Vietnamese businesses should take advantage of e-commerce to export to global markets, experts said at a conference on e-commerce and international exports via Alibaba.com held in HCM City yesterday.

The government has so far advanced USD97 million to pay debts for the Phuong Nam Pulp Mill which is one among 12 loss-making projects of the Ministry of Indsutry and Trade.

Vietnam should take advantage of the next wave of digital technologies such as blockchain, AI, IoT and cloud-based services to become Asia’s next high-performing economy and improve the living standards of its residents, experts said.

A film screening in the project Landscape will take place on Saturday at the Heritage Space.

A circus with an environmental message opens in Hanoi this week. Its aim is to entertain and educate youngsters to mark International Children’s Day on June 1.

Vietnam treasures its relations with the US and is ready to discuss measures to deepen the comprehensive partnership on the basis of respecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political systems in each nation.

Paintings and photos of Russian and Vietnamese cultures, landscapes and people are on display at an exhibition that opened on May 22 in Moscow.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the Vietnam-Russia Business Forum in Moscow on May 22 as part of his official visit to Russia.

Vietnam won five gold medals at the 2019 Thailand Open Track and Field Championships which ended on May 21.

Hai Dang Tay Ninh triumphed at the National Tennis Team Championships which ended yesterday in Tay Ninh Province.

Vietnam will compete at the Men’s Elite Road Race PRUride PH 2019 in the Philippines from May 24-26.

Vietnam’s top leaders have asserted the strategic role of the domestic private sector in some statements as many privately-run conglomerates have shown their superiority to state-owned ones.

Vietnam’s insurance industry maintained positive growth in the first four months of 2019, with total premiums surging by 17 percent year-on-year to $1.9 billion, the Ministry of Finance reported.

Guitarist Bill Frisell, widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, will perform for the first time in Vietnam at the "Bill Frisell: Summer on Guitar" concert.

The coach of former V.League 1 champions Quang Nam FC yesterday resigned from his position.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is planning to open convenience stores at its gas stations across the country.

Vietnam is among several countries and territories affected by India’s new anti-dumping probe against digital printing plates, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The draft revised bills on alcohol harm prevention, audit and libraries will top the agenda at the ongoing 14th National Assembly (NA)’s seventh session on May 23.

The Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam were launched at a ceremony in Moscow on May 22 night, with the Prime Ministers of the two countries attending.

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on May 22.