Truong Viet Dung, deputy director of the Hanoi’s Department of Planning and Investment, speaks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper on what the city has done to become a leader in attracting foreign investment.

Loopholes in regulations designed to deter the illegal operation of contract passenger buses have been one of the main causes of difficulties for legal passenger buses on fixed routes in recent years, transport enterprises have said.

Vu Tran Bao Nguyen, 13, was named as the winner of the Little Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2019 pageant during the final night of the beauty contest held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29.

A project to build 2,174 bridges to replace temporary bridges in 50 provinces and cities has progressed more quickly than expected, said Nguyen Van Huyen, director of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.

After several years of using eco-friendly compressed natural gas (CNG) to fuel some of its fleet, HCM City’s public bus system is now on the verge of a fuel shortage as the only supplier plans to reduce supply, Tuổi Trẻ newspaper has reported.

Many workers on Hanoi’s major infrastructure projects had gone unpaid for years although the projects had been completed, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Improving corporate governance capacity is a major challenge for businesses, especially small-and-medium sized enterprises when joining the EVFTA, requiring the Government to have policies and mechanisms to facilitate their operation.

By increasing processed and high-tech products and taking advantage of free trade agreements, Vietnam’s goods are being increasingly chosen by consumers in the world market.

The investors selected to develop the North-South Expressway will have to have successfully developed at least one similar project in an overseas market.

Original songs from famous Japanese anime series will be performed during Concert of Childhood Memory: Shinsekai on July 4 and 5 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has made progress in its plan to increase health insurance coverage with some 90 per cent of the country’s population participating in the scheme by the end of May, said Pham Luong Son, deputy director of Vietnam Social Security.

Quang Ngai will finalise and submit a dossier that seeks to recognise the Ly Son–Sa Huynh Geopark as a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network this November.

Artist and curator George Clark will introduce his new film “Double Ghosts” and talk about his expanded practice with film from projection performances to exhibitions at Hanoi Doclab in Hanoi on July 2.

The latest music video by talented Vietnamese pop singer Son Tung M-TP from his song “Hay trao cho anh” (Give it to me) is Youtube’s most of viewed video of the past 24 hours, according to kworb.net.

Vietnamese forward Cong Phuong is poised to sign a one-year contract with Belgium side Sint-Truidense in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5.

The central province of Nghe An has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide financial support of VND75 billion (USD3.26 million) amid the on-going severe drought.

Authorities in Hai Phong have called for greater efforts to seek for nine missing fishermen after a collision between a fishing boat and a freight ship.

Authorities in Hanoi have decided to restart the project to remove hundreds of households from the Old Quarter which has been at a standstill for the past decade.

Contributions from import taxes to the state budget will fall by nearly VND44t trillion ($1.88 billion) in 2020 after several free trade agreements took effect.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province have released two elephants which were used in the tourism industry.

The 5th “Art in the Forest” (AIF) exhibition has opened in the lakeside area in Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, promising to bring audiences an impressive collection of the best in art.

A tropical depression could strengthen into a storm which would affect many northern provinces.

A man in the central province of Ha Tinh has just been arrested and prosecuted for causing a large forest fire which has ravaged the area for three days.

Vietcombank is offering to sell 6.5 percent of shares to foreign investors this year in a plan to raise charter capital.

Twin Lotus Murals at Noi Bai International Airport created by artist Nguyen Thu Thuy and her team received the top prize in the category of Social Design at the A’Design Awards and Competition.