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Countries should act responsibly for peace in East Sea

 Countries in and outside the East Sea should act responsibly and in conformity with international law, including the UNCLOS 1982 for peace and stability in the sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam keeps close watch on schoolgirl’s murder in Japan

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has maintained contacts with Japanese relevant agencies and kept close watch on the murder of Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba prefecture to bring the culprit to trial soon.

FM spokesperson affirms legal support for Doan Thi Huong

Vietnamese and Malaysian lawyers are actively collecting evidence to defend Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese suspect in the death of a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in the next court hearing. 

Vietnam, Iran vow support to achieve $2 billion trade

Vietnamese and Iranian leaders have committed all possible support to their businesses to navigate the respective markets towards a trade value of $2 billion, President Tran Dai Quang said.

Prime Minister greets Japanese, RoK guests

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Hanoi on April 20 Nakamura Norimichi, Governor of Nagasaki prefecture, who is visiting Vietnam with a business delegation.

Prime Minister to visit Cambodia, Laos

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay official visits to Cambodia and Laos from April 24 to 27.

US President to attend APEC summit in Da Nang

 US President Donald Trump will attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam in November together with the US-ASEAN and East Asia meetings in the Philippines as well. 

More Vietnamese officer joins UN peacekeeping mission

 Captain Nguyen Quoc Khanh from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has been assigned to join the UN mission in the Central African Republic.

Vietnam studies seaport water management in Netherlands

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung had a working session with authorities from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on April 19 to study the European country’s experience in planning, building and operating seaports.

ICA urged to support Vietnam’s cooperative development

National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu suggested the International Cooperative Alliance continue supporting Vietnam in improving its cooperatives’ capacity. 

Southern goodness, till the last bite, the last drop

 VietNamNet Bridge – We were in the mood for good southern food last week when we stumbled on to Mon Ngon Sai Thanh (Saigon Cuisine), a newly-opened restaurant in Ha Noi.

New power sources: straw, electricity made from waste

The power provided to the entire lighting system of an industrial zone (IZ) is derived from a waste-to-energy plant, while processed and packaged straw residue is sold for VND60,000 per kilo. 

Is GDP an important index to measure economic development?

VietNamNet Bridge - GDP is usually considered an important factor that shows the health of the economy in Vietnam.

Education Ministry's survey shows weaknesses of non-state universities

A report by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) about the status of non-state universities is nothing new, but the schools complain they are at a disadvantage compared with state-owned schools.

No excuses: beating up a doctor is sick

The attack was brutal and sudden.After examining a young girl, a doctor in Ha Noi was explaining to her parents that she was afflicted with the rota virus and might need to be transferred to another hospital when the father went berserk.

Cut in unemployment payments good for firms. And for workers?

Nguyen Thi Hai Van, head of the Employment Department of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to Dân Tri.com.vn about the Government’s decision to cut employers’ contributions to the unemployment fund.

Vietnamese Book Day focuses on children

 A series of reading activities targeting children has been launched on the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street to celebrate Vietnamese Book Day (April 21).

‘Understanding customers’ needs, building trust vital for retailers’: CEO Guardian VN

 A number of foreign retailers have expanding their businesses in Viet Nam in recent years, seeing large growth potential as well as opportunities in the modern retail industry.

IBM, Five9 to promote use of cognitive computing

 IBM and Five9 Viet Nam announced on Thursday they would work together on cloud services to bring cognitive computing to enterprises and organisations in Viet Nam.

JICA’s committed loans for Vietnam roughly unchanged in FY 2017

 The capital that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) pledges to loan to Vietnam in fiscal year 2017 (from April 2017 to March 2018) will not differ much from the previous fiscal year.