Vietnam begins to issue vaccine passports on April 15

The People’s Committee of Ba Dinh district has submitted a proposal to the Hanoi People’s Committee on the organisation of two night-time pedestrian spaces around Ngoc Khanh lake and Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa peninsula on Truc Bach lake.

Blockchain application in Vietnam is now being used into many fields.

Reigning fencing champion Vu Thanh An will fly the flag for Vietnam at the 31st SEA Games while Olympic gold medallist Hoang Xuan Vinh will light the cauldron in Hanoi on May 12.

HCM City leaders and officials have held a meeting with some leading Asian corporations to discuss investment programmes that seek to promote the city’s economic and social reconstruction after COVID-19.

Vietnam targets nearly doubling the area for its industrial zones by 2030, offering overseas investors the necessary land as well as attractive policy incentives to entice them to establish production bases in the country.

During the last few years, Japanese investors boldly expanded their influence in Vietnam, especially in the retail sector.

Two decrees on the extension of deadlines for payment of taxes and land rental fees will take effect immediately after the Government’s approval, according to Dang Ngoc Minh, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Finance’s General Department of Taxation.

The top education official in HCM City says it is facing a serious shortage of teachers in several subjects, especially English and art.

Hanoi vice chairman Nguyen Manh Quyen has just signed a plan to install vending machines selling fruit at public places in the city by 2025.

Many international cruise lines are set to carry passengers to Vietnam during the peak travel season in late 2022, according to several major cruise tourism companies.

At a recent conference on State-owned enterprises (SOEs), Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that the Government will make significant decisions to solve problems and create motivation for the development of SOEs.

According to latest data by the Foreign Investment Department, as of March 20, 2022, registered foreign investment capital into Vietnam reached over US$8.9 billion, or 87.9% of the amount compared to the same period in 2021.

Different from Hanoi’s famous Mơ tofu, soya curds from Kênh in Thai Binh are well known far and wide for being thin, just 0.5 cm, and has a buttery and fragrant taste.

Once a student with the worst performance in class, Le Xuan Khoa won a scholarship and later defended his Ph.D. in Energy and Buildings at Ulster University (UK).

The Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment) said that in the first three months of 2022, the total newly and adjusted overseas investment capital of Vietnam reached US$211.45 million, equivalent to nearly 37% of the same period of last year.

The Investigation Police Agency has sent a written request to several localities to suspend the transfer, purchase and sale of assets and shares under the ownership of former FLC Chairman Trinh Van Quyet and related persons.

Deputy foreign minister To Anh Dung has been arrested over allegations he received bribes when organising repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many speculators in Vietnam have recently rushed to buy land lots in seemingly potential areas, in hope of earning big money.

NA Standing Committee’s 10th session opens

HCM City’s per capita income was estimated at VND8.9 million (USD383.62 million) per month in the first quarter of this year, up 36.5 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.

On April 14, Son Doong cave - the world's largest cave - one of the natural wonders of Vietnam was promoted on the Google search homepage of 17 countries and territories.

Vietnam Expo 2022 kicks off in Hanoi

A group of 10 Vietnamese athletes who have won medals at the Olympics, ASIAD, and SEA Games will conduct a torch relay ceremony during the opening ceremony of the upcoming 31st SEA Games in Hanoi.

The cost of living in Vietnam is currently among the cheapest compared to other countries throughout Southeast Asia, according to the newswire LivingCost.