Business Insider, a New York based business news site, has listed Hanoi’s Phở, a “tangy beef module soup”, as the first of “40 meals you should eat in your lifetime”.
The first international route linking Dong Hoi in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province with Taipei, Taiwan (China), is to open from August this year.
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first six months of 2013 was estimated to grow by 4.9 percent, almost equal to last year’s figure.
The National Power Transmission Corporation will allocate about US$748 million for the national power transmission project, nearly 27 percent higher than last year’s level.
A two-day workshop on carbon management closed in Hanoi on June 25.
The Siemens Vietnam Day will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 tomark the 20th anniversary of Siemens Vietnam, one of the most successful multinational companies in Vietnam.
Vietnamese photographer Tran Viet Van has received an Honorable Mention in the professional Fine Art category at the seventh annual Prix de la Photographic in Paris.
Forbes Vietnam a monthly magazine published in Vietnamese for CEOs and entrepreneurs, celebrated its inaugural launch in Ho Chi Minh City on June 24.
Player Do Kim Phuc has won the Asian Freestyle Football Championship 2013, which was held in Vietnam for the first time.
Vietnam’s women national football team leapt up two notches to 28th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world rankings, which were announced on June 21.