Nearly 2,500 teachers in Hanoi have sent a letter to the city’s chair and education and training department head, expressing their wish to remove the exam for upgrading their rank.

Hanoi’s seven-month budget collection up 20.8%

10 provinces have sent lists of projects for access to a VND120 trillion housing credit package, heard an online conference on reviewing a resolution to remove difficulties for the development of the real estate market chaired by PM Pham Minh Chinh.

Two Vietnamese movies, namely Memento Mori: Dat (Memento: Earth) and Dem toi ruc ro (The Brilliant Darkness), have been nominated in four categories of the ASEAN International Films Festivals & Awards (AIFFA) 2023.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Canada has warned Vietnamese businesses about export scams by some individuals misrepresenting themselves as major Canadian companies.

The act of damaging the national flag of Vietnam is an insult to the feelings of the Vietnamese people and must be strongly condemned, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.

Vietnamese airlines’ on-time performance (OTP) reached 88.3% in the first five months of this year, down 2 percentage points year-on-year, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Southeast Asian Women’s Volleyball Tournament kicks off in Vinh Phuc

Vietnamese enterprises are expected to pay VND6 trillion a year in fees for recycling paper, plastics and metal. The fees would be even higher than those in developed countries.

Nearly half of millennial and Gen Z travelers in APAC including VN plan to spend double their average monthly income on travel, according to a new travel pulse survey by Klook about 2023 travel trends in APAC in general and in VN in particular.

According to the Finance Ministry, the corporate bond market of Vietnam remains relatively modest compared to others in the region.

Five banks in Vietnam recorded a pre-tax profit of more than 10 trillion VND (422 million USD) in the first six months of this year, financial statements of the banks showed.

While other big rice producers, including India, have imposed a rice export ban, Vietnam has stated it will take full advantage of the rice price increase to boost exports.

A wave of foreign businesses are coming to learn about potential real estate projects in Vietnam to carry out mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

At the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 to be held in China in September, Vietnam aims for gold medals in seven out of the 31 sports that Vietnamese athletics will compete.

The search for destinations in Vietnam has increased sharply after a new visa policy was approved by the National Assembly (NA), according to Agoda, a digital travel platform.

The estimated number of remaining UXO in Vietnam was around 800,000 tonnes, affecting over 6.1 million hectares, accounting for over 18 per cent of the country’s total area.

Vietnam will export the second batch of 18 tonnes of fresh sugarcane to the US market in the coming time.

More companies reported delaying paying principal and interest on bonds in the second quarter, with a total outstanding payment of nearly 24.3 trillion VND (1.02 billion USD) due, according to a report on corporate bonds from MBS Research.

Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna will lead the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) to perform in the central coastal city of Da Nang on August 10.

Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has nearly doubled after 10 years of implementing the Resolution No. 22-NQ/TW, dated April 10, 2013 of the Politburo on international integration.

Despite signs of transaction stagnation, apartment prices in several areas of some big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City still increased during the second quarter of 2023, said the Ministry of Construction (MoC).

“Bánh đa cua”, a local delicacy of Hai Phong, has been rated as the best red noodle soup with crab in the world by food experts, according to international food website TasteAtlas.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched a project to promote the advantages of nighttime tourism by 2025.

During a trip to Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island, tourists have a chance to visit Vietnam’s largest zoo at night.