Instead of using different maps, departments, agencies and districts in HCMC will use a shared digital map from the middle of next year, according to the municipal Department of Information and Communications.

Ousmane Dione continues his talk to VietNamNet about barriers to development and the path Vietnam needs to follow to reach prosperity.

The 21st National Film Festival will take place in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 23-27 under the theme of “Building a national, humanistic, creative and integrated Vietnamese film industry”.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said the official interest rates will be adjusted down as from September 16.

Retail spaces should become co-working offices: JLL

Long Bien station has transformed itself into an attractive check-in destination for foreign tourists and young people after undergoing a series of repairs and upgrades.

Freestyle football was first introduced to Vietnam in 2008 with the establishment of Around The World, the country’s first club to practice the art of self-expression with a ball.

Japanese painter Eriko Hamada will hold an exhibition featuring lacquer paintings and sketches of buildings in Hanoi, which fascinate the artist and give her a sense of time.

With the increasingly high number of passengers going through airports (about 50 million in 2018), duty-free goods at airports are considered a high growth business.

Tran Hoang Khoi, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Phan Thiet City in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan, has been detained on the charge of land mismanagement.

The Central Party Secretariat has removed Colonel Huynh Tien Manh, the police chief in the southern province of Dong Nai, from all Party positions for his errors in handling criminal cases and other police affairs.

A contemporary dance performance titled “The Rite of Spring” will return to the Saigon Opera House on September 14, starting at 8 p.m.

French-Vietnamese pianist Kim Barbier will perform a solo recital in Hanoi on Saturday.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on September 13 issued a document on the prosecution against former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Huu Tin and his accomplices.

The London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) will perform at the Hanoi Opera House in November.

The Vietnam’s U16 football team is ready to compete at the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, said head coach Dinh The Nam in a press briefing in Hanoi on September 13.

The northern province of Yen Bai will not seek Guinness World Record recognition of a performance of Xoe dance involving 5,000 people as initially planned.

One of the biggest risks posed by the US-China trade war is the flood of cheap Chinese products into Vietnam.

National Vietnam Television (VTV) has won the rights to broadcast 15 of a total of 56 different sporting events at the 30th Southeast Asian Games, which is scheduled to take place in the Philippines later this year.

Ha Noi FC have been ordered to play behind closed doors at Hang Day Stadium in their last two home matches this season.

Vietnamese designer Dac Ngoc introduced his latest collection during the Bangkok Kids International Fashion Show 2019 which was recently held in Thailand.

Vietnamese geologists’ memorabilia and untold stories from their field trips will be revealed at an exhibition in Hanoi on Saturday.

Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam entered the quarter-finals of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament, winning two matches on Thursday in HCM City.

Central provinces are considering developing a series of coastal urban areas, which has raised concern about the effects on the environment and living space.

Nguyen Anh Khoi, a talented 17-year-old Vietnamese chess player, has been officially granted the title of grandmaster by the International Chess Federation.