Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen has directed telecommunications giant FPT to prepare a plan for compiling data on the population, housing, and enterprises in the city.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has agreed to ​exempt visa fee for individuals participating in the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG-5) in central Da Nang resort city from September 24-October 3.

Over 80,000 labourers in the fishing industry and other marine businesses in Ha Tinh have received assistance in various forms from local authorities following the serious environmental incident that affected four provinces.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh addressed a high-level segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on July 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many M&A deals in the real estate market wrapped up recently. To many people’s surprise, the buyers were not powerful foreign conglomerates, but Vietnamese tycoons.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you discover water leakage at home, you can now use an app on your smartphone to call the technicians and give them directions to your home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue yesterday said poverty reduction policies should not be too excessive because that would eliminate people’s motivation to improve their lives.

 Vietnam and the United States signed an agreement related to antidumping duty over shrimp imported from Vietnam on July 19 morning (Vietnam time).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) yesterday decided to impose additional tariffs on imported steel products as an official safeguard measure against cheap imports that were allegedly threatening the domestic industry.

 A change in the legal representative of Trung Nguyen Coffee Corporation JSC will not have "a decisive impact" on operations of the firm, said lawyer Truong Thanh Duc.

Berjaya Corporation Bhd's JV in Viet Nam – Berjaya Gia Thinh Investment Technology Joint Stock Company – launched its lottery operation here yesterday with its first game, Mega 6/45 Lotto Jackpot Game.

 HCM City bagged six golds in the first day of competition of the National Junior Swimming Championships in HCM City yesterday.

 Vietnam easily defeated Singapore 3-0 in the last Group A match of the ASEAN U16 Football Championships in Cambodia yesterday.

 Vietnam will discuss ways to improve its research capacity in medicine and health services and internationalise its university education at a conference it will hold together with Australia in Hanoi and HCM City from today.

 A great number of Hanoi students violate traffic rules as they drive electric motorbikes, said a senior police official.

 The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on July 18 received a certificate recognising its Nghinh Ong or whale worshipping festival as national intangible cultural heritage, the first of its kind in the locality.

 Vietnam has actively supported developing countries in the fields of its strength through the South-South Cooperation Mechanism and tripartite collaboration, stated Assistant to the Foreign Minister Vu Quang Minh.

Vietnam’s rice export is estimated to drop to 5.65 million tonnes in 2016, down 14 percent against the previous year and 800,000 tonnes lower than initial forecast.

The Vietnamese community in Poland has held a meeting in Wassaw to welcome the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, and reject China’s groundless nine-dash line claims in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Multi-story buildings and apartment buildings are being built in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh City and many fear that the world heritage site Ha Long Bay could become polluted.