With health care and other costs skyrocketing in the US, many soon-to-be retirees are considering what once might have been unthinkable: taking their retirement savings and moving overseas for their senior years.

 Last month`s decline came after a 24% year-on-year jump in January and brought cumulative year-to-date sales to 43,242 units, up 14.4% on the 37,797 units sold in the same period of last year.

 "Nuoc mam" (fish sauce) is not only a traditional specialty, but also symbolizes Vietnamese culture that must be protected in any way.

 The incident occurred on a large scale, and Vietnam is affected with average scale.

 The offer of such a size is expected to attract foreign investor and spur the company’s long-term growth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Changes in tax and investment policies have required automobile manufacturers to take steps to optimize their business. 

 Of over 18,078 cases of rash in 56 cities and provinces countrywide, around 3,000 cases are positive for measles virus, said the Ministry of Health yesterday.

 State-owned high schools throughout HCMC will receive around 70,000 10th-grade students for the 2019-2020 school year while more than 100,000 students will finish secondary school in the academic year 2018-2019.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed an approval for the introduction of the document and work record management system in the inauguration ceremony of the National E-document Exchange Platform on March 12.

FDI attraction to industrial parks and export processing zones in HCMC has slowed down as businesses have blamed the issue of the downgraded infrastructure systems in the zones and surrounding areas.

 Artworks by six artists from Hai Duong Province will be showcased at VICAS Center for Assistance and Development of Contemporary Arts (VICAS Art Studio) in Hanoi at 5 p.m. today, March 14.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is holding a series of electronic music performances, featuring artists from Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines from March 14 to 16 in HCMC and Hanoi.

 The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union yesterday announced ten excellent  young persons who will be hornored with Vietnam Excellent Young Faces Award 2018. 

 Dairy processor Vinamilk has announced that the firm will spend VND1.5 trillion on 116.7 million shares of GTNFoods JSC, which owns a series of brands such as Moc Chau Milk, Vinatea and Ladofoods.

 The France-based branch of Vietravel Marketing and Tourist Company, or Vietravel, has become HCMC’s representative tourism office in Europe, following an agreement signed by the municipal Tourism Promotion Center and Vietravel.

 The management board of Con Dao National Park has just released around 81,137 baby sea turtles to the natural environment.

The Ministry of Public Security is investigating a loss-making oil and gas project worth more than US$1.8 billion of the State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) in Venezuela.

 Litchis grown in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang might be granted a Geographical Indication (GI) certificate in September this year in Japan, becoming the first product in the province to obtain the GI overseas.

 Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) engineers may earn a monthly salary of over US$2,200, as the demand for labor within the industry is on the rise.

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced that the winner of the National Science and Technology Contest will take part in the upcoming Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in the US.

 With the vitality and determination of youth, ethnic young men Ly Xa Xuy and Giang A Chu, both 28, have worked to promote their homeland’s tourism in northern Vietnam.

 Power Centric, a Vietnamese company based in the Saigon High-tech Park, has succeeded in developing a lithium battery technology called Mopo for use in electric bikes.

Just eight months after the official launch, Vietnam has become the fastest growing market in Southeast Asia of GrabFood, outside of Indonesia. What are the reasons behind this tremendous achievement?

With Vietnam’s typically-low localisation numbers currently increasing at its highest-ever rate, Japanese investors in particular are now becoming more attracted to the country’s manufacturing potential. 

Rural markets in northern regions have become a popular image to showcase daily life in Vietnamese villages. Here are some images featuring the simple life of local residents.