Officials hope it will boost spending as the city's economy struggles after a tumultuous year.

Toilet rolls have become hot property in the city due to a shortage from coronavirus panic-buying.

At least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, health authorities said.

Vietnam Airlines will use wide-body aircraft to evacuate a large number of passengers from China’s Hong Kong to Vietnam and vice versa this week, as the new coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak is ravaging the region.

Vietnam Airlines is resuming flights between Vietnam and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (China) as from February 2 after the civil aviation authority permitted the resumption to repatriate affected passengers amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic.

Only 11.6% of Vietnam’s 57.5 million workforce are high skilled, and the rate of English proficiency is 5%.

Insurer FWD Group confirmed on November 12 its purchase of Vietcombank-Cardif Life Insurance (VCLI), an unit of Vietnam’s largest listed lender by market value, Vietcombank.

The average price of rice exports during the first nine months of the year suffered a sharp decline of 13.4 per cent to US$435.6 per tonne, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

Hong Kong (China) topped 109 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year with total capital of $5.89 billion, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Designer Vu Ta Linh will present his latest collection at Centrestage – Asia’s Fashion Spotlight which will be held from September 4 to 9 in Hong Kong.

Vietnam has claimed two gold medals at the ongoing Shuttlecock World Championships 2019 in France on August 21-24.

Vietnam's U22 team beat Kitchee SC of Hong Kong 2-0 in a friendly match at the Promotion Fund for Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) Football Training Centre in the northern province of Hung Yen on August 14.

Hong Kong retained its crown as Vietnam’s leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of this year, pouring US$5.44 billion in the country, according to the Foreign Investment Agency said.

Vietnam’s container throughput surpassed Hong Kong’s in the first half of this year, possibly in part due to trade diversion amid the trade war between China and the US, reported the Chinese news site Caixin Global.

Vietnam attracted a total of US$7.5 billion in fresh investments from China, including Hong Kong, in the first half of this year, which is more than 30% higher than in all of 2018.

Hong Kong topped the list of 95 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the January-June period, with a total investment of $5.3 billion, making up 28.7 percent of the new FDI inflow into the country.

Vietnam’s dairy makers are accessing more opportunities to increase exports, but companies need to enhance their competitiveness in foreign markets and develop a concentrated production scale.