Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and attended the Vietnam-Sweden business forum in Stockholmon on May 27 during his official visit to the European country.

Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gathering at meetings in Bangkok from May 28 to 31 to prepare for upcoming events of the bloc.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has moved to put more public administrative services online towards a more simplified and transparent administration.

Forbin, an anti-air frigate of the French Naval Force led by Col. Thomas Frioli, docked at Sai Gon-Hiep Phuoc port on May 28, beginning a friendship visit to Ho Chi Minh City which will last until June 3.

As the spring slowly turns to summer the sight of flowers such as the red shining of flamboyant flower and the yellow of golden shower flowers can be seen in full bloom, creating romantic scenery throughout Hue city.

The My Dinh stadium in Hanoi saw 54 motor racers gather together to compete in round two of the Vietnam Motor Racing Championship 2019.

In Vietnam, universities focus on training activities, but pay inappropriate attention to scientific research.

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai Province played host to a paragliding festival on May 25 and May 26, with the event proving popular with both local people and tourists in attendance.

Public security, construction, transportation, and culture-sports-tourism will be up for question-and-answer sessions scheduled for June 4-6 at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly.

GS Home Shopping, a leading shopping channel operator in the Republic of Korea, announced on Sunday that it has invested US$1.2 million in Luxstay, a Vietnamese home-sharing platform.

Twelve delayed or loss making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) would be resolved by 2020, according to the ministry’s Planning Department.

Vietnamese parents and students have complained about the organisation of the Vietnam Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad (ASMO) held in Hanoi.

A South Korean man has admitted that he had sexually harassed two women at an apartment building in Hanoi.

A woman in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has been detained in a case in which her daughter was kidnapped, raped and strangled to death.

The Transport Department in Danang City has proposed to build a tunnel under Danang Airport as part of efforts to relieve traffic congestion.

The People’s Court of Binh Dinh has sentenced Le Quoc Binh from Quy Nhon to six years in prison for the charges of conducting terrorist activities against the people’s administration, and illegal possessing military weapons.

A scientific workshop on Vietnam-India development cooperation in energy security was held in Hanoi on May 27.

Having previously settled in Canada, overseas Vietnamese Tran Ba Cuong John returned to Vietnam to help build the first automobile manufacturing project in Quang Nam Province in 2003.

An ancient ritual was recreated over the weekend in Hanoi. During the Later Le Dynasty (1533 - 1789), kings would host a ritual to give fans to all mandarins during the Doan Ngo festival in summer.

Thousands of fishing boats have been grounded due to new of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) regulations.

Vietnamese award-winning documentary Remember: You Are Alive will open the 10th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival on May 31 in Hanoi and HCM City.

The HCM City High-Level People’s Court on Monday (May 27) resumed the appeals trial of defendants involved in wrongdoings at Dong A Bank (DAB), which incurred losses of more than VND3.6 trillion (US$154 million).

Taking advantage of the period during which Vietnamese banks are focusing on restructuring and bad debt settlement, foreign banks have been gearing up for bigger market share.

Seven-hundred years after it was constructed, a sculpture continues to surprise visitors to Bao Ha Temple in Bao Ha Village, Dong Minh Commune, Vinh Bao District in the port city of Hai Phong.

The local demand for pharmaceutical products has rapidly expanded as a consequence of high economic growth, rising per capita income, and an increasingly large population, which has made it more attractive to potential investors.