Vietnamese Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long and his Hungarian counterpart Judit Varga on June 27 signed a cooperation programme between the two ministries for the 2022-2023 period.

A joint venture between India’s Adani Group and Vietnam’s Anh Phat Investment Construction & Trading JSC has been approved by authorities of Da Nang to start studying the development of a major seaport in the central city.

Govt approves appointment of contractors for North-South expy project

HCM City will focus on helping businesses invest in the Saigon Hi-tech Park in Thu Duc City by addressing slow administrative procedures, a conference on facilitating investment heard on June 27.

The Korea Content Creation Agency in Vietnam will organise a series of cultural-entertainment events this year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

HCM City will need to promote the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the education sector as part of its effort to become a smart city by 2030, experts said.

Despite newly-registered FDI dropping in the first half of the year, additionally-registered and share-purchased investments increased significantly on-year.

Vietnamese and French experts will join hands to renovate Hanoi City’s deteriorating Long Bien Bridge in the coming months.

The urban railway projects that have been and are under construction are all behind schedule, so the total investment must be adjusted.

Export prices have been escalating in all markets and hitting new records in the US. Vietnam’s catfish export turnover is expected to reach $2.6 billion this year, the highest in history.

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue on June 27 held a ceremony to mark WorldKings’ recognition of Phu Dien Tower built by the Cham people as a world record.

The rapid growth in e-commerce is driving an unprecedented increase in demand for logistics services, including express delivery services, according to industry insiders.

Experts have pointed out that many localities accept small-scale foreign-invested projects which don’t have much significance to the localities, and allocate too much land to these projects.

Vietnam exported over 206,000 tonnes of cashew nuts worth 1.19 billion USD in the first five months of 2022, down 7.81% in volume and 6.81% in value, the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS) reported.

AVG has changed hands, but it has not made an official announcement about the deal.

Returning to Thua Thien Hue after over two years of lockdown, Luu Hoang Long and his wife, a Vietnamese Australian, chose first to visit Dong Ba Market, the biggest traditional local shopping centre in the ancient royal city of Hue.

With powerful financial resources, big retailers are organizing retail chains that sell a wide variety of lower priced goods.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long pointed out five major directions for internet development with an aim of creating a safe, modern and humanitarian digital society at the VNNIC Internet Conference 2022 last week.

Although the population is aging rapidly, the nursing home market in Vietnam remains under-explored.

Non-Vietnamese nationals living in Vietnam will likely be granted an electronic identification account to perform public administrative procedures.

A new cooperation agreement between Vietnam and Hungary’s national assemblies was assigned by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his Hungarian counterpart László Kövér in Budapest on Monday.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has affirmed that her nation always attaches importance to Vietnam's role in the region, and pledges to continue strengthening its strategic partnership with the Southeast Asian nation.

The World Records Union (WorldKings) and the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings) on June 27 recognised the 222 coconut-based dishes cooked at an event held in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.

The Ministry of Health has proposed considering COVID-19 a Group A infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.

OnPoint has successfully raised $50 million in a series B fund-raising round from SeaTown Private Capital Master Fund managed by SeaTown Holdings International, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings.