Tran Duy Dong, director general for the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giơí magazine on Vietnam’s plan to enact a new law...

The building of new thermopower plants has recently become a cause célèbre in the country as economic demands and environmental concerns face off, especially with a number of localities rejecting central Government-approved plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gender equality worldwide has generally improved as women find more opportunities to participate in society.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For months, every morning and evening along roads in Hanoi a young man on a fancy motorbike has been offering pedestrians free rides.

A report shows that Vietnam will be short of approximately 1.2 million people needed in the IT sector by 2020. What should education institutions be doing in preparation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In this era of information technology, a smart phone with the Android operating system can run virtual calculator applications that can be easily downloaded from the Google Play Store for free. 

Tu Thi Tuyet Nhung, director of the Viet Nam Participatory Guarantee System, a member of the Viet Nam Organic Agriculture Association, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới newspaper on organic agriculture.

Visitors to the London Design Biennale 2018 last month were fascinated with an installation at the Viet Nam Pavilion. Entitled Khải, the installation was created by fashion designer Vu Thao, multidisciplinary designer Giang Nguyen ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – A local craftsman from central Vietnam is trying to replace single-use plastic straws with reusable bamboo alternatives at hotels, resorts and restaurants in Hoi An, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc.

Tran Tuan Viet doesn’t have that worn-out, dusty appearance of most photographers. Wearing glasses, with a clean-cut look and a confident half-smile, he gives off the impression of a lawyer who had studied his case well before trial.

 The Hoi An Impression Theme Park is a 10-hectare park located in Hoi An Ancient Town in the central coast province of Quang Nam. It offers visitors new experiences of the old town.

Links key for animal husbandry, Hanoi aims for more social housing by 2020, Binh Dinh province joins national efforts to reduce IUU fishing, Binh Thuan exhibition highlights Vietnam’s sovereignty over archipelagos

VietNamNet Bridge - While many businesses are still busy developing e-hailing and delivery apps, Grab, Now and Zalo have triggered a new battle among super-apps.

For many years, state offices have progressively digitized their jobs to become more transparent and save overhead cost as well as human resources.

 A woman in Khanh Hoa Province has won the Vietnamese Women 2018 Awards for her devotion to disabled children.

 Crypto Expo Asia 2018 will take place at SUNTEC in the Windsor Plaza Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on November 24.

 The HCM City Supreme People’s Procuracy have asked Grab to pay over VND41.2 billion (USD1.8 million) in compensation based on a claim of unfair competition after the hearing of a lawsuit filed in HCM City on Tuesday.

 Many Vietnamese and international designers have gathered to attend Vietnam International Fall/Winter Fashion Week 2018 which was opened in Hanoi on the evening of October 25.  

 The area near Song Tranh Hydropower Plant 2 reservoir in the central province of Quang Nam has continued being hit by earthquakes.

 Hanoi authorities have said that the metro station by Hoan Kiem Lake would have no impact at all on the area.

The Government did not achieve its budget revenue collection target in January-September, while the country’s public debt burden was getting heavier, according to the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee’s report

Danang will get its first-ever pedestrian street around downtown Han Market if the local government gives the green light, according to a proposal from the municipal Tourism Department.

  The rampant use of designations for apartment buildings such as “high-end,” “luxurious” and “premier” in the property market is an emerging trick to lure customers, according to the HCMC Real Estate Association.

 Platform particularly useful in hard-to-fill positions, according to recent VietnamWorks report.

Vietnamese banks have reported positive third-quarter results for 2018, continuing on the recovery path and making it easier for them to seek foreign capital in the future.