A budget of 15 trillion VND (645 million USD) will be spent on 14 urgent transport projects during the 2016-2020 period under the Standing Committee of 14th National Assembly’s Resolution No.566/NQ-UBTVQG14. 

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisation (VUFO) has presented the “For Peace and Friendship Among Nations” insignia to Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Jehanne Roccas.

 The ride-hailing application FastGo will debut in Ho Chi Minh City this month, giving another choice of travel and payment methods for customers of the city.

 President Tran Dai Quang on August 7 hosted separate receptions for the new ambassadors from Chile, the UK, Poland, Gambia, Uganda, Nepal, Jamaica, Guatemala and Botswana.

 A shortage of IT personnel has prompted Japan to adopt measures to attract foreign talents in the field, which opens up opportunities for Vietnamese IT engineers and firms. 

 The Yonex – Sunrise Vietnam Open 2018 Badminton Championships kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7.

 Vietnam always attaches importance to promoting the friendship and cooperation with traditional friends in Africa, including Rwanda and Guinea, said President Tran Dai Quang. 

 Nearly 40 houses in Luc Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai were damaged due to torrential rains on August 6-7.

Vietnam has actively got involved in the realisation of ASEAN commitments since the country joined the association on July 28, 1995, according Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung.

 Competent forces in central Quang Tri province’s Huong Hoa district have deactivated more than 460 shells, according to the provincial mobile bomb and mine clearance team under PeaceTrees Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Back in 2017, Hanoians, especially teenagers, were crazy about the new menu at Huyen Vi Café in the centre of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, 5B Dinh Liet Street. 

Vietnam’s rice export price has unexpectedly surpassed Thailand’s prices, but the good news has been overshadowed by China’s higher import tariff on sticky rice and tighter control over imports.

While training divisions at universities are busy these days dealing with the high numbers of applications, enrollment officers at vocational schools are idle because of the lack of students. 

 Several experts have suggested that the State Bank of Vietnam take efforts to stabilize the local currency rather than weakening Vietnam dong to sharpen competitiveness of local commodities.

 The HCMC Tax Department has invited some 14,000 social network account holders, especially those developing applications on Google and Facebook, to work with their tax offices on their tax obligations, reported Lao Dong newspaper. 

Vietnam’s software firms are developing steadily with stable revenue growth rate of 50 percent per annum. 

Diners were treated to extravagant food and wine pairings in a private dinner party at T-Art in the heart of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter on Tuesday. "I’m very happy that T-Art has been receiving rave reviews and has been rated five stars

 The use of land, a type of public property, for payment to investors in the Build – Transfer (BT) format should be stopped until the Vietnamese government issues a new regulation.

In the digital and artificial intelligence era, orthodox publishing groups no longer play the key role in the world’s publishing industry. The role has been transferred to Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. 

 The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is developing a soil bank on 11 hectares in Cai Nuoc District to store soil and mud dredged from the rivers for ground leveling. This is the first soil bank in the Mekong Delta.