Ian Gibbons, Consul General of the UK in Ho Chi Minh City, and representatives of the City, on July 17 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in carrying out projects to support the building of HCM City as a smart urban area.

The Ministry of Defence’s steering committee on ASEAN 2020 held a conference in Hanoi on July 17 to implement a project on organising ASEAN defence-military events in 2020 when Vietnam assumes the ASEAN Chair.

Vietnam will be in Group G together with other regional football power houses, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the UAE, according to result of the drawing for the elimination round for Asia for the World Cup 2022.

Vietnam is facing an urgent need to build brands for its tra fish, a big foreign currency earner, amidst numerous challenges facing the industry.

The Police Department of Investigation in Ca Mau Province has decided to close the case involving a waste treatment plant that detected and buried 300 dead fetuses during its seven years of operations.

The Party Secretariat has removed former Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong, 62, from the Party unit of the Transport Ministry over his serious violations in the equitization of some State-owned enterprises.

Given the varying criteria and rules on origins, it is possible that local electronics producer Asanzo Vietnam had legally identified its products as “Made in Vietnam,” said lawyer Tran Ngoc Trung from law firm Baker & Mckenzie Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics discussed measures to promote relations between Vietnam and Latvia during their talks in Hanoi on July 17.

A musical adapted from the French novel Nobody’s Boy is being staged at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi. Notably, Nobody’s Boy is performed in English.

The dispute between Big C Vietnam and 200 textile and garment suppliers has been settled, but the public is still upset about the behavior of the retailer from Thailand.

Rapid economic development, plus climate change, poses big threats to water sources in Vietnam, according to a World Bank (WB) report.

Businesses understand that digitalization is a must in the digital technology era. However, for many reasons, the modernization of financial information remains unsuccessful in the country.

Scores of commercial banks post handsome profits

Many foreign coffee chains have failed to secure their positions in the market, but Vietnamese owned chains have reported revenue growth in recent years. But not all of them have made high profits.

With support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a campaign board has been working for months to launch the Viet Nam Association of Film Promotion and Development by the end of July.

The 21st Vietnam Film Festival will be held from November 23 -27 in Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, announced the organizers.

The beautiful landscape of Ninh Binh has been captured in many photos and films, but singer Nguyen Thu Hang has found her own way to highlight the stunning beauty.

Stretching along the southern central coast, Phu Yen province boasts huge potential for tourism development. Phu Yen’s many beautiful bays and pristine beaches are inviting tourists from far and wide.

The total area for lobster farming in Phu Yen province covers 52km2 with a production volume of 1,5 million lobsters per year,.

Running across the northwest highlands of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Hoa Binh before going down to Phu Tho to merge into the Red River, DA River makes a great contribution to the national grid system.

The spectacular landscape of Italy from above at twilight is on display at an exhibition that has opened in Hanoi.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Lao counterpart Khamphau Onthavanh co-chaired the fourth political consultation in Vientiane on July 16.

A project entitled "Research on the Vietnamese genome", the first massive database of Vietnamese genomes, has just been revealed by the Vinmec Medical System’s research group.

The Ministry of Construction plans to start releasing quarterly reports on the domestic real estate market to increase transparency, Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha said at a recent ministry meeting.

An exhibition which recalls heroic stories about the willpower and resilience of Vietnamese revolutionary prisoners during the country’s liberation experience is being held in Hanoi.