Several of the nation’s top badminton players have made significant jumps in the world rankings, according to the latest information given by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

An exhibition displaying artworks from leading contemporary Vietnamese artists opened on May 29 at D-Contemporary gallery in Mayfair, one of London's premier shopping and entertainment centres.

Thousands of people and tourists stood on both sides of the Han River to cheer for teams participating in Da Nang’s boat race 2023, which took place on the morning of March 29.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has instructed credit institutions in the Mekong Delta region to promote lending to rice producers and traders to help them have sufficient capital, especially in the winter-spring harvest in 2023.

Roughly 60,000 Vietnamese enterprises closed their doors in the first three months of this year, representing an on-year increase of 17.4 percent.

A flight to quality will remain a key theme in the HCM City office market in 2023 as both foreign and domestic companies are setting ambitious net-zero targets to comply with environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) regulations.

Vietnam is expected to ship about 6.5-7 million tonnes of rice abroad this year thanks to the return of markets like Indonesia, Bangladesh, and China, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has freshly signed a decision to approve an action plan for implementing the 2021-2030 national foreign investment cooperation strategy.

Vietnam ran a trade surplus of 4.07 billion USD in the first quarter this year, with 79.17 billion USD in export revenue and 75.1 billion USD in imports, down 11.9% and 14.7% annually, respectively, reported the General Statistics Office on March 29.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held high-level phone talks with US President Joe Biden on March 29 night (Vietnam time).

Vietnam would need 312.6 trillion VND (13.3 billion USD) to develop the seaports system by 2030, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Formerly witnessing a prosperous period, Vietnam’s game industry has been shrinking in recent years. The management cannot keep up pace with development, while domestic games are having to compete with pirated ones.

No longer able to make a profit, many hotels in Da Nang have been put up for sale, including 4-5-star hotels worth trillions of VND.

A Canadian female traveler says she spent only VND1.6 million, or $67, on accommodation, entertainment, meals and travel for one day in HCM City.

Although few candidates enroll and the entrance score is very low, many training majors of many universities still fail to admit enough students while the actual demand for human resources in this field is in great shortage.

Yoshinori Yakabe, Japanese Consulate General in Da Nang, said Japanese travelers love to experience ecological tours and learn about culture when they come to Vietnam.

Citing low income as one of the reasons behind the brain drain from the public to the private sector, the Ministry of Health (MOH) believes this is causing problems in the health sector.

Foreign investment from ASEAN important to Vietnam: HSBC

Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Han Duck-soo hosted a reception in Seoul on March 29 for Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang.

The ninth National External Information Service Awards was launched in Hanoi on March 29.

Vietnam welcomed more than 2.69 million foreign tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, 29.7 times higher than that of the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported.

Vietnam’s U23 team left Doha Cup 2023 with an "empty hand" after a close loss to their Kyrgyz rivals on March 29 (Vietnam time).

Government issues details on aid for ethnic minority housing, land reclamation

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.32% in the first quarter of the year, higher only than the growth rate of 3.21% recorded in the first quarter of 2020 in the 2011 to 2023 period, according to the General Statistics Office.

Four Japanese banks are set to co-finance a total of US$300 million to provide credit lines to power producers using renewable energy in the nation as part of efforts to help the growing country in its decarbonising process.