A special exhibition featuring the heritage, development and achievements of Italy opened in Hanoi on May 6.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened on May 7 the first-instance trial on a drug trafficking and production ring, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam when being uncovered in 2017.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, listed under code HVN, plans to pay cash dividends for 2018 at the rate of 10 per cent of charter capital, estimated at VND1.49 trillion (US$63.9 million).

Viettel Global Investment JSC, a subsidiary of Viettel Group, posted a gross profit of US$277.7 million in 2018, the highest level in the past four years and representing a year-on-year increase of 19 percent.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh asked for the completion of all preparations for United Nations Day of Vesak 2019 celebrations on May 10.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on Monday.

The HCM City People’s Committee is encouraging groups of people in the community to donate blood for emergency needs this year.

Vietnamese traditional fish sauce makers need to step up marketing to promote their products both at home and abroad, experts said.

Government officials, business groups and executives, and experts gathered at a conference in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City on Monday to discuss measures to enable the southern key economic region.

A vast area of pine trees has been poisoned in the biggest forest destruction reported so far in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

The authorities in Hoi An Town are trying to curb noise pollution in the area.

The Pacific Partnership programme 2019 (PP19) kicked off in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, on May 6.

In early February 2019, many online sellers stopped taking orders via social networks because of a goods deadlock at border gates. At the same time, the goods-carrying trucks of J&T were seen rolling on the streets in HCM City.

Hanoi authorities are struggling to find ways to attract investors for major parking lot projects.

The Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam and attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019 to be held in the country from May 9 to 13 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The National Forum on Developing Vietnam Technology Companies will be held for the first time in Hanoi on May 9, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam.

The Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7, 1954 was Vietnam’s biggest victory in the resistance war from 1945 to 1954.

FDI is expected to see something of a boom this year but the focus needs to remain on quality over quantity.

An exhibition on the Dien Bien Phu campaign and victory is underway in Hanoi. The event is part of the activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory in 1954.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has worked out comprehensive solutions to expand and seek more export markets for Vietnam’s goods, towards fostering the country’s export, especially to member nations of the CPTPP.

Voters in HCM City’s District 1 expressed their concern over education-training, legislation and the use of alcoholics and drug which lead to many traffic accidents during a local meeting with the city's Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The Aviva Community Fund, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme of the London-based Aviva insurance group, is set to finance 50 projects in Vietnam in 2019.

Vietnam earned 55.17 million USD from tra fish exports to the ASEAN as of the late March, up 18 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam, who is also deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, has lauded efforts of the Finance Ministry’s Party committee in the reclamation of assets in corrupt and economic cases.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Real Estate Association (VNREA) Nguyen Manh Ha has stated that there is still room for resort real estate to develop, especially in new markets.