After long delays, Vietnam will begin implementing a plan to establish an international financial centre as a core pillar of contemporary global finance, thus putting the country’s profile onto the map.

Vietnam’s ICT market is expected to see a big 5G race in 2021 as international tech giants look to boost partnerships with local telcos to gain more advantages, driven by strong performances in Vietnam in 2020.

Every December each year, the pomelo orchards in Phuc Dien ward are bustling with fruit harvesters and trucks lining up waiting to be loaded with pomelo.

Japan and Vietnam are fostering bigger cooperation in building up an efficient e-government in the Southeast Asian nation, 

Hanoi’s air quality continues worsening

Le Phuoc Vu, president of Hoa Sen Group, a large steel sheet manufacturer, continues to lead a secluded life on a mountain. However, he continues to make important decisions for Hoa Sen, which had an impressive business performance in 2020.

Over the past year, 1,134 cubic metres of dioxin-contaminated sediment were removed from a lake in a Bien Hoa City public park, 

Counterfeit money transactions have become more rampant as the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday nears.

Bird's nest exports set to soar in coming years

Young singer and songwriter Jack from HCM City was honoured at the annual 25th Asian Television Awards (ATA) in Singapore. 

HCMC will change the location for water sourcing to the upstream of Saigon and Dong Nai rivers and then to Dau Tieng and Tri An reservoirs due to pollution fears.

With many small- and medium-sized enterprises having difficulties accessing financial resources to improve their capability, the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Fund is aiming to meet their greater financing needs.

Vice chairman of the National Committee on Traffic Safety Khuat Viet Hung speaks about ambitious plans to reduce the number of fatalities caused by road traffic accident to zero by 2045.

The fourth National Party Congress held from December 14-20, 1976, reviewed the resistance war against the US imperialists for national salvation, and guiding the nation towards socialism.

Vietnam's growth accelerated to 4.5 percent in the last quarter of 2020, resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent - making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, according to the World Bank (WB).

Visitors will be allowed to see the station and trains of the Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station Metro Project on January 23 and 24.

The newswire aseantoday.com has said amid global and regional crises sparked by COVID-19, natural disasters and geopolitical changes, 

Japan's Nikkei newspaper has run a story highlighting the opportunity for Vietnam to rise stronger after the COVID-19 pandemic is completely controlled.

Minister Counsellor Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has urged relevant parties in the Central African Republic to resolve election-related differences through dialogue and negotiation, 

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on January 21 stressed the significance of the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure, 

Dong Tao chicken, which is an expensive delicacy in Vietnam, is often sold at very high prices on the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Transport to work with localities to take old motor vehicles that do not meet circulation standards off the roads.

Indonesia has been chosen by ASEAN members to lead the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Task Force (ATCAF) to discuss with stakeholders on an ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework and its operation procedures.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison had a telephone talk on January 21 to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of shared concern.

Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on January 21 led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the online ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Brunei Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof.