The government will enact new mechanisms to attract more investment into science, technology, and innovation, turning these sectors into the economy’s key impetuses for further growth and labour productivity improvement.

Kien Giang Province has approved a project to build 18 sluices at a cost of over VND1.48 trillion to enhance climate change monitoring and adaptation capacity, secure the fresh water supply and cope with the sea level rise.

Foreign investors in Mon Hue, a chain of up to 80 restaurants across the country, have rejected the claims of Huy Nhat, founder and chairman of the chain, that they had taken over the chain. 

Such trend would help better meet transportation needs at more affordable prices, ensuring convenience, safety and improving service quality of both taxis and electronic-contract based vehicles, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The first-ever national forum on improving Vietnamese laborers’ skills took place Saturday amid a string of unanswered questions, especially those related to vocational training.

HCMC needs a pork and pig exchange floor where safe pork can be traded and the prices of pork and live pigs can be stabilized, benefiting both customers and pork suppliers and traders.

The Vietnamese fashion market has been busy in recent years with the presence of big players in the industry.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) wants to proceed with automatic toll collection on highways, despite the project's main investor seeking to pull out.

Thousands of people flocked to the annual bazaar hosted by the Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) yesterday in a new urban area in western Hanoi – enjoying fun, sun and wind.

The recent emergence of e-commerce and online payments has posed a great challenge for traditional retail giants.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has proposed freezing the accounts of those suspected of committing the fraud.

The Ministry of Public Security has issued a warning against investing in Eagle Rock Global (ERG) as the firm shows many signs of a fraudulent business and most likely is a running a Ponzi scheme.

Vietnam is now the leader in Southeast Asia’s solar photovoltaic (PV) market with the largest installed capacity in the region, Wood Mackenzie said in its statement.

A young man from H’Mong ethnic community Cu A Sua has studied and discovered a formula to cure several hepatic diseases for a reasonable price.

At the end of September and early October, in Bac Yen district, Son La province, the golden terraced rice fields on the hillsides create a charming scenery.

A number of local commercial banks, including major players, have reduced and even eliminated service fees to attract more service users and depositors.

Vietnam earned a trade surplus of US$9.01 billion in the January-October period this year, the highest ever, up 23% year-on-year due to the strong export of phones, computers and textiles.

Commercial banks remained the biggest bond issuers with VND79.4 trillion worth of bond issuance, accounting for 44.4 per cent of the total figure.

Real estate firms are seeking new sources of capital as commercial banks have tightened lending.

About 69% of the Vietnamese suffer from undetected hyperglycemia, and only 29% of people with diabetes are being treated.

Foreign people in Vietnam are exploiting legal loopholes and local authorities’ oversight to carry out a multitude of crimes, from gambling to drug rings and even elaborate cybercrime.

HCMC annually spends some VND1 trillion on average to offer subsidies for public buses to encourage the use of public transport among the local people, but the number of bus passengers has continued to decline.

Principals of universities will establish a council to choose or compose particular textbooks to use in their own educational institutes.

The salvage of the sunken container vessel VietSun Integrity is continuing in Long Tau River in HCMC’s Can Gio, with cargo traffic on the HCMC-Vung Tau waterway expected to return to normal between November 25 and December 12.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to look at taxes and fees related to automobile manufacturing and assembly in order to help the sector grow.