The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) and Amazon Global Selling announced their cooperation plan on April 11, which aims to assist Vietnamese businesses in enhancing exports and developing brand names through e-commerce.

Many foreign investors, including the UK’s Savills Estate Agents, have regarded Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular as a promising market in the property sector, Savills Group CEO Mark Ridley has said.

Nearly 2,200 triathletes, including 40 professionals, from 50 countries and territories will be competing in the 5th Techcombank Ironman 70.3 Vietnam – Asia Pacific Championship on May 9 – 12.

Many infrastructure facilities, including roads are overloaded as many new residential areas have been built and the number of means of transportation rapidly rise in suburban areas of HCM City in the past few years.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has been named as an international super grandmaster again after a win in the standard category at the ongoing Dubai Open in the UAE yesterday.

Rising concerns about the environment and livelihoods are setting barriers to developing solar energy in Vietnam, experts stressed yesterday.

FIFA Chairman Gianni Infantino has sent his congratulations to deputy chairman of VFF Tran Quoc Tuan, who was recently voted on to the Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee for the third consecutive time.

Vietnamese chess masters are currently competing at the Eastern Asia Chess Championships FIDE Zone 3.3 Open in Mongolia.

Sixteen Vietnamese and international fashion designers and fashion brands will take part in the Aquafina Viet Nam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) Spring-Summer 2019 in HCM City from April 11-14.

The Mekong Delta needs sustainable measures and sufficient financial resources to mitigate serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan, has said.

The organic food market is believed to have great potential, but companies are finding it difficult to lure more customers.

Tran Minh Thuan, an 18-year-old student in Hanoi has won scholarships to 10 universities in the US.

 Tourism festival opens in Ho Chi Minh City

Regulations on the subjects of import tariff quotas, amendments to support levels for trade promotion activities, and notices to be submitted to government authorities on the organization of exhibitions will all take effect from mid-April.

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand, no Vietnamese citizens have been found to have been affected by the April 10 blaze at Central World – Thailand’s biggest shopping complex in Bangkok.

Many Vietnamese showbiz personalities became angry at a large number of people using the funeral of popular comedian Anh Vu to stream and make videos for social media.

The number of town houses and villas put up for sale in Hanoi in the first quarter rose to 2,600, a record high in three years, property consultancy CBRE Vietnam said on April 10.

Coming to Cuc Phuong national park in the northern province of Ninh Binh this season, visitors will have an opportunity to get a better view of colourful butterflies.

Japanese investment in Viet Nam is expected to grow this year, given Japans recent initiative to shift investment to Viet Nam and other Mekong River nations, as well as free trade agreements (FTA), experts said.

Workers from the social work division of the District 2 Hospital in HCM City meet every outpatient and inpatient to find out what problems they face and provide quick assistance.

Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung appreciated the USAID increasing its support for Vietnam over the past years during a working session with the agency’s leaders in Washington DC, the US, on April 10.

Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long City have stopped an organised surrogacy set-up.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a cabinet meeting on April 11 to discuss controversial issues of a draft decree on the use of public property to pay investors in build-transfer (BT) projects.

Many officials have been found to have involved in adjusting the results of the high school graduation exams in Son La, Hoa Binh and Ha Giang provinces.

The country’s leaders paid tribute to the late Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen at a State funeral in Hanoi on Wednesday morning.