An exhibition of historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in the northern port city of Haiphong on June 20.
“There are a lot of opportunities to do business in Vietnam,” said Jeffrey Yu, Merchandise Director of Giant Singapore, adding that his company will import more products from Vietnam, especially litchi.
Ho Chi Minh City’s GDP growth rate will remain high at over 9.5% in the second half of this year despite economic difficulties, heard a conference in the city on June 20.
Chinese military aircraft on June 20 flew at a low altitude above Vietnamese law enforcement vessels operating near the place where China illegally places its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 inside Vietnam’s waters, according to Vietnam News Agency reporters at the site.
China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 deep into Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone has raised indignation among domestic and international opinion, including many National Assembly deputies of Vietnam.
The nation’s sacred sovereignty, borders, seas and islands will form the core of a festival designed for ethnic groups of Vietnam at the Vietnamese Ethnic Group Village in Dong Mo, Hanoi, on June 28-29.
The “House for trees” architecture project, an initiative of Vietnam’s Vo Trong Nghia company, has won the AR House Awards, an annual prize given by the UK’s Architectural Review for the world’s best one-off house.
Hanoi Police have arrested Feng Hai Qiang, a Chinese citizen, for using counterfeit debit cards to appropriate cash from automated teller machines (ATM).
Executives from several leading UK companies in the oil and gas services industry will begin a five-day visit to Vietnam on June 23 to seek investment opportunities.
The southern province of Tra Vinh has submitted a document to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asking for recognition of the Ok Om Bok Festival, a moon worshipping ritual of the Khmer ethnic minority group, as a national intangible cultural heritage.