The HCM City government has instructed the Department of Construction to resolve the problems faced by 116 real estate projects, mostly legal bottlenecks, a demand made by the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA).

Vietnam keeps an eye on severe pneumonia cases in medical facilities and transport of poultry.

The Transport Ministry has decided to form a task force to examine the management and coordination of airport slots at three international airports of Noi Bai, Da Nang, and Tan Son Nhat.

Traffic on the road from Nguyen Trai to Nga Tu So (Hanoi) was disturbed on the morning of March 3 because of a unique procession of the festival of five villages in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed the Government turn down the HCMC government’s proposal to impose a higher property tax on people who own a second home.

The purpose of delaying these payments is to help manage cash flows. However, businesses are still required to make full payments to the budget deficit.

Hanoi is experiencing serious air pollution which has been forecasted to worsen in the days to come.

Viet Nam market recorded eight IPO deals in 2022 which, although lower than the 13 IPOs recorded in 2021, saw the mobilised fund quadruple from US$15.6 million to $71.4 million.

HCM City has great potential to become a UNESCO ‘World Book Capital’ thanks to having a number of venues and events promoting reading, according to local officials.

Many karaoke parlors cannot resume operation after being upgraded as required by state management agencies. No one has certified that the facilities now meet requirements.

Hospitals nationwide have so far been confronting a lack of both medicine and medical equipment, yet not much has been done to address the grave issue.

Despite improvement in 2022, occupancy and room rates in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to real estate service provider Savills Vietnam.

Many hotpot and barbecue restaurants in Hanoi have lost customers since mid-February after the Hanoi Police’s campaign set up checkpoints to handle alcohol content violations.

Eight commercial banks have received new credit growth quotas for this year, with seven of them entitled to lend less than last year.

The Hokkaido festival is scheduled to take place in Ha Long city in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh this November to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations which were originally established in 1973.

Ba Ria - Vung Tau has proposed exempting visas for international visitors from key markets and abolishing regulations regarding travel COVID-19 insurance, in an effort to attract more foreign visitors to Vietnam and the locality in particular.

The rate of cesarean sections in VN among pregnant women has been increasing over the past 15 years, reaching 37 percent in 2022, higher than the rate recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

The Heat finished top of the league with 11 wins and three losses for the first time in history. Behind them, in second to fourth, were NS Matix, Hongkong Eastern and Singapore Slingers, respectively.

Total revenue from domestic and foreign tourists in the first two months of 2023 reached 85.6 trillion VND (over 3.6 billion USD), the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) reported on March 2.

The substantial rise in input parameters, influenced by the prices of imported coal, gas, and oil, led to EVN's significant loss last year.

Vehicle registration centers still don’t have enough officers to undertake their workload. The images of long queues of cars waiting for registration have again appeared in Hanoi.

Approximately $1.2 billion could be invested in Vietnam by the Dutch business community in the coming year, according to the Dutch Business Association Vietnam.

After a long hibernation period in 2020-2021 because of Covid-19, the tourism industry is recovering well thanks to the great efforts of the government, localities and travel firms.

To preserve the uniqueness of the culture of the Central Highlands, 37-year-old Vo Minh Luan has travelled all over the country collecting artifacts about elephants for over 10 years.

The public will have to accept the 5-7 percent electricity price increase in 2023 as EVN has incurred a big loss of VND31 trillion and if it is not allowed to raise electricity prices, national energy security will be threatened.