Visiting Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue and host PM of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yeon on June 21 agreed to try to lift two-way trade to $100 billion by 2020 from $65 billion in 2018, together with reducing Vietnam’s trade deficit.

For the first time ever, a contemporary Vietnamese art show has wowed audiences at the prestigious Sydney Opera House.

A Quan ho (Love duet singing) art troupe of the northern province of Bac Ninh has held a performance in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Tam Thanh fishing village in Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province, has been long-known as the first mural village of Vietnam. The village is drawing a great deal of visitors for its colorful wall paintings

The HCMC People’s Court upheld a 17-year jail sentence for Phan Van Anh Vu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bac Nam 79 Construction Company, during an appeal court on June 7.

The prevailing issue of a shortage of playgrounds for children to play in over summer continues to affect children’s psychology and mobility.

Being home to two world cultural heritage sites and hundreds of historical relic sites, the central province of Quang Nam has paid heed to training skilled workers for the restoration and preservation of the relics’ values. 

The International Business Times recently had an article about Vietnamese origin billionaire Mai Vu Minh.

Vietnam’s dairy makers are accessing more opportunities to increase exports, but companies need to enhance their competitiveness in foreign markets and develop a concentrated production scale.

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani has spoken highly of Vietnam’s preparation to run for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC).

Vietnamese automaker Vinfast has announced that the first edition of made-in-Vietnam automobile Fadil will be handed over to clients in the largest-ever ceremony in mid-June.

The first fish sauce museum in Vietnam is now fully open to visitors in Phan Thiet city, in the central province of Binh Thuan.

Hanoi will build its parts of the ring roads no.4 and no.5 between 2021-2025 in an effort to complete the local transport infrastructure, said the municipal Department of Transport.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underscored the determination to accomplish all goals set for 2019, striving for a GDP growth of 6.8 percent and reining in inflation under 4 percent at the Government’s monthly meeting held in Hanoi on May 31.

Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich attended a meeting between the US Secretary of Defence and ASEAN defence ministers on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31.

Representatives from ministries and agencies made clear issues of public concern, such as the fight against counterfeit and fake goods and use of renewable energy during the government’s regular press conference in Hanoi on May 31.

A bunch of paintings by children depicting nature and scenes of nature and daily life is on display at the HCM City Fine Arts’ Association.