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.

African swine fever remains at large in Vietnam, restricting pork supply and pushing up the price of live pigs, with livestock groups facing serious damage, and even the largest ones forced to close facilities.

Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 of the National Assembly approving the Master Plan on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2021-2030 was approved in November.

Vietnam Supporting Industries Forum 2019 held on November 28 in Hanoi.

Many rivers in Hanoi have faced serious pollution for years; however, local authorities have failed to revive them.

With fresh changes made by the National Assembly in the investment and enterprises laws, businesses are expected to benefit more from new improvements in the business climate.

More specific mechanisms and legal frameworks should be created to attract funding to develop the local aviation sector’s infrastructure, which has yet to catch up with the sector’s overall development.

The Vietnam National Film Festival (VNNFF) has drawn the stars of the local cinema industry to the coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau from November 23-27.

The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam has organised the “Danish Day” event in Ho Chi Minh City, attracting the participation of more than 1,000 people, mostly businesspeople and their relatives, friends and partners.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-yong on November 28 as part of his official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK).