
Minister asks for efforts to achieve shrimp export targets
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:04:00
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuong has asked localities and enterprises to deploy measures to optimise opportunities for the shrimp sector to achieve the goal of 4.1-4.2 billion USD in export in 2019.

Vinashin ex-leaders prosecuted for abusing position, power
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:00:00
Four former leaders of the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), now the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC), have been charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

Thailand ramps up fight against forced labor with stricter law
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:58:00
Thailand will use a newly amended law to crack down on forced labor with hefty fines and prison time, a move analysts said could help curb exploitative practices against migrant workers.

Vietnam spends 570 million USD importing pharmaceuticals in Q1
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:56:00
Vietnam spent more than 570 million USD on importing pharmaceuticals in the first quarter of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 16.7 percent, according to the latest statistics from the General Department of Customs.

DPM: VN expects to strengthen trade, investment with UAE
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:54:00
VGP – Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh suggested United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Ambassador to Viet Nam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri join hand with Vietnamese ministries and agencies to discuss specific measures so as to strengthen investment capital flows into Viet Nam during their meeting on April 8 in Ha Noi.

Real estate - fertile land for foreign investors
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:52:00
The property sector will continue to be a fertile ground for foreign investors, largely due to the country’s rising demands for housing as well as deeper global integration with a line-up of bilateral and multi-lateral new-generation trade pacts.

HCMC to spend $345 million on anti-flooding projects this year
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:50:00
HCMC plans to spend VND8 trillion on 218 projects to combat flooding in downtown areas and part of the outskirts.

Credit institutions expect better results in Q2
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:49:00
VOV.VN - As many as 81 per cent of local credit institutions put high hopes on further improvement in their operations in the first quarter of 2019 whilst 88 per cent of them expect their business for the whole year to get better against the previous year, according to a recent insightful survey.

Frothed not fried: Hanoi's egg beer draws curious drinkers
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:46:00
A decades-old Hanoi cafe is delighting drinkers with a frothy beer cocktail that has no place on a breakfast menu.

Front leader greets Cambodia on traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:42:00
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has sent Chol Chnam Thmay festival greetings to Cambodia.

Hanoi has nation's worst figures in child abuse cases
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:41:00
Of 1,500 cases of physical or sexual abuse against children recorded last year, 88 were in Hanoi.

State funeral to be held for Ho Chi Minh Trail general
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:38:00
A state-level funeral will be held on April 10 for Lt. Gen. Dong Sy Nguyen, former Vice Chairman of the Ministers’ Council and former Commander of Truong Son Corps, who passed away on April 4.

In your 50s? Check out Vietnam, says US magazine
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:36:00
Vietnam is one of two Southeast Asian destinations that Travel + Leisure urges holiday-goers in their 50s to visit.

National Assembly Chairwoman concludes overseas working trip
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:34:00
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan returned to Hanoi on April 9, concluding her tour to Morocco and France, working with the European Parliament and attendance at the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from March 28 to April 8.

Vietnamese horror comedy set to hit American, Australian big screens
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:32:00
Face off: The Walking Guests will be released April 19-May 15 in several U.S. and Australian cities.

Hanoi boosts cooperation with German locality
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:30:00
Hanoi is willing to collaborate with and facilitate German firms, particularly those from Thuringia, to invest and operate in the city, stated Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Vietnam repels Chinese-flagged vessels for illegally fishing in its waters
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:28:00
Vietnamese surveillance forces Sunday gave chase and drove away many foreign vessels trespassing its waters for illegal fishing.

HCM City People’s Council gets new Chairwoman
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:26:00
Nguyen Thi Le, deputy secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and head of the committee’s Organisation Commission, was voted on April 8 as the new head of the municipal 9th People’s Council for the remaining period of the 2016 – 2021 tenure.