Morning News Roundup: Baggage Truck Tears Off Aircraft Wing After Collision At Vietnam Airport
US Navy Ships to Move to Vietnam for Asia’s Largest Annual Humanitarian Mission [The Diplomat] HCM City Procuracy apologises for wrongful convictions [Vietnam News] Bangladesh, Viet Nam to boos...
Morning News Roundup: Cable Car System To Be Built In Phu Quoc
Third suspect in massacre of six people in Vietnam arrested, one month on [Tuoi Tre] Cable car system to be built in Phu Quoc [SGGP] VN hospitals need to reduce error rate [Vietnam News]
Weekend News Roundup: Young Vietnamese Prefer Facebook Chat To Going Out With Friends
Young Vietnamese prefer Facebook chat to going out with friends [DTI] Viet Nam thanks ODA for making the nation richer [Vietnam News] Viet kieu receive car tax break [Vietnam News]
Vietnam And EU Sign Off On Sweeping Free Trade Agreement
Days after concluding Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, Vietnam and the EU have signed off on a sweeping free trade agreement that has been two and a half years in the making.
[Photos] Plans To Build Vietnam’s Largest Museum Draw Criticism
Plans to build the biggest (and perhaps most expensive) museum in Vietnam have come under fire for its exorbitant costs.
Morning News Roundup: Children’s Opinions To Be Taken Into Account In Policy Design
Seminar highlights copyright and related rights [VOV] Danang issues tourism code of conduct [DTI] Children’s opinions to be taken into account in policy design [VOV]
Plan For US$66m Ho Chi Minh Statue In Son La Sparks Debate
Son La’s proposal to build a massive VND1,400 billion (US$66 million) Ho Chi Minh statue has put provincial authorities in the spotlight and caught the gaze of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who has r...
Morning News Roundup: New Rule Allows Vietnam's Top Leaders To Have Any Car They Want After Retirement
New rule allows Vietnam's top leaders to have any car they want after retirement [Thanh Nien] Beach town blacklists seafood restaurant after rip-off complaint [Thanh Nien] Poultry, livestock industr...
Uber To Accept Cash In Vietnam, May Expand To Da Nang, Nha Trang
After a year of bumpy roads for Uber in Vietnam, the international taxi service seems to have righted the ship and is planning to expand to new Vietnamese markets in addition to offering a cash paymen...
Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Completes TPP Negotiations With All Parties
Vietnam Airlines’ first 787-9 arrives in Hanoi [Flight Global] Massive imports of Chinese trucks raise concerns [Vietnam Net] Educators say national-exam failure rate shows better discipline, l...
[Photos] Ha Long Bay Being Overrun By Toxic Slurry Following Heavy Flooding
Weeks of heavy flooding in northern Vietnam has not only resulted 17 deaths and the loss of millions of dollars in damages, but also besieged Ha Long Bay with toxic slurry from nearby coal mines.
Weekend News Roundup: Duo Arrested For Facebook Page That Tells Drivers How To Avoid Cops
Man City friendly sponsor declares big losses [DTI] Hundreds brave persistent rain at LGBT rally in Vietnam [Channel News Asia] VN tops ASEAN with number of new domains [Vietnam Plus]
Da Nang’s Image Threatened By Rip-Offs, Thefts
Da Nang has long served as a poster child for a Vietnamese urban development. It is clean and modern (free WIFI!), sports beautiful beaches and offers great seafood. However, a growing number of touri...
7-Eleven Is Officially Coming To Vietnam
Vietnam’s convenience store market is about to get a bit more competitive with 7-Eleven announcing that it will open its first location in the country by early 2018.
Morning News Roundup: VN Greenhouse Gas To Double By 2020
Vietnamese teens jailed for phone card fraud [Thanh Nien] Naval ship to rescue 1,500 tourists stranded on island near Ha Long Bay [Tuoi Tre] David Cameron becomes first serving British PM to vi...
Vietnamese Celebrity Fined For Letting Her Child Urinate In Vomit Bag
You can add singer Le Quyen to the list of Vietnamese celebrities that have stirred controversy due to their in-air faux pas after she allowed her 4-year-old son to urinate in an airsic...
Morning News Roundup: Around 0.057% Of Population Borrows Books From Public Libraries
Hanoi: 17,000 people have 30m2 of playgrounds [Vietnam Net] Vietnam pays heavy price for petrochemistry industry [Vietnam Net] Da Nang introduces speed limit on key bridge [Vietnam News]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Will Pay A Visit To Vietnam Next Week
The U.S. Department of State has announced that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make a stop in Vietnam next week as part of a five-country trip to the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Hanoi Opera House To Be Repainted, Returned To Its Original Color
In what seems to be a repeat of the paint scandal that recently hit Saigon’s Central Post Office, Hanoi authorities have announced that the city’s 104-year-old opera house will soon return to its orig...
Morning News Roundup: HCMC Project Gives Facelift To Iconic Turtle Lake
Growing greenhouse gas level requires workable solutions [Vietnam Plus] More than 16,000 residents in HCMC bitten by mad animals [SGGP] Vietnam spends $463 million on imported pesticides [Vietnam Ne...
