Dragon fruit farmers in Binh Thuan Province have cut down thousands of trees and switched to other crops after suffering heavy losses due to low prices.

The situation in Russia may affect the number of tourists to Vietnam and Thailand, favorite destinations for Russians in Southeast Asia.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on March 23 adopted a resolution on overtime hours of employees in a month and in a year.

These rare fish are popular with wealthy people because of their beautiful shape and the belief that they will bring luck and good health to the owner.

Along with the trend of upgrading phones to be compatible with 4G/5G networks, the local smartphone market in 2022 is forecast to double sales in 2021. Last year smartphone sales in Vietnam grew by nearly 12%.

The northern port city of Hai Phong has approved GMP International GmbH’s designs of the city's political - administrative center and the convention and performance center.

Vietnam’s carbon market is expected to thrive in the near future, given that the country has large forest reserves and many corporations stand ready to pour billions of US dollar to purchase forest carbon credits from Vietnam.

The size of the non-banking corporate bond market is on the rise.

A vaccine passport will be issued based on information on the national vaccination management database, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Chair of the National Assembly Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh said the examination agency has agreed to apply a post-examination mechanism for films popularized in cyberspace.

More tours with a mixture of different tourism products should be offered, according to experts. Travelers, for example, can have an outing, relax, and play golf.

The Vietnam Cassava Association has lodged a complaint to the PM, saying that a number of enterprises are facing a risk of going bankrupt because of issues related to VAT (value added tax) refunds.

Seven rescued tigers handed over Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

FLC inks Vientiane-Vung Ang railway project

The National Assembly Standing Committee on March 23 passed the resolution on environmental protection tax rates on petroleum, oil and lubricants, which will take effect from April 1 till December 31, 2022.

The population of samu and pomu trees in the Xuan Lien nature reserve, is considered the largest in the central region of Vietnam with many hundred-year-old trees, and a tree nearly 1,500 years old.

The divorce rate in the Southeast and Mekong Delta regions is 3% - almost twice that of other regions in the country, according to the results of the population and family planning census made by the General Statistics Office released recently.

The shooting range is equipped with 30 shooting platforms, serving for competitions in all disciplines of shooting.

Vietnam aims to be in the top 10 deep processing centres of the world by 2030. However, experts say if the Government’s solutions and policies are not implemented synchronously, this goal will be challenging.

At a meeting on March 21 between the department and the two firms, representatives of the two companies said they were trying to mobilize funds for the payments, the local media reported.

Analysts doubt the feasibility of the new decision by the Phu Quoc Tour Guide Association about collecting tips because most tourists want inexpensive tours and travel firms are competing with each other by slashing service fees.

PVCombank, OceanBank and Vietcombank have filed a lawsuit against Vietnam Central Biofuels JSC (BSR-BF), the investor of the Dung Quat ethanol project and a subsidiary of the Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR).

Vietnam has spent a total of VND19,900 billion (roughly US$865 million), importing COVID-19 test kits since the pandemic broke out in 2020, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnam Network for Child Online Protection recently debuted its website for online child protection and receiving child abuse reports.

Vietnam Airlines announced on March 22 evening that it will temporarily suspend the regular operation of the Vietnam – Russia air route, starting from March 25, until further notice.