Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh cut the ribbon to inaugurate an international media centre in service of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam in Hanoi on Saturday. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The PM has approved a plan to measure the informal economic sector with an aim of having a more reliable outlook about Vietnam’s economy.

On the 8th day of the first lunar month every year, locals in Thi Cam village (Xuan Phuong ward, Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district) join together at the village’s communal house to celebrate their traditional rice cooking contest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A kind-hearted bus driver and his passengers were left feeling hurt after they were duped by a woman they thought was going into labour.

 Vietnam aims to make the size of its stock market equal to 100 percent and 120 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 and 2025, respectively.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung speaks to Hải Quan (Customs) online newspaper about plans to develop e-Government in the near future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Kieu from the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak never thought she would fall in love with someone through social media.

 How about tax liabilities of a foreigner earning income through providing services in Vietnam?  

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 Fire dancing festival is a special cultural activity of the Pa Then ethnic group at Hong Quang commune, Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang province, showing the spirit of daring to cope with danger, and dispelling diseases.

Lots of Vietnamese locals’ hearts skipped a beat on February 22 afternoon when seeing Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un impersonators taking a walk in Hanoi.

 PhAm KhAnh Phong Lan, head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, speaks to VN News about plans for 2019 and increasing the use of IT in tracing product origins.

 The Ecopark Marathon 2019 is scheduled to take place on April 14 at Ecopark urban area, about 10km southeast of Hanoi.

 Saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi will perform from 6pm to 8pm on March 16 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street in HCM City’s District 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two high school students in the northern province of Ninh Binh have invented a smart chair for disabled people, 

 Multimedia composer and electroacoustic music performer Luong Hue Trinh will host a multimedia concert titled “Vet” (Streaks) at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on March 16, starting at 8 p.m.

 In 2019 and by early 2020, Vietnam’s urbanization rate is expected to reach about 40%, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Urban Development Association Tran Ngoc Chinh.

 Aquatic product export was estimated to touch US$644 million in the first month of this year, a decrease of 3.9 percent compared to the same period last year, of which pangasius fish exports dropped 4.4 percent and shrimps declined 2.2 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge - Non-cash payment channels such as QR Code, mobile banking, internet banking, e-wallet and non-touch cards have become more popular in Vietnam.

A group of 16 farmers in Tien Ha Commune in the mountainous Tien Phuoc district of Quang Nam Province have joined together in a ‘green herb’ co-operative – a model that helps promote production chains of farm produce and herbs