Entrepreneurs blaze a trail in the city

Die-hard entrepreneurs are re-inventing themselves to solve business problems and find their niches in Ho Chi Minh City.

VN ranks 48th in Global Innovation Index 2022

Vietnam ranked 48th among the 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index 2022 (GII 2022).

Outstanding policies take effect in October 2022

A string of new policies on higher vehicle registration fee, termination of compulsory unemployment insurance premium, electronic identification and authentication and cybersecurity come into effect in October 2022.

Vietnam issues new regulations on storing data in cyberspace businesses

The data must be stored for at least 24 months, and system logs for criminal investigation purposes must be stored for at least 12 months.

12 sailors dead from suspected food poisoning on Chinese vessel, nine more hospitalised

Nine more critical ill sailors were saved after being taken to hospital in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Tran Van Thao becomes first Vietnamese IBA champion

Tran Van Thao won the International Boxing Association (IBA) belt after overcoming Andrew Laurio of the Philippines, marking a significant milestone in his career and Vietnamese boxing as a whole by becoming the nation’s first IBA champion.

Users of Vietnamese digital platform surge 23.5% in August

Vietnamese’s use of domestic digital platforms recorded a year-on-year rise of 23.5% in August, with 494 million users.

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Prime Minister chairs teleconference to review Jan-Sept socio-economic performance

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Much room for sustainable growth of industrial real estate

Vietnam looks to upgrade int'l merchant fleet

Vietnam’s maritime sector is striving to upgrade its international merchant fleet in order to reduce the country’s dependency on foreign-owned vessels in export-import activities.

Banking, real estate not ideal options for short-term investors

By the end of this year, oil and gas, transportation, insurance, retail, and hydropower sectors will see positive signals, while the banking and real...

Supply shortage pushes up prices of many drugs

The prices of anaesthetics have increased due to supply disruptions, said insiders at some hospitals and dental clinics.

Vietnamese paragliders to fly high at World Cup

They are among the 120 best pilots in the world, gathering in Gochang, a county in North Jeolla Province.

Three police officers dismissed from force after beating teenagers

They are Captain Chau Minh Trung, Lieutenant Nguyen Quang Thai and Lieutenant Doan Tan Phong.

Vietnam has “golden chance” to welcome new FDI wave

Vietnam has a “golden chance” to attract a new wave of foreign investment, especially to economic zones (EZs) and industrial parks (IPs), according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

Foreign movies generate more revenue than locally produced films

After one week of release, the film ‘Suddenly Winning the Lottery’ earned VND 71 billion and remained firmly at No. 1 on the box office revenue chart. The film is one of the foreign films generating more revenue than locally produced films.

Ministry to keep coal-fired thermal power projects

To avoid legal risks, thermal power projects in the 8th national power development plan need to be retained, especially BOT (build, operate, transfer) projects, which involve foreign investors, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said.

EVFTA advantages threatened by tough competition

Although Vietnam is hoping for stunning growth in seafood exports, particularly in the likes of basa fish and shrimp, the nation’s share in the EU market and utilisation of its trade deal with the bloc remain under some pressures.

Vietnam wastes 160 tons of agricultural by-products a year

If 1 million by-products in the seafood industry were processed into valuable products, they would bring in US$4-5 billion. Vietnam produces 160 million tons of by-products a year.

Vietnam records high digital banking growth

Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest growth rates in digital banking though it is still a developing economy, according to international organizations.

Shopee empire is being shaken up

Aspiring to become a super app, Shopee is facing challenges, including in the Vietnamese market.

Corporate bond market reform adds safety net for investors

The fresh and stringent legislative framework for the corporate bond market is slated to pave the way for a better debt sector in Vietnam, while the interests of issuers and investors could be safeguarded.

Call of the past

The past artisans might have not imagined that the vases they made would become special cultural values, which are being hunted and those prices paid equal many years of hard work.

Young Khmer-Vietnamese woman earns high profits from flower "massage"

In the first half of the year, Chal Thy could not succeed but finally was able to learn how to pat and massage flowers so that sweet nectar would be secreted.

Nam Dinh museum preserves traditional rural way of life

The Rural Museum, located in the tranquil village of Binh Di in Giao Thien Commune, Giao Thuy District, is about 110km from Hanoi.