The Hanoi People’s Court on December 16 opened the first instance trial of the case of telecom giant MobiFone’s purchase of 95 percent of Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG).

Coffee exports suffer strong drops

Despite high costs, domestic banks are issuing more chip cards that meet EMV standards to replace magnetic strip cards in order to improve security and meet the central bank’s regulations.

Vietnam ran a trade deficit of more than US$31 billion with neighboring China between January and November this year, a record high compared with the same periods in previous years.

This year continues to witness a wave of investments in Vietnamese startups, with millions of dollars of money announced.

The shift from coal to gas in energy planning is important for Vietnam’s future. 

Vu Duong Thuy Nga, director general of the Library Department, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, talks about the legal obligation for libraries to share resources. 

Though investment in condotels is expected to benefit the economy and the real estate sector, the condotel market is facing major challenges, heard attendees at a forum on the legal corridor for the condotel segment.

Former HCMC vice chairman Nguyen Huu Tin will be brought to trial at the end of this month for his alleged involvement in the murky sale of a public plot of land, resulting in losses of over VND800 billion for the State.

As air pollution in the capital city of Hanoi has reached alarming levels over the past week, the Ministry of Health has issued scores of recommendations for residents to alleviate the effects of poor air quality on their health.

HCM City has invested extensively in smart healthcare development, with a focus on healthcare big data platform and the use of information technology in hospital management and expertise management.

The first-ever Vietnam International Beauty & Fashion Week closed with an impressive performance in Hanoi on December 15, with plenty of celebrities taking part in the stylish event.

After the short golden age, the condotel market is witnessing decline with the number of successful transactions just accounting for 25 percent compared to 70 percent in 2016-2017.

A book featuring stories and photos about Vietnamese navy soldiers on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands has been published recently in Hanoi.

Students of Ho Van Thanh Primary School in HCM City’s District 12 once used to huddle in a small library with only enough space for 10 of them.

Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Dinh Viet Thang, said it would take at least two more years for airlines to open direct routes to the US due to various issues.

The unusually early saltwater intrusion this year is threatening the farming of flowers and ornamental plants in Ben Tre Province’s Cho Lach District, the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest producer of flowers and ornamental plants.

The contemporary arts exhibition “Unexpected Jump” featuring French, Belgian and Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The Film, Archive and Music Lab (Famlab) Fund announced six projects that would receive financial support to explore Vietnam's music and film heritage through contemporary mediums. 

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in collaboration with relevant agencies, is due to host the Homeland Spring 2020 program in Hanoi on January 18, 2020.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai’s goal in the final between Vietnam and Uzbekistan in the AFC U23 Championship 2018 has been selected as one of the event's eight most iconic goals ever by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Car sales in Vietnam have been forecasted to hit the record high of 400,000 by the end of this year.

Remittances to Vietnam are likely to further increase in 2019 because overseas Vietnamese people believe in the stability of the economy and see better investment opportunities, economist Nguyen Tri Hieu said.

The Vietnamese national futsal team has finished as the runner-up at Futsal Thailand Five 2019, which concluded in Thailand on December 15.

The cooperation between banks and fintech firms is fundamentally changing the way the financial sector operates.