Shares of Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle maker VinFast (VFS), owned by Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong amounted to US$93/share at a time, raising the market value to more than US$191 billion on the Nasdaq trading session on August 28.

Despite a busy schedule during his official visit to VN, Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong was able to share several photos of his meetings with VN senior leaders and photos taken by himself at sightseeing spots around Hanoi on his Facebook page.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on August 29 attended a conference in Hanoi to discuss measures aimed at speeding up Vietnam-Singapore joint projects.

Tropical Storm Saola, now active in the waters of the northeastern coast of Luzon island, the Philippines, is forecast to enter the East Sea on August 31, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

Foreign arrivals in Vietnam hit 1.2 million in August and topped 7.8 million in the first eight months of this year, nearing the target set for the whole year, reported the General Statistics Office on August 29.

US President Joe Biden will pay a visit to Vietnam from September 10-11, revealed spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on August 29.

Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) in August increased 0.88% month-on-month, fueled by higher prices of petroleum, rice and housing, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on August 29.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district has decided to extend the opening time of local pedestrian zones to four days during the National Day holiday, from September 1 to 4.

Director of the Vietnam Press Museum Tran Thi Kim Hoa has come to appreciate French collector Jean Marie Jacquemin’s donations of a book titled “1968 - 1973 Verrières-le-Buisson: Havre De Paix” (Verrières-le-Buisson: Safe Haven).

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed measures to support investment in hi-tech fields amid the global minimum tax regime.

The Central Highlands has long been a favorite tourist destination where people can admire the beauty of majestic waterfalls, mountains and vast green forests.

Sugar stocks all posted a weekly gain last week after India is expected to ban sugar exports in the next season starting in October.

Hanoi is working on a project to construct a tunnel at the Co Linh intersection on the road to Vinh Tuy bridge (Belt Road No.2) in Long Bien district, in a bid to ease traffic congestion in the area.

Country Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in Vietnam Andreas Stoffers has anticipated that the Vietnamese economy will continue its growth track.

Like VinFast, VNG, a unicorn technology firm, plans to list common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with the VNG trading code.

As of the end of July, the tax sector collected a total of 25.608 trillion VND (1.06 billion USD) in tax arrears, reported the General Department of Taxation.

According to the latest survey by Internations - a global network of expats with more than 4 million members - Vietnam ranked 14th out of 53 best countries for expats, seven places lower than its rate in 2022.

As sidewalks were full of motorbikes, some people had to burn votive papers on the road.

The energy sector is a new important pillar of cooperation added to the Vietnam-Singapore Framework Cooperation Agreement,

Vietnamese coffee exports have witnessed positive signs thanks to constant soaring prices in recent times, according to the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV).

Flooding due to the rising water levels in the Mekong River amid the ongoing rains has brought fish and other creatures into rice fields in Đồng Tháp Province.

The Mekong Delta, so far considered one of the largest rice fields, fruit orchards, and aquaculture farms in the nation, is in need of breakthrough mechanisms and policies to attract more investment for further agricultural development.

The Thai is the third-largest in the country, with around 1.5 million people, ranking only after the Kinh and Tày groups.

The spouse of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Le Thi Bich Tran, and the spouse of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Ho Ching, visited the Vun Art Cooperative in Ha Dong district, Hanoi on August 28 afternoon.

The organisation of live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) is a serious infringement upon Vietnam's territorial sovereignty over Truong Sa.