HCM City to host Miss Charm International 2020

HCM City will host the Miss Charm International 2020, the first of its kind in the world, early January.

Vietnam win bronze medal at AFF futsal champs

Vietnam won a bronze medal after they crushed Myanmar 7-3 in the third-place playoff match of AFF HDBank Futsal Championship at the Phu Tho Stadium in HCM City.

Street style fashion down to Hanoi streets

The Best Street Style show kicked off the Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week Fall Winter 2019 in Hanoi on Saturday, attended by contestants from Vietnam's Next Top Model 2019.

 

Vice President meets foreign leaders on NAM Summit sidelines

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 26 met with leaders of Venezuela, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Pan-African Parliament on the sidelines of the 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Azerbaijan.

39 truck deaths in UK: Vietnamese Embassy will take citizen protection measures

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK has said it is ready to take citizen protection measures if any of the 39 people found dead in a container at Waterglade industrial park in Essex on October 23 are confirmed to be from Vietnam.

Vietnamese IT sector scrambling for staff

Demand for IT personnel is only growing as Vietnamese tech enterprises constantly expand their business scale.

Pedestrian tower bridge in Phu Tho inaugurated

A pedestrian bridge with a seven-floor tower in the northern province of Phu Tho opened to traffic recently.

Vietnam targets mobile number portability rates of 80 percent

The Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam has required network operators to upgrade mobile number portability rates to 80 per cent.

Co-working operators see Vietnam a hot market

UK based Workthere, a website listing platform and brokerage services, has entered the Vietnamese market to help businesses find flexible, co-working and serviced office spaces in a country where co-working has expanded rapidly.

 

Bank loans to BOT, BT infrastructure projects in Vietnam worth $4.72 billion

Bank loans for build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-transfer (BT) infrastructure projects by the end of September this year reached nearly VND110 trillion (US$4.72 billion), up 1.85 per cent against the end of 2018.

 

Will there be more hydropower plants?

Gia Lai’s people are afraid that hydropower plants will deprive them of land, but investors continue to plan more and more hydropower projects.

Time for Vietnam to shift from traditional libraries to e-libraries

School leaders and education experts are promoting open libraries at school, saying that now is the right time to shift from traditional to e-libraries.

Pianist Luu Duc Anh to present Liszt Recital 2

Pianist Luu Duc Anh will return to playing the work of the great Hungarian musician Franz Liszt with a concert on November 27 at Hanoi Opera House.

Alibaba sets its sights on Vietnamese market

A workshop organized in HCM City, attracting representatives of 200 SMEs, in late September was held to help Vietnamese SMEs boost exports through transnational e-commerce, as well as help Vietnamese enterprises connect with Singaporean ones.

iPhone 11 Pro not favored in Vietnam

Some private shops have stopped selling iPhone 11 Pro, though the model is considered higher in grade than iPhone 11 and has the same configuration and camera as iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Vietnam vows to force YouTubers to pay tax

The tax rate that Vietnam levies on YouTubers is 7 percent, much lower than other countries.

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Man prosecuted after fire kills two

 

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Double jeopardy is a key legal concept which stops someone being tried twice for the same crime, but try telling that to a woman scorned.

Van Kieu ethnic minority man protects the forest by taking it home

Hồ Ra Ơi, a Vân Kiều ethnic minority man in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Krông, has his own unique way of protecting the forest.

Vietnam's husbandry industry drives to industrialisation

The animal husbandry industry has set an average growth target of 4 to 5 percent per year from 2020 to 2025, and 3-4 percent in 2026-2030.

Coffee stockpiling recommended for Vietnam due to low prices

The harvest season is underway at coffee plantations in the Central Highlands, but lower prices than previous years are causing problems for farmers.

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Banking-finance industry to embrace digital transformation

 

Illegal blood deals will be punished

Dr Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy head of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health talks about blood donations and allegations people are waiting outside hospitals offering to sell their own blood.

Vietnamese air carriers raise pay for pilots, cabin crew

The need for human resources, especially pilots, is becoming serious among Vietnam’s air carriers. Vietnam Airlines, for example, has decided to raise pay for pilots one year ahead of schedule.

Teacher helps eradicate illiteracy in remote Hoa Binh areas

With love for teaching and a desire to help others, Ha Thi Hang has helped all ethnic students of a school in the northern mountain province of Hoa Binh’s Mai Chau District escape illiteracy.