Vietnamese income has improved significantly, but it has not reached the $3,000per capita threshold as calculated by General Statistics Office, economists say.

The Oktoberfest 2019 will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 28 to October 19, the organizers announced at a press conference last week.

Vietnam is among the top three target countries for phishing websites in Southeast Asia in the first half of the year, according to the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

The Vietnam Festa was held in Yokohama city in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa on September 7-8.

Vietnam’s fiscal deficit, including principal repayments, would come in at 6.6 percent of GDP this year and next year, up from 5.9 percent in 2018, Fitch Solutions Macro Research forecast.

Nearly 80 propaganda posters created by Vietnamese painters between 1945 and 2000 are being showcased at an exhibition held at the headquarters of the Slovak Ministry of Culture in Bratislava city.

“Vietnam doesn't have other options other than moving forward. Frankly, Vietnam must move forward,” said Ousmane Dione, the Vietnam Country Director for the World Bank.

The 11 top commercial banks have total assets of over $10 billion, while nearly 15 smallest banks have l total assets of less than VND100 trillion. The rankings of banks have changed a lot over the last decade.

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Go-Viet is speeding up, 'Be' has launched more services, and MoMo has expressed its intention to join the race, while Grab has a new strategy.

Long Bien Railway Station (Hanoi) has just undergone a comprehensive "makeover" after more than 20 years that surprised many passengers here.

Torrential rains have seriously submerged up to 18 communes in the central province of Ha Tinh, including nine totally isolated.

People living around Rang Dong Light Source &Vacuum Flask JSC in Hanoi will get free medical examinations following the recent fire at the firm.

King Thieu Tri (1841-1847) and his talent in literature is being featured at the Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities at 3 Le Truc Street, Thuan Thanh Ward, Hue City.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) wants to cut the connecting charge for calls between two mobile networks from the current VNĐ440 to VNĐ270 per minute.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a meeting on September 6 to review the progress of concerned ministries, agencies and companies in the handling of 12 major struggling industrial projects.

Six Vietnamese start-up firms have raised at least 50,000 USD each from the Singaporean investor Insignia Ventures at the seed funding round.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide 2,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid to residents in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh who suffered from serious flooding.

A delegation from the Supreme People’s Court led by Chief Judge Nguyen Hoa Binh visited the US from August 28 to September 6 to seek stronger judicial cooperation between the two countries.

Many companies are moving their factories from other countries to Vietnam, showing the potential for strong development of industrial real estate, according to Savills Vietnam.

The BRP Ramon Alcaraz of the Philippine Navy and 187 officers and crewmembers docked at the international port in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7 for a four-day official visit.

Vietnamese students participating for the first time in the 4th International Olympiad of Metropolises held in Moscow, Russia from August 29 to September 6 brought home three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

A national forum on cooperative economy and cooperatives will be held in Hanoi in mid-October.

She may be a lean, mean fighting machine, but this teenage martial art star faced her biggest battle outside the ring.

The Hanoi station-Nhon elevated railway project will be completed by 2022 after trains are brought to Vietnam in July 2020.