The story about a French visitor getting stuck in Vietnam during the Covid-19 pandemic who had to sell local snacks to earn a living went viral before Tet, the Lunar New Year. 

The Vietnamese e-commerce market is forecast to continue to boom in 2021, with revenue surpassing last year's figure.

Vietnam exported 160 tonnes of frozen shrimp products to the US, Europe and Japan on January 5, its first seafood consignment of the year.

Six investment licences and one investment proposal project at Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones worth more than US$280 million have been granted to domestic and foreign investors.

The largest Dutch supermarket chain, a restaurant in Canada, and a US fast food brand have been threatened with a boycott because they have provided nonstandard Vietnamese dishes.

On March 2, Hanoi students returned to school after a month-long lunar New Year holiday due to the Covid-19 outbreak. As a result, Hanoians struggled to move again on the roads.

Russia attaches importance to the strategic partnership with Vietnam in the new context, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said.

Vietnam needs about $128.3 billion of investment capital to develop its electricity industry in 2021-2030, according to draft electricity planning released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The next-generation of billionaires’ families own trillions of dong worth of stocks and run large businesses.

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai led a delegation participating in WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies, which was recently held in an online format.

The Ministry of Finance has announced it may further extend tax payment deferrals to support companies suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic this year.

The new regulations are on compulsory civil liability issuance, jobs subject to early retirement, and dimensional poverty line for 2022-2025.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, after 20 years of trading goods in traditional way, shopkeepers and petty merchants have begun to sell products online.

Vietnam racks up $1.29 billion in trade surplus in two months

The National Assembly is the highest organ of state power meeting twice a year.

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The information technology (IT) and telecoms sector has emerged as a bright spot amid the COVID-19 pandemic as companies have quickly optimised opportunities to move ahead and develop sustainably.

The Venada restaurant in the northern province of Ninh Binh has won the Grand Prize of the 11th international Yuan Ye Awards.

Xiaomi Vietnam has not issued a comment on the news reported by some local press agencies that it is building an assembly factory in Vietnam.

Eleven new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the 12 hours as of 6am on March 2, and all are in northern Hai Duong province, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.

Regarding the situation that people sing karaoke, causing noise pollution in residential areas, HCM City chairman has given directions to strengthen control of noise violations to maintain security and ensure the tranquility for citizens.

Self-nominated candidates will have opportunities to secure a seat in the National Assembly - the country’s most powerful agency - in the upcoming election slated for May 23.

When people think of the most modern and crowded city in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City first comes to mind.

The northern province of Hai Duong, the largest hotspot in the latest COVID-19 outbreak, is to end province-wide social distancing measures and lift lockdowns on Chi Linh city and Cam Giang district on March 3.

Private investment is forecast to keep flowing into the healthcare sector in the time ahead with the appearance of many new drivers.