Total outstanding loans of the banking system rose 2.28 per cent as of March 25 and the total means of payment grew by 2.67 per cent compared to late 2018.

Hundreds of thousands of clams have reportedly died en masse over the past week in Hai Loc Commune in the northern province of Thanh Hoa’s Hau Loc District, leaving farmers in debt.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a plan to improve the performance of the logistics sector to improve the country’s business climate.

 Rising production costs are harming the competitiveness of Vietnamese seafood products, according to experts. These include the prices of feed, material input, electricity and labour.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged the fisheries sector to build a brand with food safety and high quality for seafood products.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has no startups with value of $1 billion and higher (called unicorns), but foreign investment funds are optimistic about the future.

Two officials of the southern province of Soc Trang’s Education and Training Department and 30 headmasters of local schools were revealed to have gone on a private holiday using the state budget.

Experts, businesspeople, and students from the Netherlands, Vietnam, and other ASEAN member states gathered at the Orange ASEAN Factory (OAF) 2019 programme in Ho Chi Minh City from April 1-19,

Doan Thi Huong, the only defendant in the case related to the murder of a man holding a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea passport with the name of Kim Chol, might be released in the first week of May,

Nearly 5.3 million breeding shrimps and fish, and other aquatic species were released into the sea off the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 1.

Bui Danh Lien, Vice Chairman of Ha Noi’s Transport Association talks to Tiền Phong newspaper on the need for workable policies to reduce traffic congestion in Hanoi.

Vietnam's police chief has sounded alarm bells that Vietnam might become a drug smuggling hub from the Golden Triangle to a third country.

The Southern Institute of Water Resources Research has asked farmers and irrigation management units in the Cuu Long Delta region to store water in ponds and canals for the dry season this year.

HCM City People's Committee has recently asked the HCM City Development and Research Institute to co-operate with state departments, associations, and the general public to gather opinions ...

The expansion of alleys has improved convenience for residents and enhanced the image of HCM City, according to authorities.

HCM City announced on April 1 that its average population growth rate during 2009-2019 is 2.15 percent per annum, which means the city has an addition of 170,000 people each year.

 A relatively intact bronze drum, believed to belong to the Dong Son civilization, was recently discovered in Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

 The sound political relations between Vietnam and France will pave the way for the bilateral cooperation in other fields.

 Ho Chi Minh City recorded 3,316 scarlet fever cases suspected of infecting measles in the first three months of 2019, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre. 

 Five Vietnamese artists will open a group exhibition titled “Neo-Expressionism” at VICAS Center for Assistance and Development of Contemporary Arts (VICAS Art Studio) in Hanoi on April 3.

Some households in Thach Xa Commune have earned their living by making bamboo dragonflies for more than 20 years. 

 Local credit institutions had settled more than VND204.4 trillion (US$8.8 billion) worth of bad debts as of January, accounting for 40.1% of the total, said Nguyen Thi Hong, deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 Nghiem Thanh Son, deputy head of the Payment Department at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), told a press conference on April 1 that rumors of the licensing of virtual currency exchanges were unfounded, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

 Viet Nam will take part in the King’s Cup 2019 in Thailand in June.

VietNamNet Bridge - More Japanese-invested factories have opened in industrial zones as well as shopping malls in large cities and provinces in Vietnam.