A Vietnam Week has opened in St. Petersburg with a series of culture, sports and business activities aiming to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the Russian city and Vietnam.

After three years of the La Nina weather pattern which is the other phase of ENSO, the El Nino phenomenon is likely to return in Vietnam in late May or early June, with a probability of up to 80%, and this phenomenon may last into early 2024.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) continues to support a luxury tax on online games, though other ministries believe that such a tax will discourage the development of the industry.

Many hydroelectric reservoirs are experiencing critically low water levels while the hot summer season has just begun. The power sector has urgently suggested measures to cut down and save electricity during the challenging summer of 2023.

The Telecommunications Authority informed that only 20 percent of 1.15 million mobile subscribers that have their SIM card locked have come to certify their information so far. After May 15, nearly 1 million SIM cards will be retrieved.

Decisive action taken by Vietnam’s central bank on restructuring failing banks signifies a considerable stride towards revamping and fostering a sound financial landscape.

In Nùng tradition, silver is a sacred material thought to possess talismanic qualities that can exorcise evil, prevent "poisonous winds", protect health, bring happiness, as well as protect the soul.

Thanked to cultural interferences, Kinh, Hoa and Khmer ethic groups have created three extremely attractive cakes with ingredients mainly from white radish, wheat flour, rice flour, pork and shrimp.

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has proposed the Government spend over VND10.3 trillion buying five projects under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) format and a part of three other BOT projects.

As Vietnam’s largest metropolis, HCM City has seen many urban areas formed in recent years.

Research finds that digital transformation helps companies achieve overall profitability.

The Taste Atlas website has listed 100 of the world's most delicious dishes from rice, including four from Vietnam.

Nguyen Quoc Toan broke three SEA Games records on his way to winning weightlifting gold for Vietnam on the last day of competition on May 16 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam has opened a new pedestrian street to serve tourists.

Nguyen Canh Binh, president of Alpha Books, Head of ABG Leadership Institute, shared his view with VietNamNet about the possible impact of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence (AI) on the publishing industry.

Hanoi City is seeking approval from the central Government for a plan to develop one more international airport for the capital city area besides the operational Noi Bai International Airport.

The latest tragic fire that killed four people from the same family in Hanoi's Ha Dong District on Saturday has again raised concerns about these steel cages, known as a “tiger cage” or “bird’s nest”.

The plan needs US$134.7 billion of funding to develop new power plants and power grids between 2021 and 2030.

It is hard for Apple’s new online store in Viet Nam to compete with local retailers due to its uncompetitive prices, several of them said.

Despite impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign direct investment (FDI) is still being poured into Vietnam, contributing importantly to turning the country into a new production hub of the world.

Over one million students register for the 2023 High School Graduation Exam

The National Master Programme on Development of Vietnamese Culture in the 2023-2025 period has been approved under a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

Vietnam will officially run a carbon trade exchange in 2028, according to the draft of a project on the development of a carbon market in Viet Nam conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Ha Giang province aims to develop 5 main tourism product lines, including community-based tourism, cultural tourism, eco-resort tourism, adventure sports tourism, and border gate commercial tourism.

The number of people killed by road traffic accidents in Vietnam has dropped by nearly half from about 30 per day before 2012 to about 17 per day in 2022.