“Net Dep Viet” (Beauty Vietnam) Season 2 programme will go live on social media platform TikTok as part of the country’s tourism promotion programme.

The largest-ever made-in-Vietnam bulk carrier was recently launched by Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company Limited in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung says there should be a national agreement on workforce supply to ensure success for the human resources development project.

The Department for Roads of Vietnam has proposed a project worth nearly 9.3 trillion VND (385 million USD) to upgrade and innovate parts of three national highways – No 53, No 62 ,and No 91B – in the Mekong Delta.

Several growth trends emerged in Vietnam’s investment landscape last year, including high-tech, Chinese investment, and cooperation with Japan.

The Vietnamese team bagged five gold and three silver medals, ranking sixth in the tally at the Pattaya 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup which was held from May 8 – 11 in Thailand.

To encourage businesses to develop green, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Association (HUBA) and SGGP Newspaper jointly implemented a program so that Vietnamese businesses have more opportunities to join carbon markets.

The Viettel Hoa Lac Data Center, the largest and the first green DC in Vietnam, has electricity consumption capacity of 30MW. It is the first DC in Vietnam to receive green credit from HSBC.

The Government has just sent the investment policy for the ‘National Program on Cultural Development in the 2025-2035 Period’ to the National Assembly.

Vietnam targets to have at least 2 million enterprises and ten billionaires voted by prestigious world organizations by the end of this decade.

Vietnam has set ambitious targets to have at least 10 billionaires and five of Asia’s most influential entrepreneurs by 2030.

The 2024 Hue Festival themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, featuring a wide range of traditional festivals and rituals, cultural, sports, and tourism activities is scheduled to take place all year round.

As trading began this morning (May 13), domestic gold prices fell by VND3.3 million per tael for buying and VND2.8 million for selling, causing huge losses for those who had bought the metal at record-high prices.

The salinization and scarcity of fresh water is expected to cause severe damage to the local farmers in the Mekong Delta region.

The VAT reduction from 10 per cent to 8 per cent is being implemented according to Resolution 110/2023/QH15, from January 1 to June 30, 2024.

The rate of entry into Vietnam of small FIEs is decreasing, while those with a workforce ranging between 501 and 1,000 almost doubled between 2022 and 2023.

According to tourism experts, a large number of foreign visitors do not book package tours or rarely use services provided by travel agencies except small-valued ones. That will result in the low profitability of Vietnamese travel agencies.

Viforest is encouraging businesses to ensure green production, green trade and digital transformation. The association has been conducting many trade promotion activities at home and abroad to seek more customers and orders.

Contrary to expectations, each auction has seen gold prices surge rather than decline, fueling a buying frenzy among consumers.

According to the Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) statistics for 2022, Vietnam has approximately 180,400 new cancer cases and over 120,000 cancer-related deaths each year.

The official event of the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam - the largest triathlon race in the country - took place in the central city of Da Nang on May 12 with the participation of nearly 2,000 domestic and international athletes.

Artworks by 14 Vietnamese artists were on display at Affordable Art Fair 2024 held in London from May 8-12, impressing British and international art lovers.

Nearly 40 years since opening the doors to the wider world, Vietnam’s development has witnessed great strides with major contributions from foreign investment, which is now leaning into new priorities such as semiconductor manufacturing and AI.

Vietnam is being advised by economists to have a bigger focus on boosting the expansion of fiscal policy to fuel domestic production and business activities.

The garment industry says its goal of earning US$44 billion from exports this year is likely to be within reach as many garment makers have secured export orders till the end of the third quarter, plus sound performance in the first quarter.