Despite some gains recorded, the post-COVID pandemic economic recovery programme has yet to live up to expectations due to shortcomings and limitations, including slow progress in implementation, and fear of responsibility.

Renewable energy is seen as a sustainable choice for the Mekong Delta region to respond to environmental challenges, given that the country’s rice and fisheries granary has lost up to 300 million USD to prolonged drought and extreme salt intrusion.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from May 30 to June 1 at the invitation of his RoK counterpart Cho Tae-yul.

Foreign investors are buying into the Vietnamese resort and hotel realty market, lured by the prospect of a full market recovery, according to experts.

At the national forum on labour productivity held by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, PM Chinh laid stress on the significance of labour productivity to sustainable development and avoidance of the middle-income trap.

Tobacco is a burden on society with a total cost of medical examination, treatment, illness, and death of 108 trillion VND (4.24 billion USD) a year, Health Minister Dao Hong Lan told a meeting in Hanoi on May 26.

Selling carbon credits is no longer far-fetched for Vietnam. The country earned trillions of dong from selling carbon credits in late 2023.

Dong Thap’s lotus root makes debut journey to Japan

The execution of most urban railway projects has been going very slowly, as problems still have not been solved.

Son Doong Cave among world’s seven best subterranean sights

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has decided that all 27 million Vietnamese households will be able to access fiber optic cable services in the 2024-2025 period.

Vietnamese travel firms are preparing to send tour groups to Russia again starting in September after a pause due to the recent terrorist attack in Moscow.

Besides pho (noodle soup with beef) and bun cha (noodles and grilled meat), bun rieu (crab noodle soup) is a traditional dish favored by travelers in Hanoi.

HCM City is building a standard procedure for handling acts that are considered sexual harassment in the workplace.

As of mid-May, Vietnam had spent US$725.6 million on importing vegetables and fruits, mainly from China and the United States, according to the General Department of Customs.

Choah Village rice field in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong is a special rice area, because this field has been created from both volcanic eruptions and alluvial deposits over centuries.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai met representatives of several Japanese businesses on May 25 as part of his ongoing working trip to Japan to seek investment cooperation opportunities.

Nearly 1,300 players from 53 teams nationwide are participating in the 2024 National Youth Chess Championships, that opened in the northern province of Bac Giang on May 25.

A senior official of the State Bank of Vietnam has silenced rumours that the central bank has adjusted the currency band, saying the recent exchange rate fluctuations in the market still fall within the already fixed 5% range.

About 10,000 local and foreign athletes are expected to join the fifth Mekong Delta Marathon 2024 themed “Shinning Together” due to take place in Vi Thanh City, the capital of Hau Giang province, on July 6-7.

Several unique artworks by well-known Vietnamese painters Vu Cao Dam and Thang Tran Phenh have been sold at high prices at an auction sale organised by Aguttes.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations held a ceremony in New York on May 24 to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers and 10 years of the country’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

Over 100 scholars and researchers from Vietnam and some European countries gathered at a workshop held at the University of Warsaw, Poland, on May 24 to introduce their studies on the East Sea.

Some legislators on May 25 proposed the 2% reduction in value-added tax (VAT) under a resolution of the National Assembly (NA) be extended to continue supporting the country's socio-economic recovery and development.

There are many opportunities as well as challenges for the automobile industry when Vietnam is implementing international commitments under free trade agreements (FTAs), heard a seminar organised by Hai Quan (Customs) magazine in Hanoi on May 24.