Government agencies’ awareness about protection of personal data on online platforms remains low, according to speakers at a seminar held recently by UNDP Vietnam and the Institute for Policy Research and Media Development (IPS).

Being open to the world but not depending on technology is a challenge for many countries, not only Vietnam.

Speaker of the UK House of Lords John Mcfall said he supports efforts to ramp up all-round cooperation between the UK and Vietnam, including in climate change response, during his talks with the top Vietnamese legislator in London.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in the January – June period rose by 2.44% year-on-year while its core inflation edged up 1.25%, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported at a press conference on June 29.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 710 million USD in the first six months of 2022, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on June 29.

GPS collars will be fitted to 28 wild elephants in the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, a workshop heard on June 29.

A poisonous gas explosion at Jordan’s southern port of Aqaba on June 27 killed 13 people, including 5 Vietnamese citizens.

The classic Vietnamese epic Lục Vân Tiên, which may be read in a variety of languages and dialects throughout the world, has been given new life by international artists.

As many as 532 medical workers in Hanoi resigned in 2021, while 82 workers transferred to other jobs.

Dextran, a high molecular solution, is only used for severe dengue cases, but only one company in Thailand is making the product. Vietnam has lacked this fluid over the last two years.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment will propose policies to remove obstacles for enterprises and enable them to seize opportunities to accelerate production and business, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said.

The e-GP would allow effective and transparent management of the public procurement process.

Newly-established businesses in H1 exceed 70,000

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong enjoys Hanoi's specialty of Pho ga or chicken noodles as she arrived in the city on her first visit to Vietnam.

Two Vietnamese ceramic works will be recognised as having set Guinness World Records at a ceremony in Hanoi today (June 30).

USAID assists Vietnamese businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emission

The restoration of international flight routes is an important condition for Vietnam Airlines to reduce losses and become profitable in the near future.

A Saigon Zoo member of staff and a group of students are transforming elephant dung into paper.

Long Bien Bridge, the iconic bridge across Hanoi’s Red River, has degraded, but no major repair plan has been finalized and its future is unclear.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will exert efforts to create a modern and safe national digital infrastructure, and a new space for digital economic growth, and developing e-government towards the building of a digital government.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Heathrow Airport in London on June 28 (local time), beginning his three-day official visit to the UK.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has called for the implementation of an industrial environmental index in Vietnam, according to Le Thanh Quan, head of MPI's department of economic zone management.

As wood export turnover is rebounding with rising demand in the domestic market, the revenues of wood enterprises are expected to advance.

Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year was estimated to increase 7.72% year-on-year, higher than the growth rates in the same quarters during the 2011-2021 period.