The steel industry is predicted to grow by 12-15 per cent in the next five years, the Viet Nam Steel Association (VSA) reported at a June 12 workshop in HCM City.

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 Residents in two communes of the southern province of Binh Dinh have raised a heated protest against titanium mining activities, citing pollution concerns.

South Korea-based CJ Entertainment company, in co-operation with its Vietnamese partner, Yeah1 CMG, has completed a new film on teenage love in hopes of drawing young audiences.

Eight years ago, a 24-year-old man from the Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap, who identified as gay at the time, decided he wanted to change his gender.

More frequent and severe natural disasters in Viet Nam due to climate change can push children into child labour if proper preventive measures are not taken, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned.

 In the first five months of this year, auctions held on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) raised VNĐ2.42 trillion (US$107 million), a year on year increase of 24 per cent.

 Four universities in Vietnam have been evaluated and accredited for meeting international standards by the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) in France.

The Thuy Ta Ice-cream Joint Stock Company will trade three million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on June 20.

Japanese actress and MC Rika Takeuchi has been crowned Miss Vietnam Festival in Japan.

Two lacquer paintings by artists Nguyen Gia Tri and Phi Phi Oanh are being exhibited at gallery 1 of the National Gallery of Singapore.

 People in Hanoi and throughout the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam are starting to wake up and realize the gravity of the country’s air pollution problem, Nguy Thi Khanh told an air quality panel this past May.

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Foreign-invested automobile manufacturers have denied a MOIT report about Vietnam’s automobile industry that says assembled-in-Vietnam cars are twice as expensive as Thailand’s and Indonesia’s.

 The People’s Committee of Hanoi has asked the relevant agencies to warn residents to not go out if they feel a thunderstorm is approaching.

Vietnam won four more golds and one more silver on the second day of the Thailand Open Track and Field Championship in Bangkok on June 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort of the Sun Group has brought home four World Travel Awards for the fourth consecutive year, on the occasion of its fifth anniversary.

 The Saigon Bank for Industry and Trade (SaigonBank) has appointed Vu Quang Lam as its CEO with effect from Monday.

 The city’s environment quality has become a bigger worry for residents due to heavy pollution caused by wastewater, dust, noise and solid waste, said Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council.

 Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has requested investors of waste treatment facilities to let local residents come and inspect next month, said Le Van Khoa, the city’s vice chairman.

 The average Internet speed in Vietnam has risen to 9.5 megabit per second (Mbps) to take the 58th spot in the world rankings, according to a report by content delivery network service provider Akamai.

A new training programme to improve the quality of healthcare employees will be set up by the Ministry of Health in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labour, Invalids ...

 The big-ticket North-South Expressway project is not on the agenda of the National Assembly at its ongoing session in Hanoi.

 More than 8,400 households in HCMC have been made vulnerable to floods by environment cleanup and road upgrade projects.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”  will serve as head judge in the 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam.