The 31st meeting of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group opened in Hanoi on May 22.

About 1,100ha of farmland in the northern mountainous provinces face imminent risks of drought, according to the Department of Water Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam’s seaport throughput nearly doubled between 2015 and 2022, averaging 8.4%, said the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA).

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach 7 billion USD in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

The 15th National Assembly passed a resolution approving the Prime Minister’s proposal on the appointment of Dang Quoc Khanh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ha Giang, as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son says the ministry is compiling a plan on high-quality human resources for the development of high technology, with proposed solutions to develop the workforce for basic sciences.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said that interest rates have become stable with the lending interest rate hovering around 9.3 percent per annum.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has repeatedly warned about possible electricity blackouts this summer because of expected large-scale drought. If so, alternate power cuts could prove to be unavoidable.

A newly-discovered ancient rock field in Gia Lai Province’s Đôn Hyang Village is luring visitors with its surreal charms.

Besides limited technological capability, Vietnamese mechanical engineering enterprises are upset about their trained workers leaving for foreign-invested companies or searching for opportunities to work abroad in labor cooperation programs.

Any hope for improving business conditions by midyear has faded due to dismal demand in main markets and macroeconomic instability.

The beauty of flowers, cute animals, beautiful love stories or romantic songs have become endless inspirations for Trần Phương Nga’s three-dimensional canvas of transparent jelly.

In the period of 2021 - 2023, Thai Nguyen province has invested in many water supply projects for ethnic minorities with a total investment capital of 42 billion VND from the National Target Program.

Rugged Phu Quy is making waves as one of the nation’s standout holiday isles.

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Most enterprises have reported their profits for the first quarter of 2023. Besides those suffering a sharp decline as predicted, there are still businesses with unexpectedly strong growth, making their valuations attractive.

Like oil, prices of other energy products such as natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and blended gasoline are expected to fluctuate heavily this year. The market will become less disruptive when macroeconomic conditions stabilize.

15th National Assembly’s fifth session opens

Hanoi's historic Ba Dinh Square has been closed to tourists from June 12 to August 14.

Vietnam and Japan on May 21 signed three agreements worth 61 billion yen (US$442 million) to finance official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam.

An inspection team from the European Commission (EC) will visit Vietnam to examine the country’s efforts on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and control in October instead of May as it announced earlier.

Vietnam seeks assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) as its leading hospital is short of botulism antitoxin.

By early May, commercial banks have started to reduce deposit interest rates. With this the average deposit interest rate that had peaked in January at 9 percent per year for a 6-month term decreased to around 7.5 percent per year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has approved the provisional electricity prices for 15 wind and solar power plants after its negotiations with the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).

Vietnam, Japan foster cooperation in aerospace supporting industry