In June 2022, the Ministry of Public Security revealed that 60 per cent of first-time illegal drug users are aged between 15-25 and are mostly students.

The percentage of people aged above 15 who use e-cigarettes rose from 0.2 per cent in 2015 to 3.6 per cent in 2020.

Hoi An has decided to postpone collecting entry fees from tourists until it can draw up a plan that can receive wide support from the public.

Seeing that sensitive information leaks have been reported recently, SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Deputy Head Trieu Manh Tung of the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech Crime Prevention (under the Public Security Ministry).

Fifty-two administrative units at district level and 1,037 administrative units at commune level have met criteria in natural area and population scale to be subject to rearrangement and merger in 2023-2025.

The latest preliminary check of the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has found that at least 90 websites with content such as ads, card playing and gambling.

Policies needed to boost production linkage, localisation rate

Around 1.2 million mobile phone numbers blocked from making calls, sending text messages or use the Internet since March 31 will be deactivated if their data is not updated within four days.

Insurance agencies in Ho Chi Minh City saw thousands of cash-trashed employees queuing overnight for one-time withdrawal of social insurance premiums.

A recent study found that 74% of people want to see the beauty and personal care industry focusing more on making people feel better.

HCM City district talks up tourist offerings

Vietnamese Ministry of Health yesterday announced the country recorded 183 cases of Covid-19 without deaths in the day.

According to a statement released on April 11 by Tan Hiep Phat, David Riddle has been appointed CEO and legal representative of the beverage corporation.

Over the past half a century, despite all the ups and downs, the friendship between Việt Nam and France has become more effective in all fields.

Vietnam has vowed to reform its visa policy as it believes this is the key to attract more foreign travelers to Vietnam. However, some problems still exist.

The US Agency for International Development and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday celebrated the launch of a new tool to spur green economic growth: the Provincial Green Index.

Simon Calder, a trusted and recognised travel journalist of UK publication The Independent, has posted an article recounting his interesting journey to Vietnam and revealed several suggestions for those visiting the country.

The Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre has been upgraded after receiving huge financial support from the world’s football governing body FIFA.

Vietnam’s wood industry has unexpectedly fallen into an unprecedented slump amid a sharp decline in orders.

That won the award of green jersey as the best sprinter and red jersey as Queen of Mountain in the Thai event that concluded on April 10.

The 2023 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship will take place in the northern province of Vinh Phuc from April 25 to May 2, heard a press conference in Hanoi on April 11.

The Ha Long Carnival 2023 festival, themed “Ha Long Dance – Harmony of Five Continents”, will open with a low-altitude fireworks display at 8pm on Vo Nguyen Giap street, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1.

Precisely 36% of European firms ranked Vietnam either first, within their top three, or among their top five investment destinations on a global scale, according to the latest Business Climate Index (BCI) report.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than 10.2 trillion VND (433 million USD) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

Many enterprises from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (China) have complained that regulations on fire prevention and control are unreasonable.