After 30 years of collection, tea master Ngo Thi Thanh Tam from HCM City has set a world record for the world's largest collection of Yixing teapots.

Vietnam earned nearly US$1.9 billion from fruit and vegetables exports during the first five months of this year, representing an increase of 29% year on year, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit).

Steve Biegun, senior vice president of Global Public Policy at Boeing, unveiled the firm’s long-term investment plan during his May 26 meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien in Detroit, USA.

A new government decree is expected to help remove difficulties for the domestic leisure property market, which is experiencing a 10-year low in demand, experts have said.

The central city of Da Nang targets to become an attractive logistics centre of the central key economic region by 2030, and the key gateway of the East-West Economic Corridor and an important link of the Asia-Pacific transport corridor by 2050.

Electricity imports from Laos and China accounted for just a modest part of the total electricity demand of Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.

Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung won the best director prize at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival for "La passion de Dodin Bouffant" (The Pot-au-Feu) on May 27.

Of the eight Vietnamese students participating in the Asia-Pacific Physics Olympiad 2023, four won bronze medals and four received certificates of merit.

Vietnam invested nearly 316.4 million USD abroad in the first five months of this year, equivalent to 93.5% of the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

As the world has reduced its dependence on traditional non-renewable energy sources, industrial metals, especially copper, will become an indispensable material for the transformation to green energy.

Real estate stocks have currently entered the medium-term recovery wave in the long-term downtrend, but the wave usually lasts three to six months.

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According to experts, personal digital signatures used for electronic transactions satisfy need for authentication of a user's identity. It will be an indispensable part in digital transformation and digital economy development.

Vietnamese enterprises are facing extreme hardships, according to a report sent to the prime minister by the National Private Economic Development Research Board.

Many areas in Hanoi are facing a serious water shortage due to the surging demand during the prolonged hot weather.

Authorities in the southern island city of Phu Quoc have just asked the investor of a 12-storey hotel building that has been illegally built in Duong To Commune to dismantle their construction within three months.

Investors who plan to participate in Viet Nam's social housing market in the future should balance selling price, construction quality and sustainability factors to succeed in the market, experts said.

Charter capital of banks is expected to have a big change this year as four State-owned banks are considering an increase in capital while the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has approved a capital hike for 21 private banks.

Local enterprises were going through a particularly difficult situation, a survey conducted by the National Private Economic Development Research Board under the Government’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform has revealed.

Many fluctuations in the domestic and foreign financial-economic markets have appeared, causing steel enterprises to adjust their business plans.

The handling of 12 loss-making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has seen improvements with some starting to earn profits or recovering production after dozens of years in stagnation.

Vietnam is currently among the top five countries that supply a large volume of commodities to the Walmart hypermarket chain, according to Sarah Thon, senior director of Global Government Affairs of Walmart.

A series of events and activities will be held under the 2023 Cashless Day to promote the adoption of non-cash payment and contribute to achieving the Government’s plans to drive Vietnam towards a cashless society.

Six cows were killed in a lightning strike during heavy rain in the northern province of Son La on Friday.