Foreign real estate brokers, one after another, have landed in Vietnam to take advantage of a market that has been heating up in the last four years.

 Lawmakers should detail conditions, criteria and procedures for investors to benefit the country’s investment incentives, aiming to ensure the implementation of the policy more transparently and effectively.

Foreign investors have registered to pour tens of billion of dollars into the real estate market, but many projects are still on paper.

If solar power projects do not start prior to June 30, 2019, investors will not be able to sell electricity to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) at the price of 9.35 cent per kwh for 20 years, under a new decision.

Dr Trinh Quang Toan from the UC Davis University has introduced a technology that calculates precipitation, meteorology, hydrology and groundwater for real-time natural calamity forecasting in Vietnam.

Vocational schools all have reported an increasing number of enrollees in recent years. Unemployed university graduates are also going to vocational school.

 The government’s plans to improve the quality of FDI inflows have brought initial results with more foreign investors targeting to set up high-tech projects in the country.

 As Vietnam and Egypt mark the 55th anniversary of their diplomatic ties on September 2, VOV reports on the special sentiment Egyptian diplomats feel for Vietnam.

 The 8th Vietnamese culture festival (Vietfest Seoul 2018) was held at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on September 2 to celebrate the 73rd National Day of Vietnam.

 According to a new governmental decree, rice-exporting businesses will no longer be required to own rice storage, paddy milling and grinding facilities with processing capacities of 5,000 tonnes of rice and 10 tonnes of paddy per hour, respectively.

 The consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market in Vietnam will become a space for global tycoons following many recent investment deals with Vietnamese enterprises.

 Combining knowledge and research results among scientists, institutes and business schools is key to developing the science and technology (S&T) market in Vietnam.

 Cyber security is a hot issue globally. In Vietnam, concerns on the subject have been expressed by the Government and departments, especially in the field of banking – finance.

 President Tran Dai Quang has sent a letter of congratulations to Speaker of Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin, President of the 39th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly General Assembly.

 Popular tourism site TripAdvisor has recently released its ultimate list of the world’s Top 10 destinations for adventurous travelers, to help them save time looking up their next adventure, especially if funds are lacking.

 The northern province of Quang Ninh on September 1 opened the Uong Bi ornamental market – the first of its kind in the locality.

 Ministries and sectors are planning to reduce and simplify over 3,800 business conditions of the more than 6,200 in total, equivalent to 61.3% and exceeding 11.3% compared to the requests made by the Government and the Prime Minister.

 Japanese casual clothing retailer UNIQLO unveiled its plans to open its first store in Vietnam during the fall of 2019, marking its further expansion in Southeast Asia.

 Many mountainous villages in Nghe An Province are seeing a high number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the past 20 years.

 Vietnam Television (VTV) has won the rights to broadcast all 28 matches of the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup, which is scheduled for November 8 to December 12, as announced by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 Herbalist Doan Van Khanh, 60, has become the first Vietnamese farmer to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Florida for his research into the medicinal properties of the Long Thanh pomelo.

 On August 30, Tran Uyen Phuong, Deputy CEO of Tan Hiep Phat Group, has released the book “Competing with Giants” at the headquarters of Forbes magazine in New York.

 A new speed boat was officially launched in the central province of Quang Tri on August 31, facilitating tourist travel from the Quang Tri mainland to Con Co Island.

 The International Union for Conservation of Nature has completed a mural project to raise awareness about sea turtles in Quang Ngai's Ly Son Island.

 Wood pellets are getting a lot of headlines and touted as the future of clean energy business. Made from an ever-abundant source of sawdust and forest debris, they are compressed into little pills.