National Highway 6 section cuts Son La-Hanoi travel time, Fire breaks out at Hà Nội Port, Agencies asked to help mountainous localities to respond to natural disasters, Sapa mid-autumn festival opens Sept. 2

Hanako Kawasaki, together with several other half Vietnamese athletes, will bring diversity to the national team’s demographics at the ongoing South East Asian (SEA) Games 2017.

A photo exhibition titled ‘Hanoi’s Small Corners’ by photographer Xuan Chinh has opened at Gallery 25 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi.

One of the best street foods in the ancient city of Hoi An in Vietnam that visitors should not miss when traveling to this ancient town is 'Vac' cake, which is made from simple ingredients of rice flour and fresh shrimp.

 A new street vendor market opened Monday, August 28, on Nguyen Van Chiem Road, in the ward of Ben Nghe in Ho Chi Minh City District 1, local authorities announced at a press conference.

Over the past 10 years, Réhahn Croquevielle has motorcycled to every corner of Vietnam to explore its land and people. The decade-long journey has produced hundreds of thousands of stunning photos of the country.

 Four new classical and contemporary Russian literary works have been translated into Vietnamese, making them available for local readers.

 The 4th industrial revolution with the rapid advancement of the cyber network and digital technology has brought great changes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A painting and photo exhibition to raise fund for disadvantaged students in the mountainous province of Lao Cai, Vietnam opened in Finland on August 27.

 An increasing number of new players are entering the Vietnamese beauty market as local consumers are becoming more conscious of beauty treatment and products.

To reaffirm their ambitions of developing Long Thanh International Airport, Hanoi General Export Import JSC and Hong Kong United Investors Holding submitted their proposal to the prime minister for approval.

 In Vietnam, e-commerce has posted weak annual growth in the fast-moving consumer goods market over the past five years, said Kantar Worldpanel in a recently released report on the Asian market.

 Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) will put 500 million shares on sale in two phases.

 The more aggressive enforcement of transfer pricing laws may make life harder for multinational companies in Vietnam who do not carefully follow the tax authority’s guidance.

 The Bkav Technology Group has spent VND500 billion (nearly US$22 million) since 2009 on researching and producing the indigenous smart phone called Bphone, its CEO Nguyen Tu Quang has revealed.

Electronics retailer Tran Anh Digital is seeking its shareholders’ approval to sell a 25 per cent stake to Mobile World, paving the way for a merger into the latter company.

VN will reform rice production to gain sustainable development in the production and export of rice, according to Viet Nam’s Rice Market Development Strategy from 2017 to 2020.

VN ranks the fifth most optimistic country globally with an index score of 117 in the latest Consumer Confidence Index released by Nielsen, its highest score in the past five years.

The speedy repossession of collateral is a credit-positive step for Vietnamese banks, which continue to grapple with legacy asset-quality issues caused by rapid credit growth, Moody’s Investors Services said.

The Hai Van Pass lies between Thua Thien-Hue province and Da Nang city in central Vietnam. It is around 20 kilometres in length and around 496 metres above sea level.

 Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan on August 28 won a gold medal in the men’s 56-kg event for Vietnam at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia.

 President Tran Dai Quang congratulated outgoing Ambassador Herminio Lopez Diaz on the latter’s successful term in Vietnam while receiving the Cuban diplomat in Hanoi on August 28.

 The New York-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) has called for donations to support poor students in rural villages of Quang Ngai and Lam Dong provinces for the new school-year.

The truck market is struggling as the demand for Chinese products has dropped dramatically, while car buyers have canceled their purchase plans and will not return until 2018 when import tariff cuts take effect, making vehicles cheaper.

Fifty-seven-year-old Nguyen Thi Hau has been pole-shouldering salt for more than half of her lifetime. She has never thought of quitting, but the poor crop of salt this year has discouraged her a bit.