The National Assembly (NA) and Government should take more radical measures to improve the investment climate, fight corruption and ensure food safety, lawmakers said during a plenary session yesterday.

 Vietnam is the second-most optimistic country in consumer confidence in the Asia-Pacific, following Myanmar, as per the MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence.

 Vietnamese disaster managers joined their counterparts from Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines at a training course on strengthening the capacity of disaster adaptation and relief.

 The National Assembly (NA) and Government should take more radical measures to improve the investment climate, fight corruption and ensure food safety in the years ahead, lawmakers said during a plenary session on April 1.

 The National Assembly convened a plenary session on April 1, focusing on the implementation of socio-economic tasks in 2015, the 2011-2015 socio-economic development plan and the land use plan for 2016-2020.

 The Communist Party USA attaches importance to the traditional bond with the Communist Party of Vietnam, said the visiting Chairman of the Communist Party USA.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Moc Chau plateau in the northern upland province of Son La is famous for its tea farms. Nong Truong Moc Chau Town, established in 1968, is the biggest tea growing area of Vietnam, covering a total of nearly 75 square kilometers.

 The gateway worshipping festival of M’Nong ethnic people in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is held annually in the late third and early fourth lunar months.

On April 2, 460 of the 465 lawmakers approved a resolution on State President election and Mr Tran Dai Quang was elected as the new State leader.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to demolish 120,000sq.m of dilapidated apartment buildings by 2020 and build 240,000sq.m of new apartments to replace them, according to its Department of Construction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nineteen-year-old student Nguyen The Hoan was one of two gold medallists at the 56th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) recently held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vinataba lost the legal battle to register JET and Hero trademarks. The trademarks still belong to Indonesian Sumatra.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new aquaculture model protects mangrove forests, boosts farmers’ incomes, and mitigates climate change impacts,

VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Dr Dang Thi Cam Ha, a former chief of the Environmental Biotechnology Department of the Institute of Biotechnology, was honoured with the 2015 Kovalevskaya for her research on environmental protection,

VietNamNet Bridge – The system of policies on labour and employment must be reviewed and amended to be more easily-approached and ensure the rights and interests of employers and employees during Viet Nam’s integration

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese beauties on March 31 attended a press conference on Miss Vietnam Global Heritage 2016 which is expected to kick off in July at FLC Samson Beach & Golf Resort,

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Cup dream of Vietnamese football has been realised by the national futsal team, a stunning achievement making home fans proud and taking international observers from surprise to admiration.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast that China would account for around half Vietnam’s rice export volume this year as the northern neighbor did last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Different from other kinds of glutinous rice cake, Hai Duong’s Long cake has a light flavor, sweet-smelling, buttery and hot taste of puffed glutinous rice, ginger, roasted peanuts and sugar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last 70 years, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) has had 11 leaders. Among them, the newly elected Chairperson Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is the first NA woman leader, and Mr. Truong Chinh had served the longest term (21 years).