Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 29 for the heads of international delegations participating in the 18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to take more drastic measures to enhance the management in the remaining months of the year in order to realise socio-economic development targets in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vincent Van Gogh once said that “Sunshine, a light which, for want of a better word I can only call yellow — pale sulphur yellow, pale lemon gold.

 VietNamNet Bridge – he third season of the Vietnam Designer Fashion Week (VDFW) is scheduled to take place from November 25 to 27 at HTV Studio in District 1, HCMC, featuring the latest collections of 11 Vietnamese designers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is tough to believe, and tougher to stomach, but school violence has become an everyday occurrence in our society.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation reported more than VND13 trillion in total social insurance debt as of the end of September as many employers had evaded paying social insurance premiums for their staff.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesses are continuing to import outdated Chinese technology despite repeated warnings by scientists that the country could become a ‘technology landfill’.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The public may be skeptical of officials who are considered "qualified" but have to work for their fathers.

 In the next part of the roundtable talks on how to invite overseas talent to Vietnam, our guests said that Vietnam has many ways to attract top professors abroad, but lacks policies and people who can create the links between the two sides.

VietNamNet Bridge - This article points out the absurdity of the arguments of China and pro-China scholars against the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) ruling.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven years ago,  Megumi Kawada, a Japanese-English freelance translator from Kyoto, followed her heart to Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Coal imports have been increasing rapidly as coal on the world market is priced more cheaply than the domestic product.

VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for high-cylinder capacity motorcycles has risen with the rapid growth of the middle class. 

  Multiple activities such as water puppetry and Ao Dai (traditional long dress) performances within the ongoing “Vietnam Festa” in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture are expected to help Japanese people understand more about the land and people of Vietnam.

Though Vietnam has successfully implemented a number of reforms to improve the business environment, almost all of its business indicators are lower than the averages of ASEAN 4 and ASEAN 6 nations, said an economist.

Total agriculture, forestry and fishery export turnover in October was $2.75 billion, bringing the ten-month figure to $26.4 billion, an increase of 6.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Sculptures and paintings that express life through colours and shapes are on display as part of the Art in the Forest 2016 (AITF) programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Moved by the plight of children risking lives to get to school, two HCM City youth came up with way to provide practical, sustainable assistance, Lien reports

"It is difficult or even a failure to attract talent by salary,” said Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha in the second part of the roundtable talks "The policy to attract overseas Vietnamese to contribute to building the country".

 The young and funky German band, Von Wegen Lisbeth, will give free perfromances in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City from November 4-13.