Japan’s information technology is developing well, but it lacks staff and is looking to hire Vietnamese software engineers.

Leaders of 16 Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, China, and India, on November 4 issued a joint statement on the postponing of the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to 2020 instead of 2019 as scheduled.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India held a press conference on November 4 to announce the Vietnam's Month with dozens of events in localities nationwide to further reinforce bilateral ties.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage the crime opera Yesterday’s Memory at the HCM City Opera House on November 17.

National Assembly (NA) General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc on November 5 delivered an initial report to deputies on Vietnam’s response to issues related to Vietnamese victims in the recent lorry tragedy in Essex, the UK.

The owner of a food processing facility in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced to one and half a year in prison on Friday for breaking food safety regulations, according to court reports.

The Vietnam Register announced not to issue certificates for vehicles using maps with the “nine-dash line” in its document.

Vietnamese director Pham Ngoc Lan has won the grand prize “Uppsala Grand Prix” at the Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden for his short film “Mot khu dat tot” (Blessed land).

In a report sent to the NA, the Government pointed out that the volatile exchange rate between the Vietnamese dong and the Japanese yen is one of the main reasons for cost overruns in HCMC’s Metro Line No.1 project.

Law enforcement agencies have so far collected a whopping VND8.845 trillion (US$382 million) to recover losses from a murky share acquisition between State-run MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation and a private pay TV provider.

Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of Hanoi City’s government, on behalf of the municipal leaders, has pledged to learn from past mistakes in handling the water contamination incident involving the Da River.

Vietnam Travel Airlines Co., Ltd, or Vietravel Airlines, on November 4 announced the appointment of Livio Arizzi, an Italian pilot, as the firm’s deputy general director as part of its airline establishment plan.

Vietnam has become one of a few countries in the world to master microtia ear reconstruction (MER), thanks to efforts from the Hanoi-based Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital.

The reported low-pressure area in the East Sea is strengthening its power and likely to develop into a new storm in the next 24 hours, as forecast by the national weather service.

The United States began on Monday (November 4) the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, according to a statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The 2019 World Circus Festival, themed ‘New chapter for a wonder’, will be held in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, from November 11-17.

A report on Vietnam energy prospects was announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate.

Hanoi will focus on inspecting food origin to bolster food quality control in the coming months, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said on Monday.

The merger and acquisition market has witnessed the real estate segment in a strong leading position; however, there remains many pitfalls which partners must be careful of whenever they enter into a property deal.

The development of the industrial real estate market will have a positive impact on other market segments such as houses and offices for rent.

Even though a bigger lift in foreign ownership cap could become a driving force to lure further European investment in banking and telecommunications, the funding picture in these sectors remains a question.

CJ CGV Vietnam has just paid $7,400 in administrative fines for licensing the movie Abominable that includes the argued nine-dash line on the East Sea.

Many foreign businesses have recently visited Viet Nam with the desire to invest or expand their investments in the country.

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry was likely to reach its target of US$40 billion in export turnover this year despite facing difficulties in some markets.

This time, Vietnam’s stock market responded differently compared to the previous two rate cuts with minimal impacts.