels in 2016. Who can take over third place in Vietnam's smartphone market from Apple this year?

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has warned that it would be difficult to export rice in 2017.