Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership

 A contest to design a logo for the 2017 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum announced its winner in Hanoi on January 16.

 The relations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have been strengthened and developed in all areas, notably the economy, over the past years, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Pham Huu Chi.

 A senior Party official has said the visit to Vietnam by Deputy Speaker of Hungary’s National Assembly Gergely Gulyás shows the Hungarian people’s sentiments towards their Vietnamese peers.

 President Tran Dai Quang acknowledged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s role in and devotion to nurturing the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership at a meeting in Hanoi on January 16.

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe have reached high consensus on major orientations and specific measures to push forward the bilateral extensive strategic partnership. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The role of Vietnamese scientists in the country’s development and people’s livelihoods was especially apparent in 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam imports 2,000 tons per annum of Carbendazim, a toxic substance believed to cause cancer.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam added two more US dollar billionaires in the last several months. Nearly 10 other dollar billionaires are awaiting recognition.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has set stricter requirements for doctorates, hoping that changes in the new regulations will shift the quality of PhDs to the regional level.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s wedding season in Viet Nam and stories of the special ceremonies abound.

Associate Professor Tran Dac Phu, director general of the Department of Preventive Medicine, under the Ministry of health speaks to Viet Nam News Agency about his department’s readiness to cope with disease outbreaks.

 After 30 years of the Doi moi (renewal) reform, Viet Nam has recorded significant achievements in socio-economic development, lifting nearly 30 million people out of poverty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artists and cultural groups are working to encourage Vietnamese men to wear ao dai, the famous Vietnamese traditional long dress.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal authority of HCM City has taken measures to improve the city’s public passenger transportation, aiming to increase the number of bus passengers by 5 per cent this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa maintained its position on top of the V.League table after their 2-0 win over Sanna Khanh Hoa in the weekend’s second round.

With a passion for physics, a Dong Nai-based group of students have invented an affordable robot-wheelchair, in a bid to ease the struggle disabled people have with movements and maneuverers, having been inspired by the wheelchair

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials are deeply concerned about the “serious degradation” of water quality in the Dong Nai River basin.

Myanmar National Tele & Communications, a JV between Viettel Global, Myanmar National Telecom and Star High on January 14 officially received a licence to begin offering nationwide telecommunications services under the Mytel brand name.