Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with many foreign leaders on the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Brussels on October 18 and 19 (local time).

 The Vietnamese rice sector has made strides and achieved positive results over the past few years, with annual rice exports accounting for approximately 15% of the total volume of global rice exports. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Orchids grown by late Lieutenant Colonel Khuat Manh Tri, who was killed when his military aircraft crashed in July, were auctioned on Sunday for more than VND400 million (US$17,300).

VietNamNet Bridge - 7-Eleven, which has been prospering in Thailand, and GS25, which dominates the South Korean market, still have not fulfilled their plans to expand retail networks in Vietnam.

 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has allowed Vietnam to host the Group E qualification matches for the 2019 AFC U19 Women’s Championship, announced the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on October 18.

 Sinking land in the Mekong Delta is causing a headache for the local administration.

 Designers from lesser-known fashion industries such as Haiti, Turkey and Colombia will participate in the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) – Fall/Winter 2018, which is schedule to take place in Hanoi from October 25 to 27.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team on October 19 joined a practice session in Paju, in the northern region of the Republic of Korea (RoK), as part of its training course to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

 Vietnam’s U19 football team suffered a 1-2 defeat to Jordan at the team’s opener at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship on October 19.

 Vietnam supports contents suggested by the host country Singapore within the framework of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM 12), stated Minister of Defence Ngo Xuan Lich.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnessed the signing of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreementbetween Vietnam and the European Union in Brussels on October 19 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed that the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) should take the pioneer role in promoting multilateral cooperation and international order basing on the law as well as responding to global challenges.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with many foreign leaders on the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Brussels on October 18 and 19 (local time).

Professor Dr Tran Thanh Nam of the Ha Noi National University’s School of Education talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị newspaper on the draft decree to issue heavy fines for administrative violations in schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Turkey, Argentina and other countries have recently witnessed their local currencies depreciating dramatically against dollars. How about Vietnam?

 The fourth industrial revolution and digital transformation are bringing sweeping changes to the manufacturing sector and every aspect of socio-economic life around the world. 

 Due to his love for books, Hoang Quy Binh, a student from the Hanoi University of Technology, launched a D Free Book project, a “triple-zero” library: no fee, no deposit, no limit for lending period. 

 The US-China trade war may bring about a shift in investment flows from Chinese timber firms to Vietnam. Consequently, it is crucial that the Vietnamese wood industry make use of this opportunity to benefit.

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has come closer to a private placement of 579.7 million shares to foreign investors in a move to raise charter capital to VND39.57 trillion.

Plastics and solid waste will be turned into artworks with the aim of protecting the environment, as part of the project World without Waste, launched by UNESCO on Wednesday in Hanoi.