An official of the General Department of Taxation has said the information about 189 persons in Vietnam mentioned in the freshly-released part of the Panama Papers needs to be verified.

 US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam firstly aims to emphasise a secure, prosperous and independent Vietnam that respects universal human rights and rule of law.

Freedom of religion and the building of a law on belief and religion in Vietnam were discussed during a meeting between VFF Vice President and visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour.

President Barack Obama is considering whether to lift the three-decade-old US arms embargo on Vietnam, Reuters reported, citing US officials on May 9.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese Petrolimex Petrochemistry will be under pressure as TASCO, the Thai bitumen manufacturer, has bought 41 plants in Vietnam and Indonesia from a French manufacturer.

The pollution in the Buoi River, caused by a sugar factory, has not only killed fish but also affected the water resources of thousand households in 22 communes in the districts of Thach Thanh and Vinh Loc in Thanh Hoa province.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Four bombs with a total weight of about a ton were found at the bottom of the pond of a farmer family in Kien Thuy District in the northern port city of Hai Phong on Sunday.

Vietnam’s scenic spots, architectural icons, and the beauty of Vietnamese people have been highlighted in a unique stamp collection dating back to French colonial period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The recent sharp fluctuations of the Japanese yen have caused losses for Vietnamese enterprises that borrow money in yen. 

 Vietnam top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will compete in the India F3 Futures held on May 10 in Ludhiana, India.

The United Nations would be ready to help Vietnam deal with mass fish deaths on the central coast if the Vietnamese Government makes a formal request, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said.

Many people in Vietnam have rushed to buy salt and fish sauce following the information that tonnes of dead fish in the central region were found to be have been transported to many localities for making fish sauce.

 The multi-million dollar Vietnam National University campus in Hanoi's Hoa Lac has stumbled from one crisis to another over the past decade.

 As many as 189 individuals and companies in Vietnam were named in the Panama Papers after the ICIJ publicised information from the world's biggest data leak.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online passport application system has made administrative procedures simpler and reduced waiting times and overcrowding at government offices,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Movie lovers in Viet Nam will be enthralled by an array of the best European films during the European Film Festival 2016, which will showcase 13 contemporary films from EU member countries.

Electronics giant has three IT complexes in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces, where 86.6% of its IT staff are employed.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a project to restore a part of the Kinh Thien Palace – Doan Mon (The Southern Gate) site in the middle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

A diving group sent by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said they found no layers of dead fish on the seabed in Quang Binh Province as reported by local fishermen.

Thai food products may dominate almost all shelves of Big C Vietnam’s outlets, one of the largest supermarket chains in the country when the new Thai owner Central Group takes possession.