(VOVworld)-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a recent teleconference that the Government will focus on building more social housing. This is good news for low-income people, who are in desperate need of affordable houses.

(VOVworld) – Leaders of many companies in the world have repeated their consistent opinion on the need to reduce green house gas emission involving their factories. This positive move will add to the governments’ efforts to realize the Paris Agreement on Climate Change adopted last December.

(VOVworld) – Ho Chi Minh City has a great potential for water-way tourism with about 1,000 km of rivers and canals connecting it with neighboring provinces, Thailand, and Cambodia. The city intends to market water-way services as a tourism product.

(VOVworld) – The APEC Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM-APEC) opened in Hanoi on Friday as a curtain raiser for APEC Vietnam 2017. Hosting APEC Year 2017 and ISOM-APEC demonstrates Vietnam’s strategic vision and commitment contributions to enhancing Asia-Pacific cooperation.

(VOVworld) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan begins an official visit to India on Thursday at the invitation of Senate President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Speaker of the Lower House Sumitra Mahajan. The visit aims to consolidate the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

(VOVworld) - Cuba's rumba dance has been added to UNESCO's list of "intangible" heritages of humankind. Rumba dance, which began in Africa and Spain, has flourished in Cuba. It’s considered a signature dance of Cuba which protects cultural diversity based on mutual respect.

(VOVworld)- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan next Thursday and Friday. The visit will create a new momentum in the bilateral relationship.

(VOVworld)-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasized that equitizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is an important task for 2017. With SOEs holding hundreds of billions of USD in assets and capital, faster equitization will change their governance for the better, reduce public debt, and help economic restructuring.

(VOVworld)-The northern port city of Hai Phong has made 2016 a year of improving its business climate, focusing on administrative reforms.

(VOVworld) - The Vietnamese embassy in India has officially announced the winners of a logo contest to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam and India’s diplomatic ties. First prize went to Nguyen Hung Quoc Dung of Ho Chi Minh City.