The first days of the New Year are the time for scammers to increase their activities. The most common tricks are stealing information and money from victims’ accounts.

There remained more than 1.97 million poor and near-poor households nationwide based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in 2022.

The prospect of economic growth and market upgradation is the driving force to attract cash flow into the stock market.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted creating more jobs, improving labourers' skills and giving priority to solving the housing issues of workers as the key tasks of the labour sector during a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

HCM City is likely to face hurdles caused by a global recession this year and escalating uncertainty, Deputy Chairman of its People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc has warned.

Minister of State Greg Hands of the UK Department for International Trade arrived in Hanoi on February 1 for high-level trade talks on how the UK joining of the CPTPP will boost the economic firepower of the world’s most dynamic trade bloc.

Vietnam must start monitoring and issuing carbon certificates to exporters and retailers in response to the EU's recently passed carbon levy, said industry insiders and policymakers.

Vietnam and Trinidad and Tobago officially established the diplomatic ties on February 1.

Fostering knowledge via online learning platforms is a new way of cultivating digital skills, thus creating a digital nation.

Outstanding loans in the real estate sector have topped VND1,200 trillion, according to the Ministry of Construction.

The HCMC Department of Transport has proposed developing six projects to widen and upgrade existing roads under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) format with a total cost of VND100 trillion.

Many cruise ships have begun carrying foreign passengers to Vietnam, particularly during the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, signaling the recovery of international tourism after more than two years of declining due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Dinh Tien Dung said that two cities in the north and the west would serve as new growth poles of Hanoi as they would help ease population density in the inner city and develop the economy in poorer districts.

More than VND638 trillion in public investment capital for this year has been allocated, reaching over 90% of the target set by the Prime Minister, according to a Ministry of Finance report.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to have a hotter summer this year.

The vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) AVAC ASF LIVE developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd.  is expected to be distributed nationwide from February this year,

Vietnamese startups secured $855 million in fresh funding in 2022, which is only one-third compared to the value in 2021, according to a recent report by Nextrans.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) recorded a big loss of VND29 trillion in 2022. The figure may even double this year.

As living standards have risen, the Vietnamese have taken to keeping more breeds of cats from overseas, many of which cost a lot and require much care.

The nation has been listed among the top 10 best places to go for a budget honeymoon in 2023 by prestigious global travel website Lonely Planet.

Vietnam is predicted to record a rise of 6.6% in industrial production in 2023, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Vietnamese athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, scheduled for July 26 to August 11, 2024, will receive 1 million USD in bonus for each gold medal; 500,000 USD for silver and 200,000 for bronze.

Party chief’s book on corruption fight to make debut

The world’s most popular search engine Google has paid tribute to Suong Nguyet Anh, the first female editor of the nation’s first women’s newspaper by posting a drawing of her on its homepage on February 1.

Australian travel magazine Traveller has listed Banh Cuon, Vietnamese steamed rice rolls, among the top 10 best meals from around the world that visitors should try in 2023.