A delegation of officers from PetroVietnam and Binh Son Oil Refining and Petrochemical JSC has attended a thematic seminar on export funding – TXF Asia 2022 – in Singapore.

As digital transformation calls for a different set of skills and knowledge, many financial institutions are turning to the overseas market for recruitment.

The moss-covered houses of the Dao ethnic people are among the special features of Tay Con Linh Mountain in the northern province of Ha Giang.

The prime minister has ordered the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to study and issue more stringent karaoke service licensing regulations.

The Ministry of Transport has written to the prime minister proposing upgrading and expanding six airports under the public-private partnership (PPP) format.

Cross-border TV OTT platforms will have to have operating licenses and pay tax, and domestic firms will be subjected to looser censorship, thus creating opportunities for domestic firms to compete with foreign ones.

Vietnam is placed 48th among 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2022.

Ramla Al Khalidi, newly-appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam, has pledged to further support Vietnam’s development, covering climate change response and the settlement of bomb and mine consequences.

Vietnam wants foreign investors to come to cooperate and not build closed facilities that are separate oases in the economy, former chair of the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc said.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son has asked provinces and cities to urgently recruit 27,850 teachers for preschools and general schools to solve the teacher shortage.

Believing that the salaries of many state officials are not commensurate with their assets, voters have asked agencies to examine and supervise asset declarations by officials.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is collecting opinions about the new draft electricity prices. For daily household use, there would be five instead of six electricity price levels.

With the fast development of digital commerce in the past few years, an adjusted decree from the Ministry of Finance and a new e-commerce tax portal are expected to facilitate better tax management for e-commerce platforms.

Nowhere in the world does the sidewalk offer such bustling social spaces as in Hanoi that contribute in part to Hanoi's culture.

Hien Vy, a 36-year-old, is well known in local backpacking groups after recently finishing a 700km tour with her 68-year-old mother.

Thu Sy village in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen is famous for its traditional trade of fish pot weaving.

Alex Ward and Geneva Marcelino are running cafes that work with local animal rescue shelters to help stray dogs and cats find their new homes.

Since electronic circuits are being applied in many fields from hi-tech agriculture, smart city infrastructure, to national defense, it is predicted that by 2024, the semiconductor industry in Vietnam will have exceeded the value of US$6.16 billion.

Hanoi is planning to develop satellite urban areas as part of an effort to widen local space and ease pressure from overcrowding in the inner city.

Film director Tran Van Thuy won the Grand Prize of the 15th Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in Hanoi on October 6.

Eleven Vietnamese workers will participate in the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition which is being held in Europe and East Asia from September 30 to November 28, according to the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training.

Vietnam closely follows the developments surrounding the Ukraine-Russia conflict, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said during a regular press briefing in Hanoi on October 6.

HCM City to be next destination of Italian Film Festival 2022

The 2023 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Club Championship will start on September 27 2023, and end on May 15, 2024, the AFF Competition Committee announced at an online meeting on Monday.

HCMC recorded some 25 deaths due to dengue by October 2, the highest in a decade, according to the HCMC Center for Disease Control.