Across the first half of 2020, the government approved an additional 91 wind energy projects, onshore and offshore, with a total capacity of over 7GW.

A contemporary dance entitled IntraStorm will debut at the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam at 7.30pm on Sunday.

HCM City aims to improve traffic order and safety and reduce the number of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries by 5 per cent by 2025, the chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thanh Phong, has said.

These days, it is easy to see the Christmas atmosphere on lots of streets in Hanoi.

The Da Lat Opera House, the first concert theatre in the  resort city of Da Lat in Lam Dong Province, will open next week.

Though the number of MLM (multi-level marketing) businesses has decreased, the revenue of these businesses has risen rapidly. Disguised MLMs are still challenging management agencies.

Fishermen in Danang City and other provinces have returned with bountiful catches after the recent storms ravaged the central region.

Using sparklers is long-lasting habit of people in Vietnam, mostly on the biggest holiday – Tet.

According to the Ministry of Construction (MOC), the purchase and sale of condotels must observe the laws on real estate because condotels are considered a kind of construction work.

Songs and music pieces by late musician Hoang Van, a leading composer of Vietnam’s revolutionary music in the 1950s and 60s, are featured on the website www.hoangvan.org.

Despite difficulties caused by the Covid-19 epidemic and natural disasters, Thien Long Group has been honored with the Vietnam Value 2020 award by the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Police in HCM City have arrested two Pakistani men for being accused of robbing a local shop last month.

Defender Doan Van Hau of Hanoi FC has suffered a recurrence of a right knee injury and needs about three months to recover, his club has confirmed.

Covid-19 prevention regulations in HCM City have been more tightly applied following the city’s new domestic infections.

The three largest mobile network operators have deployed 5G, adding Vietnam to the list of the countries commercializing 5G early.

Canadian-based CBC News has recently published a story about Sabrina Pinksen, a woman from the small town of Wild Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Canada, who finds her experience living in Vietnam on the outset of COVID-19 unforgettable.

Despite 50 per cent of businesses applying the resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), savings of fuel and energy consumption per product only achieved a ratio of eight to 13 per cent in 2016-20.

A social assistance and rehabilitation programme for autistic children and people with mental disorders in 2021 – 2030 has been approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam has a long coastline but its maritime transport has not developed well. Railway transport has also been ‘forgotten’.

The Investigation Security Agency of the HCMC Department of Public Security on December 3 decided to launch criminal proceedings against persons who were involved in transmitting COVID-19, in accordance with Article 240 of the Criminal Code 2015.

Vietnam demands that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference on December 3.

There will be temporarily no commercial flights to bring home overseas Vietnamese who voluntarily pay for quarantine fees, foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on December 3.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on December 3 rejected the latest information of the Amnesty International, saying social platforms like Facebook have become tools for the repression of free expression in Vietnam.

Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Ibnu Hadi has been awarded with the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State for his contributions to the bilateral ties.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, has affirmed that Vietnam is willing to cooperate with and support African countries after conflicts to reform the security system