Less than a decade ago, doctors in Australia believed they were close to eliminating syphilis from remote indigenous communities - the centre of national efforts to fight the disease.

As of Wednesday morning, three people had died and nine others injured in a knife attack that occurred on Tuesday in Hung Hoi Commune in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu’s Vinh Loi District,

Four earthquakes, measuring from 2.7 to 3.5 on the Richter scale, hit Bac Tra My and Nam Tra My districts in the central province of Quang Nam on Thursday morning (July 26), but no damage or casualties were reported.

Vietnam’s leading dairy processor, Vinamilk, has spent nearly US$19.74 million acquiring a 51% stake in Lao–Jagro Development Xiengkhouang Co., Ltd, aiming to develop a complex of hi-tech beef-dairy farms.

 Vietnam Register will, early next month, propose the Ministry of Transport add red stamps to vehicles with low exhaust emission standards to distinguish them from others in a bid to control vehicle exhaust emissions.

The Xe Pian - Xe Namnoy hydropower dam incident will not affect Vietnam's Mekong Delta region, according to Associate Professor Le Anh Tuan, head of the Climate Change Research Institute under the Can Tho University.

 Vietnam looks set to attract an estimated US$2.61 billion in FDI this month, taking the total in the year to date to US$22.94 billion, up 4.6% year-on-year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

 The Vietnamese medical equipment market has grown 18% annually over the last five years, but more than 90% of medical equipment is imported from other countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the transport ministry, the Dong Nai government and the relevant agencies to speed up the Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai, reported the local media.

 The European Commission (EC) has decided to impose temporary safeguard duties in the form of an import quota on 28 categories of steel from 10 exporting countries, including Vietnam. However, not all Vietnamese exporters are subject to the duties.

 The HCMC government has approved the use of an international contest to choose the best consulting firm to handle the planning of the city’s underground space.

 The cheapest and one of the most delicious places to find cuisine in Vietnam is in a traditional open-air market. Here, single-dish food stalls, run mostly by women, offer finely crafted dishes passed from mother to daughter for generations.

 Thirteen traditional handicraft villages of Hanoi and six traditional handicraft villages of Quang Nam will be showcasing their products at An Hoi Sculpture Garden, Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, from August 17 to 19.

Seventeen oil paintings by Aung Kyaw Htet, the most famous contemporary painter of Myanmar are on display at the exhibition entitled “Serenity and Splendor of Myanmar” in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the context of pressure on inflation and exchange rate, macroeconomic stabilization must be the top priority, experts say.

 Ngo Thi Thuy Hang has voluntarily spent the years of her youth searching for the tombs of fallen Vietnamese soldiers for more than a decade.

 Nearly 200 photos highlighting Hanoi’s renewal and development are being showcased at an exhibition that opened on July 26 to mark the 10th anniversary of the city’ administrative-boundary expansion (2008-2018).

 Strategy 2030 sets out institution's broad vision and strategic response to evolving needs in Asia and the Pacific.

 Speakers touch on current status and future of AI at Vietnam CEO Summit 2018 in Hanoi on July 25.

 The Ministry of Finance’s Inspectorate has just proposed the handling of numerous violations of Hanoitourist regarding the management and usage of capital and property, business results and their implementation of duties to the state budget.

Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department recently admited its struggle in collecting VND53.3-billion ($2.36 million) in taxes from the ride hailing firm Uber due to the firms withdrawal from the domestic market.

 The joint venture of Long Van Infrastructure Investment and Development Co., Ltd, Van Don Sun JSC and Cong Thanh Transportation Investment & Construction Corporation has been announced as the investor of Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway. 

 Tourism in Vietnam is no longer a private playground of major  firms in the travel business as local people have become more directly involved in the sector through a special product called “community-based ecotourism”.

 For the first time, foreign invested enterprises’ revenue and specific contributions to Vietnam’s state budget have been revealed, with the electronics and garment-textile industries being their biggest earners.

 Professional curator Zhuang Wubin from Singapore will hold a talk on curating photography at DocLab in Tay Ho District, Hanoi on July 29, staring at 3 p.m.