China’s stricter requirements for packaging and origin traceability for agricultural products exported to its market will take effect from May 1, making it more difficult for Vietnam to ship its produce to China through informal channels.

Doctors are warning people to stay away from weight loss drugs promoted on social media websites.

Visual artist Uu Dam, known as UuDam, will be displaying his art in an interactive installation at Galerie Quynh in HCM City beginning on April 19.

With 40% of the population below the age of 24 and their greater propensity for digital technology, many of these younger consumers are driving the rapid expansion of Vietnam’s e-commerce market.

Eighteen years after Trinh Cong Son’s death, Japanese singer Tokiko Kato finally was able to visit Vietnam to perform in a concert that marked the late composer’s death anniversary. 

To have more parking place, HCM City has mapped out many underground parking lots. However, most of these projects remain on paper.

Although the damage wrought by the inferno at Formosa in Taiwan has not been assessed yet, it is sounding the alarms for all its facilities across the world, including Vietnam, which was also shaken by two heavy factory fires this month.

 Traditional taxi operators in Vietnam are being ­accused of unfair anti-competitive practices against ride-hailing firm Grab, as they attempt to compete against the latter’s expansion in the country.

Convenience store channel has become a battlefield for domestic and foreign retailers due to its great potential.

 Even though GTNfoods JSC has refused its previous proposal, Vinamilk is still eager to acquire more stakes in the firm, which holds 51 percent of Moc Chau Milk  as part of its M&A strategy.

 As plastic reduction is becoming an essential trend to save the environment, beverage companies, which still depend on tremendous amounts of plastic materials, cannot opt out of the trend.

The 20-member Vietnam U18 squad left Hanoi for Hong Kong (China) on April 17 to attend the International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019, hosted by the Hong Kong Football Association from April 19 to 22.

“Serpents’ Tails”, a solo exhibition by UuDam Tran Nguyen which depicts people struggling with by-products of an industry that is causing environmental imbalance and destruction, will be opened at Galerie Quynh in HCMC on April 19.

A section of the Metro Line No.1 project is under construction. The HCMC Department of Transport sought approval of the municipal People’s Committee for developing a bus system connected to the metro line

The first official event on April 20 at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium Vietnam Grand Prix Company will feature F1 cars.

Vietnamese students have to take many standardized tests, which has led to the creation of a giant exam preparation industry. However, the industry is killing students’ creativity, experts say.

There is no better way to respond to school violence than by preventing it from happening.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the People’s Committee of central Quang Nam Province to take tough action against illegal sand mining, which has become common in the province.

Lai Chau Hydropower Plant in Nam Nhun District, the northern province of Lai Chau, has been added to the list of important works related to national security under a new decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 AirAsia, the largest low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, informed it has terminated an agreement to launch a domestic airline in Vietnam with local partners, according to the airline’s filing with Bursa Malaysia.

Vietnam can become a cybersecurity powerhouse thanks to its world-class cybersecurity human resources and the dream to become a powerful nation, local media quoted Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung as saying.

A recent initiative in Japan aimed to shift investment to Vietnam and other Mekong subregion nations will continuously contribute to increasing the Japanese inflow to the Southeast Asian country.

US Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall G. Schriver once affirmed that Vietnam has appeared to be a valued partner for Washington in the Indo-Pacific region.

Some 100 state firms would be subject to privatization in 2019, while the number slated for state divestment is 193.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic issued a joint statement during the visit to the European country by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 16-17 at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.