Petrolimex and the Japan Cooperation Centre Petroleum has signed an agreement for the second phase of a technical cooperation project on operating the petroleum depot at Petrolimex’s headquarters.

 Fitch raises sovereign rating for Vietnam

Imposing landscapes, daily life stories and internal sensations are themes of a joint exhibition between Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai artists.

 IT Techmart, a fair featuring technological advances and specialised electronic devices kicked off in Hanoi on May 16. The event gathered 40 booths from universities and enterprises in technology field. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoians who live in the inner city can smell the smoke from the burning of rice twice a year. Rice is harvested outside the city twice a year, and the straw is burned. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists agree that private investors should also be allowed access to official development assistance capital, but warn that credit may be used improperly. 

Vietnam’s grassroots healthcare system is failing to win public trust, resulting in overcrowding at provincial-level hospitals and hampering efforts to ensure universal health coverage in the country.

Even in poor conditions, young scientists in Vietnam are still able to produce internationally recognized research. However, they are discouraged by the lack of transparency in the scientific research environment. 

VietNamNet Bridge - With abundant resources and a variety of rare wood, the Yok Don National Park is a target for illegal loggers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors in the textile and garment industry are complaining that local authorities are turning down new textile and dyeing projects for fear of pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge - All of the high school students who won gold medals at this year’s Asian Physics Olympiad (APO) have parents who work as teachers, prefer playing sports and usually do housework.

More than 20 art troupes from Vietnam and France will perform at the Performing Arts Spring Festival (PAS 2018) set to take place at the Vietnam National Drama Theatre in Hanoi from May 18 to 20.

 Thang Long Theatre is one Hanoi’s art units and theatres chosen to become financially autonomous, under the strategy approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to develop the Vietnamese culture industry

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing challenges keeping pace with other countries in the application of stem cell therapy, many doctors say. 

 Le Dinh Kien, 29, was arrested on May 9 after he tried to extort VNĐ1 billion (US$44,000) from a family in Ton That Thuyet Street of the central province of Ha Tinh's Tran Phu Ward.

The equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOE) requires appropriate measures and prudent implementation in order to meet the set requirements and remain on schedule.

The southern province of Binh Thuan’s Military Command deployed the first test of using drone on Monday afternoon to inspect forest management in Ham Thanh Commune in Ham Thuan Nam District.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors are complaining that they are in a dilemma because of the law on PPP investments. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households living along Khe Can Channel in central Da Nang City have been complaining about the foul odour emitting from the polluted channel.

Binh Thuan Province People’s Committee has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc the establishment of a focal agency to address the problems posed by five thermal power plants at Vinh Tan Power Centre,