Ho Chi Minh City has recorded an infection caused by the XBB.1.5 sub-strain of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, as announced by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

This decision follows the tragic deaths of three firefighters in a karaoke blaze on August 1, 2022, which renewed attention to fire safety measures in the city’s entertainment venues.

According to FIFA’s official website, the Vietnamese centre is the latest in a series of FIFA Forward projects aimed at improving the Southeast Asian country’s football infrastructure and facilities.

The statue of Venerable Thich Thanh Tu at Hanoi’s Quan Su Pagoda is astonishing as it looks like a real person.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 13 expressed his belief and wish that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. will maintain its important role in enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries with many new strategic projects.

Chefs in Kien Giang have jointly made a national record by making 100 dishes from flower crabs in an event co-organised by the Centre for Culture, Sports, and Radio of Phu Quoc island city and its Professional Chefs Association.

Japan has surpassed the US to become the biggest importer of Vietnam’s fishery products, with over 310 million USD in value in the first quarter of 2023, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Authority of Foreign Information Service under the Ministry of Information and Communications on April 13 inaugurated a multi-lingual platform to promote Vietnam at https://vietnam.vn.

The British Cave Research Association (BCRA) has discovered 22 new caves with a total length of 11.7km in the central province of Quang Binh within a 3-week period.

With high interest rates, pawn credit is a financial service that can bring ‘super profits’. More pawnshop chains have opened, attracting local as well as  foreign capital.

The divestment of PGBank from Petrolimex is coming to an end. The secret buyer will be made public soon.

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, 14.9% of the population, or nearly 15 million people, have one of 10 common mental disorders.

The arrest of Tran Quy Thanh, chair of Tan Hiep Phat, Vietnam’s largest beverage producer, and his two daughters, is expected to lead to changes in the domestic beverage market.

The recently released 2022 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) report by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) presents a concerning snapshot of the business and investment climate.

Experts believe it is difficult to devise specific measures to prevent adolescents’ from committing suicide because the motivation of each individual differs, depending on the context that triggered the behavior.

Vietnamese shipping organisations’ proposal to raise charges for container loading and unloading services at seaports, if becomes true, will not affect exporters and importers.

As netizens, children are exposed to various negative information, not to mention privacy attacks and cyberbullying. These acts might make them suffer from unwanted depression, which is rather dangerous to their mental health.

IELTS students in VN over the past five years are getting younger, with research in 2022 showing that 62 per cent of IELTS students are between the ages of 16 and 22.

Dr Amandine Dabat, a historian, would seem to be a typical academic investigating a Vietnamese monarch, save for one crucial fact: she is the great-great-granddaughter of King Ham Nghi.

No longer hot on the stock market, yet banking sector remains one of the priorities of foreign investors, with foreign ownership rate in many banks reaching the cap of 30% as regulated.

The Government has requested the Ministry of Finance to evaluate the impact of a global minimum effective corporate tax on the nation’s budget revenue and foreign investment attraction, and on foreign investors.

Japanese manufacturers and retailers have continuously unveiled plans to expand their investment in VN, while FDI inflows from the coutnry to Vietnam during the first two months of 2023 reached nearly US$146 million.

Tan Hiep Phat Group owned by the family of Tran Quy Thanh is one of the largest Vietnamese owned and wealthiest private corporations.

After 180 days of intense training in harsh conditions, 150 soldiers have qualified to join the first anti-terrorist force in Vietnam.

Japan has outpaced the US to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese seafood, although the export of these products to this market decreased by 11% to over US$310 million in the first quarter of 2023.