Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and his Mongolian counterpart Nyamaa Enkhbold discussed measures to promote defence ties during their talks in Hanoi on November 28.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, the UK Embassy in Vietnam and the British Business Group in Vietnam held “Meet the UK 2019” event in Hanoi on November 28.

More than 700 enterprises of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took part in a business forum in Seoul on November 28 that was expected to help trigger a new wave of Korean investment in Vietnam.

Vietnam will expand the national programme for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention to 15 more cities and provinces following the positive outcomes of the pilot implementation in 11 localities over the past one year.

The Vietnamese society in recent years has taken a more open view of transgender people.

HCM City is encouraging families to have three children as the birth rate has dropped to 1.33 children per women of reproductive age in the city, experts said.

A joint investigation between police and officials has been carried out into deforestation in Krong Ana District, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

A mother in Dien Bien Province has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her connection to a drugs ring which led to her daughter being kidnapped, repeatedly raped and killed during the 2019 Lunar New Year holiday.

Southeast Asia’s top dance music festival kicks off in less than a month, and Hanoi is getting a taste of the action.

Fake and low-quality goods and knock-offs are increasing relentlessly in HCM City and can only be prevented through combined efforts by both authorities and businesses, a seminar heard on Wednesday.

As the real estate market is on the decline, cash flow will shift to other investment channels, analysts say.

Heart Beat, a Saigon-based underground music community, will celebrate its seventh birthday with an underground music show featuring British electronic music producer and DJ Ed Davenport at The Observatory on December 7.

Vietnam’s fintech firms secured two of the top three largest funding deals in ASEAN in 2019.

When the purchase prices of solar power are set through auction, prices are expected to fall by 30%-40% from the current levels, said experts at a seminar yesterday.

The funding will focus on energy, environment, and vocational training in the next two years.

The jobless rate in Vietnam is low, but the quality of jobs remains a challenge for the country, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a recent report.

The Hanoi government has just approved to invest in a synchronous construction project for installing bus stop shelters and billboards in 12 urban districts.

Thanks to the preeminent features and 2-year guarantee policy, Hai Au ice cube machines have become favorite products in not only Vietnam, but also Lao and Cambodian market.

The modern pharmacy retail segment is welcoming an exciting new entrant in Japanese drug and cosmetics retailer Matsumotokiyoshi Co., Ltd, urging existing players to dust down their racing goggles.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have decided to make a tunnel through a mountain on Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal road.

Vu Duonag Thuy Nga, director of Department of Library under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, speaks to Báo điện tử Tổ quốc (Fatherland Online) on her department’s mission to promote reading culture.

The Vietnamese men’s U22 team trounced Laos 6-1 in their second match of Group B at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines on November 28.

Usually, in the last months of the year, most companies hunt for well-trained workforce in the fields of technology, electronics, mechanics to meet production demand in the year-end.

The former Quach Thi Trang Roundabout in front of the landmark Ben Thanh Market in downtown HCMC, coupled with Le Loi Boulevard and Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, will undergo renovation and become a public square.

The system, invested in by university students in HCM City, allows patients to give yes/no answers, request help for going to the toilet, and call family members, all with eye movement.