A symposium titled “Evidence-based Nutrition Solutions for Healthy Growth and Dietary Diversity in Children with Growth Issues” has been recently held in Hanoi to share the latest scientific information with Vietnamese healthcare professionals.

In a talk with VIR, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh analyses how innovative diplomacy has brought about a trade bonanza to the country and policy direction for 2017.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh and other ASEAN Foreign Ministers gathered in the Capital of Laos for a two-day retreat beginning on February 26.  

Fashion show producer and model Jessica Minh Anh is an expert in transforming the world's most iconic venues into phenomenal catwalks. Before her most recent "floating catwalk" on the River Seine in Paris in October, Jessica created the world's first solar-powered catwalk at the award-winning solar plant Gemasolar in Sevilla, Spain in July. Other world-famous places such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Tower Bridge in London, One World Trade Center, Gardens by the Bays Skyway in Singapore and the Petronas Twin Towers' Skybridge in Malaysia have been featured in her work. During her recent visit to Viet Nam, the Ha Noi-born woman chatted with Nguyen Thuy Hang about her unique work.

Conductor Tran Nhat Minh and leading soloists Cho Hea Ryoung, Khanh Ngoc, Thu Huong, Dao Mac and Trung Kiet, accompanied by the choir of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), will perform Russian songs tonight (Sept 29) at the Opera House.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh and his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak deliberated on a wide range of issues in the relations between Viet Nam and Slovakia during their talks in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

The Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and other world leaders delivered strong messages at the United Nations Summit on September 23, all unified on the necessity of preventing the bad effects of a warming climate.

Chris Razook, Lead for IFC's Corporate Governance in East Asia and Pacific, told VIR’s Minh An it was imperative that Vietnam’s listed companies strengthen corporate governance, and that despite notable strides forward in the market, Vietnam’s firms still had room for improvement. The corporation provided technical support for this year’s Vietnam Annual Report Awards, which has been co-organised over the past seven years by the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, VIR’s sister publication Dau Tu Chung Khoan and the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

Vietnamese Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on June 25 in the central province of Quang Tri cut the ribbon to inaugurate the La Lay international border gate.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed the relations between Viet Nam and the US and the recent developments in the East Sea, on the phone.

Thien Minh has announced two new properties under the Victoria Hotels & Resorts brand: the Victoria Nui Sam Lodge in Chau Doc, Vietnam, and the Victoria Xiengthong Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos.

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh and Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Frans Timmermans discussed potential fields where the two sides can further cooperation, at a meeting in Indonesia on February 21.

Vietnam’s agricultural authorities are busy penning a plan to charm European investors in 2013.

Northern Thai Nguyen province is intensifying efforts to improve its business climate.

Two of Vietnam’s state-owned insurance companies are to go public following a decision endorsed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to develop the domestic insurance market to 2010.The Ho Chi Minh City Insurance Company (Bao Minh) and the Vietnam Reinsurance Company (Vinare) are to be equitised by 2010 with the State retaining a major stake in both companies.