Vietnam promotes digital transformation

Vietnam has carried out digital transformation programmes for enterprises and dialogues between companies and senior leaders of ASEAN countries to turn the bloc into a hub for innovative and sustainable start-up development.

Young artist destigmatizing folk singing with modern beats

Young singer Ha Myo has launched a unique music video combining traditional folk melodies of Xam singing and modern tunes between rap and electronic dance music genres. Let’s take a look!

Early New Year festival of Cong ethnic people

The Cong ethnic people in the northwestern region of Vietnam celebrate their Tet (New Year) festival, locally known as Tet hoa mao ga or Cockscomb flower Tet), in the 11th lunar month, praying for a new bumper crop harvest in the new year.

The struggle of innovative thinking when bringing the Internet into Vietnam

If Vietnam's telecommunications and mobile services opened 15-30 years later than the rest of the world, the launch of the Internet in Vietnam was only a few years slower than other countries.

Suffering of the poor eased by Major’s touch

Since he signed up with the border guard force in 1995, army medic Major Ninh Cong Khanh has provided free treatment to thousands of poor fishermen and their families in Hoa Hiep Bac Ward 

Vietnam’s solar success story and notes for investors (Part 1)

Vietnam has overtaken Thailand to take the lead in Southeast Asia’s solar power market.

Some VND96 trillion needed for logistics development in next 10 years

In the next 10 years, VND95.8 trillion will be needed for the development of the logistics sector in HCMC to fulfill the target of contributing 12% to the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2030,

Lavin Home: A place to bring soul to paper in Hue City

Located on a small and quiet slope in the imperial city of Hue, Lavin Home is a paper flower making workshop founded by Le Thi Thanh Nhan to bring soul to paper while creating jobs for young disadvantaged people.

HCMC: digital economy development is key task of next term

HCMC Mayor Nguyen Thanh Phong said that municipal authorities are striving for a dual goal – fighting against Covid-19 and developing the digital economy.

Handicapped businessman employs, trains people with disabilities

Despite being born handicapped, a man in Thai Binh Province has managed to open his own business and provide gainful employment for many others with disabilities.

First-instance trial opens for CDC Hanoi case

The People’s Court of Hanoi on Thursday opened the first-instance trial over price gouging at Hanoi’s Centre for Disease Control.

Cham Islands take action on plastic waste

The ancient town of Hoi An, in co-operation with UNESCO, has launched the 2020 Plastic Action Day, boosting drastic activities in protecting the ocean and saying ‘No’ to single-use plastic products.

The Nutcracker ballet starts Christmas season in HCM City

Dancers of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will launch the Christmas season with the classical ballet The Nutcracker, a two-act production choreographed by Johanne Jakhelln Constant,

A grandma for poor children

An elderly woman has taught hundreds of poor children over the last 16 years and earned the nickname Grandma Thuy from her students.

Book aims to revive traditional Vietnamese art form

A book featuring Hàng Trống paintings has recently been released, offering a glimpse into an original genre of traditional Vietnamese woodcuts by artisans in Hanoi.

Foreigner passes on Vietnamese martial arts training

It’s 5pm – rush hour in downtown Hanoi. Swiss national Olivier Barbey and his wife ride two bikes carrying their two sons to Bích Câu Temple for their evening martial arts club.

Illegal sand exploitation in Hanoi impossible to control without necessary tools

The Hanoi People’s Council on December 8 conducted a Q&A session about state management over river-bed sand and gravel exploitation.

Discovering the beauty of life's colors

Enjoying the beauty of cultural heritage and culture creativity in Vietnam through photography submissions of the Vietnam Photo Expression 2020.

Good governance essential for proposed new Thu Duc City: experts

HCM City must ensure transparent governance before establishing a “new city within a city” from the proposed merger of three city districts, experts said on Wednesday at a seminar in the city.

Tax on bonus share selling still controversial: experts

Starting on December 5, investors will have to pay a 5 per cent individual income tax if they want to sell bonus and dividend shares in accordance with Decree 126/2020/NĐ-CP.

Finance Ministry warns about trillion VND-losses after equitization

Many equitized enterprises have suffered big losses as state capital in these unprofitable enterprises is difficult to sell because of unreasonable pricing.

PM calls for more JICA support in national development

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 11 expressed his hope that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will further its cooperation with and support Vietnam in national development.

Project aims to prevent violence against women and girls

T, a woman suffering from domestic violence in the coastal city of Da Nang, has a simple dream.

HCM City one of best cities in Asia for expats: survey

HCM City ranked 19th out of 86 cities globally for expats to live and work, and was only surpassed in Asia by Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, according to the Expat City Ranking 2020 by InterNations.

Rules needed to manage Facebook in Vietnam

The management of Facebook and other cross-border social networks need to have specialized rules to enable the fair development of all social networks.