VIETNAM TODAY

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Trade ministers from the 21 Pacific Rim countries gathered during a major trade meeting on Saturday in Hà Nội to discuss future plans for regional trade co-operation amid growing fears of protectionism, as well as changes in politics, economies

A list of all housing projects in which foreign organisations and individuals are not allowed to make purchases is being publicised by local authorities at the urgent bidding of the government.

Even with his small savings and loans from friends, Bui Xuan Phuoc had to sell his house in NhaTrang city to build the exhibition room to display Ho Chi Minh’s items in 1997.

The massive global cyber attack that wreaked havoc in computer systems earlier this month caused plenty of visible disruption, not least in Britain's National Health Service.

The budget carrier Vietjet Air on May 19 opened a new route connecting Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang with Seoul, the capital city of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương and Bình Phước to suspend sand mining operations at Dầu Tiếng Reservoir, following an order from the Government.

President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, during which he emphasised that Vietnam attaches importance to expanding and improving the effectiveness of economic, trade and investment cooperation with China.

Võ Thị Kim Phụng took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China yesterday.

The European Union (EU) will send a delegation to Vietnam in June to inspect the country’s food safety control system for seafood products exported to the EU.

Vietnam's Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre will stage a number of special water puppet performances in Madrid, Spain from May 21-27.

Danang International Airport new terminal was officially inaugurated Friday after 17 months of construction.

More than 1,100 politicians and business people have come together to find ways to transform stagnant economies of the troubled Middle East and North Africa.

Famous dishes of the southern region will be on offer at the annual Ẩm Thực Đất Phương Nam (Southern Land Cuisine) Festival that will take place from May 24 to 28 at Đầm Sen Park in HCM City’s District 11.

Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has said that local enterprises can refuse unnecessary inspections by authorities during a meeting with businesses on May 19.

A poor man in the central province of Ha Tinh, whose three children died already, is calling for the community help to save a son with cerebral palsy.

The central city’s People’s Court rejected poacher Nguyễn Văn Lý’s appeal of a three-year conviction at a hearing on Monday.

African countries are looking to cooperate with Vietnamese enterprises, H.E. João Manuel Bernado, Ambassador of The Republic of Angola in Vietnam, told a press conference on May 19 to promote Africa Day on May 25.

Bai Tu Long National Park in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been recognised as the 38th ASEAN Heritage Park.