Around 50% of Samsung's smartphones and tablets are produced in Vietnam and exported to 128 countries and territories.

G-bond issuance meets 73 percent of yearly plan

Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai announced Hanoi will be more determined in environmental management especially controlling wastewater discharge and construction sites in the capital city.

The police in the central city of Danang have detained five Chinese wanted for gambling.

FOX Sports Asia has named Vietnam’s captain and key midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai among the top six players who are set to shine at the 2019 SEA Games.

Store across the nation are to offer massive sales between November 23-30 in an attempt to replicate the famous Black Friday sales in the United States, with crowds in Hanoi rushing to fashion stores in order to pick up a bargain.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is in Busan, the RoK for the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit and Mekong-RoK Summit. He visited Busan port and met Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don on November 25.

British police have charged a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland with human trafficking as part of their inquiry into the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck near London last month.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Transport to report on the progress of the implementation of automated non-stop toll collection on build-operation-transfer (BOT) highways to the Prime Minister.

The government affirms that the revocation would cause no negative effects on the national power security and public debt.

The Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park is currently home to 91 projects which have combined investment approvals of over VND85.8 trillion (nearly US$3.7 billion).

The neighboring country remained Vietnam’s leading supplier of steel over the last three years, with the quantity and value growing at two-digit growth rates annually.

The HCM City Department of Transport cooperated with FPT Information System to formally introduce the application ‘MyTrans – Let’s bus’ on both iOS and Android operation systems for mobile devices.

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, the number of reported dengue cases has surged to 250,000 and 49 people succumbed to the disease as of November.

An earthquake occurred in many areas near Hoan Kiem Lake, Giay Bridge and Ha Dong district in capital city of Hanoi at 8:20am today. 

Vietnam continued to have the smallest local currency (LCY) bond market in emerging East Asia, with outstanding bonds of VND1.2777 quadrillion (US$55.1 billion) at the end of September.

Singer and rapper Mapei, who is recognized as the “Swedish queen of soulful pop”, will perform at the Soul Live Project Complex in District 3, HCMC on Friday, November 29.

Four innovation programmes and a dance show will be offered during the second Franco-Vietnamese Days of Innovation from November 27 to December 4 in HCM City.

The Ministry of Education and Training has published 32 textbooks for first graders under the new general education curriculum issued in 2018. These textbooks will be used from the 2020 -2021 school year.

Epizode returns to Vietnam in just a few weeks, bringing 11 straight days of world-class dance music to the beaches of Phu Quoc Island.

High demand and short supply have pushed up prices for A-class office rentals.

Authorities in HCM City are planning a review of State-owned housing, funds and assets in an aim to improve management and use of state-owned land and properties in the city.

State-owned Vietnam Railways has begun to bet on a new venture with a Chinese giant in a bid to solve an impasse in financial performance. However, concerns remain over possible gains and losses from the new partnership model.

Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo is planning to field a relatively inexperienced team in the country's opening match at the 30th SEA Games against Brunei in Group B today.

Five typical Vietnamese films will be screened free of charge at DCINE Ben Thanh cinema in District 1, HCMC next week.