Vietnam resolutely rejects China’s claim over Hoang Sa (Paracel), Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and contiguous waters, as well as its “historical rights” to the waters, seabed and subsoil within the “nine-dash line” it unilaterally introduced. 

Vietnam always wants to further the solidarity and friendship with India, State President Truong Tan Sang stated when receiving a delegation from the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in West Bengal State led by its President Geetesh Sharma in Hanoi on December 11. 

The enforcement of the Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) free trade agreement (FTA) in the near future is likely to trigger a massive influx of RoK investments into the Southeast Asian country, Korean entrepreneurs have said.

Delegations from the Vietnamese and Lao Supreme People’s Courts expressed their willingness to enhance cooperation and expertise exchange during their talks in Hanoi on December 11.

German scholars strongly criticised China’s recent moves in the East Sea at a scientific conference held at the headquarters of Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) newspaper in Berlin on December 9.

The Presidential Office announced five laws and three resolutions at a press briefing in Hanoi on December 10.

The industry and trade sector will be restructuring its organisation and operations in line with strategies to ensure national socio-economic development. 

Foreign investors must be committed to a long-term attachment in terms of interest in domestic credit institutions, if they want to buy stakes and become strategic investors of these organisations. 

Ha Long Bay and the Son Doong cave have been named among the top 10 of the most breathtakingly beautiful places to visit on the planet by the global travel website GlobalGrasshopper.

Chefs from Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City won the first prize at the Golden Spoon Contest 2014, which ended in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 10.