The sixth Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 1 on January 19 with the theme “Holding Hands Tightly”.

Ca Hom – Ben Ba sedge mat weaving village in Ham Tan commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh province provides the Mekong Delta region with hundreds of thousands of colourful sedge mats each year.

Dr. Suiwah Leung, Honorary Associate Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, looks back on 2018 and ahead to 2019.

 To capture the high-quality investment inflow, Vietnam must improve its competitiveness significantly as it ranked 77th in the Global Competitiveness Report 2018, a position quite low compared to other regional countries

Mr. Vo Tan Long, Technology Consulting Partner at PwC Consulting Vietnam, tells VET how banks and fintech companies can play an even bigger role in making financial inclusion a reality.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches closer by the rise and fall of the sun, Vietnamese ornamental plant growers in Van Giang village, northern Hung Yen province, are busier tending and receiving a raft of orders for bonsai pomelo trees.

 Foreign direct investment enterprises accounted for 65.22 per cent of Vietnam’s total trade turnover in 2018, representing a 11.7 per cent on-year rise, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 The prices of automobiles remained high in spite of the import duty on completely-built-up cars imported from ASEAN markets falling to zero from 30% in 2017. 

 The Vietnamese market remains an ideal destination for Japanese restaurant chains, as proved by the increasing number of Japanese companies looking for opportunities to expand to the country, particularly targeting the mid- and high-income segments.

 Serious congestion has been reported around the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City recently due to increasing traffic as Tet nears.

 Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre will participate in the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK) which will be held in India from January 20 to 24.

 Residents of Nghi Yen Commune in the province of Nghe An are still waiting for relocation despite suffering severe environmental pollution.

VN coach Park Hang-seo said his team can still progress in the Asian Cup as they prepare to face Jordan.

 The Việt Nam Boxing Federation and Việt Nam Boxing Council signed a contract yesterday in HCM City to professionalise the sport of boxing in the country.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has forecasted that Vietnam would face a trade deficit of US$3 billion this year.

 Children at some kindergartens in the northern mountainous province of Son La have fires to keep warm in their classroom in these chilly cold days.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised former US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts for bilateral ties during a reception in Hanoi on January 18. 

VN considered the US an important partner and was willing to bolster bilateral ties in all fields, especially in economic co-operation, trade, investment, science-technology, and education and training

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Hanoi on Friday for a delegation from the Republic of Korea -Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group led by its Chairman Kim Hak-yong.

Viet Nam needed to improve its legal framework on child labour, especially regulations on minors working in informal sectors, experts recommended.