Rising number of Internet users and mobile phone subscribers is smoothing the way for digital banking in Vietnam to thrive, but huge challenges keep lying ahead, according to insiders.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a conference yesterday that if there are no unexpected factors, this year’s inflation can be kept at around 3.3 – 3.5 percent.

The capital of Hanoi was named as the most polluted city in the world on September 26, with the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City not far behind.

Ngan Ngoc Nghia will be the only representative of Vietnam at the World Athletics Championships which began in Qatar on September 27.

Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) on September 26 announced a new $500 million investment to build its third data centre in Indonesia.

Thai authorities have designated 24 provinces as "surveillance areas" for African swine fever and ordered strict animal control with the aim of preventing an outbreak of the disease that has struck neighbouring countries.

Parisian ceramic artisan Oliver Oet, 62 years old, has crossed thousands of miles with his Japanese ceramic production techniques to bring new life to the disabled children at Hue Hope Centre in Hue.

Researchers have questioned whether the "new map of the People’s Republic of China" is a fabrication that serves illegal purposes.

Britain's Duke of Sussex will make "a particularly significant and poignant journey" during his 10-day tour of southern Africa, when he honors his mother's legacy on Friday and returns to the site of his mother's famous minefield walk.

It would have hardly seemed likely back in April that a little-known Ukrainian gas company would be propelled to the center of a massive US political scandal.

Poet Tran Le Khanh's latest book, Sự Bắt Đầu Của Nước (The Origin of Water), will be published in the US next year.

Jail terms proposed for defendants in fake cancer drug case

There were times 30-year-old Sung Thi Sy thought of running away to escape her violent husband, who regularly beat her when he was drunk.

 Solutions needed to facilitate export of goods and services to ASEAN 

Residents and authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai are still at loggerheads over whether a waste treatment plant should re-open, more than a year after its debut.

Vietnam Television (VTV) has secured the broadcasting rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Vietnam and Indonesia for $400,000.

Vietnamese-American author Ocean Vuong has been awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a “genius grant”, by the MacArthur Foundation.

Singapore uses about 430 million gallons of water every day — a number it expects could double in the next four decades.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Ha Kieu Loan will wear a dress featuring the beauty of Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam at the upcoming Miss Grand International 2019.

A sugarcane producer in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang has been ordered to pay VND700 million (US$30,000) in fines for causing pollution in a local river.

Up to 9,211 imported scrap containers had still been left at Vietnamese ports by the end of June this year with nearly half being stuck there for more than 90 days, the Vietnam General Department of Customs reported.

Miss Capital ASEAN 2020 will be held in Vietnam with the participation of contestants from the association’s 10 member countries in April next year.

Environmental monitoring devices at 30 spots in HCMC revealed that the volume of air pollutants have surged sharply, creating the heavy smog hanging over the city in recent days.

Coach Park Hang-seo has assessed that all 16 teams at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship are at the same level as they are all strong teams.

The Krong No volcanic cave system, in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong, has been nominated by the Global Geoparks Network as a global geological park.