Major General Tran Ngoc Tho, former Chief of Staff of Military Region 7, sent a letter on April 16 to US courts to demand the resumption of the lawsuit filed by Vietnamese victims of AO in 2004 against 37 US chemical firms.

Vietnam’s newest airline, Bamboo Airways, is working with authorities of the Czech Republic to complete relevant procedures to launch Hanoi-Prague direct flights, according to a representative of the carrier.

Yeah1’s subsidiaries are still on YouTube after the termination of their contract at the end of last month, as YouTube has agreed to give the company more time to move its content from the YouTube platform, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

The Vietnamese economy faced further uncertainty due to the impacts of global shocks, according to the Viet Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

The Government should let the private sector develop entire airports rather than some of their components, said Lai Xuan Thanh, chairman of the State-run Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

The coastal area of Go Cong, a major agricultural hub in Tien Giang Province, has taken effective measures against drought and saltwater intrusion into rivers this year.

The Spring Concert will bring together international musical talents under the baton of conductor Wojciech Czepiel at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music’s Grand Hall on April 17 and 18.

Ha Noi Health Department has reported that about 2,000 cases of measles – including two deaths – have been recorded nationwide so far this year.

More than 1,950 medical services will have new price ceilings from May, Hải Quan (Customs) online newspaper reported.

A new bus service has been launched in the central city connecting the downtown area with the Da Nang Hi-Tech Park to offer more convenience for commuters, workers and engineers at the park.

The health sector needs to develop more public health programmes to raise awareness about preventive health, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said yesterday at a meeting reviewing the health and population target programme from 2016 to 2018.

The textile and garment industry, aiming to take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) with a focus on green manufacturing, is upbeat about earning 60 billion USD from exports by 2025.

Dozens of university students have dropped out after investigations showed that they gained their places by cheating.

Hanoi`s real estate market showed good movements in all segments, mostly apartment with record high supply in the last five years.

Rice paddy fields on Hanoi’s outskirts look beautiful at this time of the year.

The competition in the mid-end smartphone market segment is the most cutthroat, with the Galaxy A50 the trump card for Samsung to beat rivals.

 2018 was the year witnessing the outstanding development of the new payment method via mPOS device. 

Few new launches in apartment and ready-built landed property segments were largely resulted from deferred licensing procedures.

Improved healthcare services, especially for emergency treatments, have helped attract more foreign patients, including expatriates living and working in Vietnam, travellers and visitors.

To get ahead in the competition with Grab, Go-Viet needs a strategy other than “burning money” to increase its market share, especially as they are running on a tighter budget than Grab.

Recently, at the auctions of some prestigious art auction houses in the world, many works of Vietnamese artists have been sold successfully, even with paintings up to millions of US dollars. 

Vietnamese club Becamex Binh Duong thrashed Myanmar’s Shan United with six unanswered goals in their fourth Group G clash at Go Dau Stadium on April 16.

Vietnam and the Netherlands are further boosting strategic co-operation in water management and adaption to climate change as part of a plan for the two nations to forge a bilateral comprehensive partnership.

Woodwork exports increased sharply in Q1, partially thanks to higher demand from the US. However, experts say this may not be good news for the industry.

In addition to PetroVietnam Construction JSC, which has become a notorious loss-making company during the past years, Song Hong Corporation and Vietnam Industrial Construction Corporation have also been reporting huge losses recently.