The expiration of Circular 14 on debt rescheduling and interest rates reduction in late June is likely to expose banks to higher levels of non-performing loans (NPLs), yet insiders say it is unnecessary to extend it.

Petrolimex, the largest petroleum distributor, has got the nod from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to divest from PG Bank. It now holds 120 million shares of the bank, or 40 percent of capital.

The Government would push for greater mechanization in agricultural production.

The real estate prices in city neighborhoods have decreased, causing big losses to investors.

Modern retail chains have been competing with traditional markets for 10 years. Despite powerful financial capability, they still have not been able to defeat traditional markets.

The Vietnamese economy grew by 7.7 per cent in the second quarter, one of the fastest rates in a decade, and is expected to expand even faster this quarter, driven by an ongoing burst of consumption.

Indices witnessed mixed performance on Thursday, as the uptrend was cushioned by many large-cap stocks, however, lingering selling pressure capped gains.

Vietnamese textile-garment producers set to earn up to 21 billion USD from exports in the second half of 2022, raising total shipments of the year to around 42 – 43 billion USD.

Petrol prices fell further from 3pm on July 21 after the latest review conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Hundreds of households in an urban area in Ha Long City in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh are complaining about constant flooding.

Officials from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism discussed ways to further promote bilateral cooperation in fields where both sides have strengths, especially in tourism, at a working session in Can Tho on July 19.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has named Vietnamese striker Huynh Nhu among the six leading Asian stars who are poised to have a huge impact at the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

A Canadian tourist fell to his death from a waterfall at the Ba La spring area in the central city of Danang yesterday afternoon, July 20, local authorities confirmed.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has just asked local airlines to temporarily stop quick check-in services.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on Wednesday co-chaired the fourth meeting of the Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Famous Korean band T-Ara is poised to return to Vietnam for a concert scheduled to take place in Hanoi on July 24.

A HCM City judge is mulling charging a man with murder after his girlfriend beat his eight-year-old daughter to death late last year.

Prof Dang Hung Vo said Vietnam is taking a step forward with the policy that the lives of people whose land is taken back by the state to make room for investment and development projects must be equal or better than they were before.

Having been dealt many blows, real estate firms have changed their business strategies and scaled down operations.

Vietnamese athletes will bring home four golds from the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship after their strong success in the Maldives.

The administration of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has suspended a security screening officer for failing to detect a passenger bringing a knife in her carry-on luggage onto a plane.

The three pillars in the nation’s education transformation moving forward will include the transformation of the governance system, environmental transformation, and digital technology, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Vietnam has climbed four places on World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2022 in the past year, from 87th to 83rd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.705/1.

A Press Award in “Mitigating Marine Plastic Debris” was launched in Vietnam on July 20 to raise public awareness about ocean plastic pollution and the need to prevent it.

The Ministry of Justice is considering the application of lighter sentences for those charged with corruption who pay back money and assets, according to Deputy Director General of the General Department of Civil Judgment Enforcement