A concert featuring Vietnamese contemporary concerto and dance will be held at the HCM City Opera House on May 18 to celebrate the 129th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19.

Vietnam has come a long way since the doi moi reforms. Its success in attracting foreign direct investment has been evident.

An upcoming festival is aiming to bring together people living along the border of Laos and Vietnam.

Police in Bo Trach District in central Quang Binh Province have started legal proceedings against six more people involved in a deforestation case at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Chair of Vietnam Airlines Pham Ngoc Minh says the nation’s flag air carrier is planning to raise wages for its pilots equal to 90 percent of the average level in Southeast Asia.

The Ministry of Finance plans to develop an electronic trading system for public assets, deputy minister Tran Xuan Ha announced on Thursday.

The Government has recently issued Decree 40 to guide the Law on environmental protection especially to amend and supplement regulations on scrap imports for production materials.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued new regulations to further facilitate foreign investors in taking part in the privatization and divestment of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the country.

In its document, the Ministry of Health alerted people to measles outbreaks in Vietnam and in the world.

The pilot of 5G technology is planned to be carried out in 2019 in Vietnam so that in 2020, the country will become one of the first in the world to formally offer this service.

The Ministry of Construction cooperated with the Vietnam National University – HCMC to hold a conference discussing the utilization of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in construction.

The US Government has recently increased import tariffs on goods imported from China which in short term might create certain advantages for exported goods of Vietnam.

On May 18 the HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera presents an event in which contemporary Vietnamese music occupies the first half of the program and contemporary Vietnamese dance the second.

If a corporate income tax reduction is proposed for micro, small and medium enterprises as a whole, nearly all enterprises will be subject to the incentive, which may lead to unfair competition among them.

Vietnamese representatives Hanoi FC and Becamex Binh Duong recorded important victories in their last group matches on May 15, to see them through to the ASEAN zonal semifinals at the 2019 AFC Cup.

The Forest Protection Department in Bac Tra My District, Quang Nam Province, confirmed on May 15 that they had seized seven turtles at a coffee shop in the area, including three rare specimens.

A new heatwave has hit Vietnam’s northern region with temperatures in some places forecast to reach nearly 40C, according to the national weather service.

Many historical artefacts have been found during the excavation of Thang Long Citadel in Hanoi.

Some experts have compared Vietnam’s Vingroup with South Korea’s Samsung. Both started in the food sector and shifted to develop technology.

Nearly 2,000 trees and 820 lampposts will be relocated to narrow pavements and medians on 15 streets in Hà Nội.

When the Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday falls on a weekend, workers should still enjoy the following Monday and Tuesday as paid public holidays, business associations said at a workshop on revisions to the labour code on Tuesday.

Facebook might rule the social media world when it comes to Vietnam, as an estimated 45 million people have accounts on the website.

In front of the Na Ngoi Border Station in Ky Son District, the central province of Nghe An, sits a simple wooden wardrobe filled with used clothing.

Midfielder Do Van Thuan has signed a three-year contract extension with V.League 1 club HCM City.

The Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup 2019 will take place at Nguyen Du Gymnasum in HCM City on May 20-26.