The HCM City People’s Committee has urged all districts to conduct programmes on smart city development, with specific targets, roadmaps and implementation measures suited to the characteristics of individual locality.

Rong Viet Securities (VDSC) and Mirae Asset believe that MSCI may upgrade Vietnam’s stock market to an emerging market in 2022-2023, while BSC thinks the upgrade would be prior to 2025 at the earliest.

HCM City has launched the 3rd International Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Festival as part of its activities to promote tourism.

Marine protected areas (MPA) are considered an effective management tool to protect the sustainability of waters and marine business fields based on natural resources such as fishing, tourism and associated services.

Dozens of women were made to remove their knickers to prove they were not menstruating.

Vietnam needs to have a law on appreciating and using talented peoole, according to Le Thanh Van, a National Assembly Deputy.

All 63 provinces and cities across the country have allowed students at different educational level to remain off from school to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

HCM City are hoping to sign international midfielder Lee Nguyen for their V.League campaign next year.

Do Tu Tung secured six gold medals and set a new world record at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Saturday.

The new trade agreement between Viet Nam and the European Union opens many doors for agriculture, according to experts.

A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.

Helicopters deliver 50 tonnes of snow as mild weather impacts ski resorts in the Pyrenees.

The Football Federation of Australia (FFA) have made an announcement regarding the venue of the play-off match for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics between the Vietnamese national women’s football team and their Australian rivals.  

The annual Sen (Lotus) Village Festival 2020 will be held from May 15 to 19 in Vinh City, Nam Dan District and other districts and towns in Nghe An Province to show gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnamese photographers have won prizes at the 5th Balkan Exhibition.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam has highly praised the country’s capacity in dealing with public health emergencies, including the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Reports all show the great potential of the Vietnamese drinks and snacks market.

Vu Ngoc Tam, a young Vietnamese professor working at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA, has been honoured as a 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship recipient.

Hanoi is hastening the construction of a racetrack to host the country’s first F1 Grand Prix in April 2020.

Boxer Truong Dinh Hoang has dominated the defence of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia super middleweight belt in Manila, the Philippines.

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Some 400 people from the US were among those confined on the Diamond Princess near Tokyo.

A Vietnamese language course for young Vietnamese generations opened in Vienna, Austria on February 15.

As many as 30 medical equipment manufacturers were fined nearly 65 million VND (2,800 USD) for violations in trading medical supplies serving the fight against the novel coronoavirus disease (COVID-19) on February 15.

The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) is exerting efforts to produce around 6 million antibacterial face masks in February to meet increasing demand amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.