Annually, Vietnam reports over 15,000 fresh stomach cancer cases including 11,000 deaths, announced at a scientific seminar lately held in Hoan My Sai Gon Hospital.

Out of 19 sectors invested in by foreign firms, processing and manufacturing made up the highest proportion, with $186.1 billion of registered capital.

 Mr. Pham Van Quang, 62, is one of the last moon-cake mold makers in Hanoi. He has pursued the job for nearly four decades.

Under a proposal by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the payment for cross-border services will be made through the national payment portal NAPAS, a unit belonging to the State Bank. 

 Founded right after the national reunification day of April 30, 1975, An Khe Cooperative of Rattan and Bamboo products is considered the oldest of its kind in Da Nang city.

 An agricultural waste treatment that uses bioproducts has been developed by scientists from the Centre of New Material and the Hanoi Gardening Association. 

 Xuan La village in Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi, has long been famous for making To He, a traditional toy made of rice powder. This is the only village in Vietnam that makes the toy figurines.

 In 2017, Vietnam saw soaring foreign investment capital inflows totalling at $35.6 billion, up 44.2 per cent compared to 2016.

 Trigger-finger and trigger-thumb, the painful condition common in middle-aged women and people with diabetes, may occur in young people who overuse smartphones.

 Vietnam is among world’s leading honey exporters in both volume and value. Honey, as an important export item, has penetrated demanding markets like the US, EU and Japan.

 Foreign funds are making their way back to Vietnamese banks, as the sector cleans up bad debts and improves corporate governance.

The modern retail model is one of the best ways to approach the Vietnamese consumer goods market, with its young population, rising income, and shifting consumption habits, from traditional stores to shopping malls.

Exchange rates were forecast to rise slightly in the coming years as the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) fixed interest rates for mobilised deposits at 0 per cent, following the FED’s plan to raise the USD interest rate three times in 2018.

 Among the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, the M’nong are famous for capturing and taming elephants.

 Phuc Loc Tay 1 bronze casting village in the central province of Khanh Hoa is very busy as the Tet holiday nears.

 Anyone who meets Pham Thi Huong Giang, initiator and key operator of the Flood Resistant Houses, always wonders how this woman has so much energy to handle her heavy workload.

 Vietnam's total export-import turnover since the beginning of the year has reached $400 billion, recording the highest trade surplus ever, with $3.17 billion.

Vietnam’s national head coach Park Hang-seo confirmed that his team would try to pull off a miracle at the upcoming Asian Football Confederation U23 Football Championship in China.

HCM City has targeted testing at least 17,045 additional people with tuberculosis (TB), including 7,840 new patients with pulmonary TB, next year, according to the city’s TB Prevention and Control Programme.

Here are the 10 most outstanding cultural and tourism events of 2017.