The government and Prime Minister’s working report for the 2011-2016 tenure received strong approval from the National Assembly’s Standing Committee during its ongoing 45 th session in Hanoi on February 24.

Leaders of the Cambodian People’s Party gave a warm reception for the special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Hoang Binh Quan in Phnom Penh, who is on a visit from February 23-24.

Vietnam welcomes and offers all possible support to Kyushu firms to do long-term and effective business in the country, President Truong Tan Sang assured President of the Kyushu Economic Federation Aso Yutaka on February 24.

 Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has affirmed the country’s commitment to work closely with the UNDP to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Cutting-edge technology will be applied in the cultivation of tomatoes and low-potassium lettuce in Vietnam as part of an agriculture collaboration between FPT and Fujitsu.

 Journalist and historian Philippe Devillers, a close friend of the Vietnamese people, has died at the age of 96. He was one of the first French journalists to base himself in Viet Nam shortly after the August Revolution in 1945.

 No endangered animal has died at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc Zoo Park, the southern Kien Giang Province's department of agriculture and rural development said in its latest report.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed Decision No. 6 on the exemption of personal income tax for foreign experts working on foreign aid projects in Viet Nam.

Vietnamese weightlifters will participate in a training course in the United States, starting next month.

 Six Vietnamese movies will be screened at a special programme entitled New Action! Southeast Asia at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 from March 4 to 13.

  The management board of Van Phong economic zone (EZ) in Khanh Hoa Province announced yesterday the bidding plan for a construction of a road that leads to the EZ.

Hai Phong has decided to release Pham Duc Hieu as director of the Project Management Unit of Regional Transport Works for slow implementation of projects. He was asked to take up another posting at the municipal Department of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge - Successfully calling for tens of millions of dollars from the world’s large investment funds, Vietnamese startups did well in the Year of a Goat.

VietNamNet Bridge - In August 2013, Russian President Putin signed a decree approving the 5TOP100 project which aims to put at least five Russian schools into the list of 100 best universities in the world.

Scientists have repeatedly urged eliminating white asbestos in Vietnam as soon as possible, while government officials still debate the matter, saying that no scientific research can find a relation between white asbestos and cancer.

VietNamNet Bridge - An Inventor has made a steel ladder that can be used to exit a building in emergency cases that is comparable to similar imported products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has a plan for its economic development over the next 20 years. Bui Trinh, an economic expert, spoke to the Hai quan (Customs) on-line outlet regarding tasks that Viet Nam must accomplish.

VietNamNet Bridge - The market for safe agricultural products is wide open for investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) has projected the nation’s online retail sales would amount to US$10 billion by 2020, accounting for 5% of total retail revenue.  

 The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will be held at the Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21-27.