Vietnam protests China’s deployment of military transport aircraft to bring back its troops on reefs that are part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to the Chinese mainland as “violating its sovereignty.”

Vietnam’s edtech startups are luring the interest of both local and foreign venture capital funds as they are bringing new business models to tap into millions of online students.

Flautist Le Thu Huong has returned to Vietnam after spending six years studying at the University of North Texas with a full scholarship by the Vietnamese government for her doctorate.

Around 30 Vietnamese singers and artists from different generations have performed a new song titled Hãy Yên Lòng, Sài Gòn Ơi! (Don’t Worry, My Dear Sai Gon) to support HCM City amid the pandemic.

Many commercial banks have announced a 0.5-3 percent cut in lending interest rates and many policies to support customers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

After continuously issuing warnings about investment in corporate bonds, the Ministry of Finance has decided to take strong action against companies issuing "problematic" bonds to prevent risky behavior to the market.

The HCMC Fine Arts Association is organizing an online exhibition for the first time, introducing 103 paintings and statues by 63 painters and sculptors.

Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) poured over 2.43 billion USD into Vietnam in the first eight months of 2021, ranking third in terms of total registered capital after Singapore and Japan.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that distance learning through television for first, second and sixth graders will be launched in October.

Vietnam, US step up cooperation in agriculture

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is showing more positive signs, with higher vaccination rates and a decline in the number of new infections, raising hopes for businesses of a return to normality and providing support for the stock market.

Since the day Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh became the Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, there have been some fundamental changes made in the long march to fight the pandemic.

The Vietnamese national team may play in another stadium in the next round of World Cup qualifiers in the event that Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium is unable to meet the standards set by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with overseas Vietnamese in the US on September 22 (New York time) to listen to their aspirations as well as their ideas on development issues in the home country.

HCM City will gradually reopen economic activities in areas with less risk of COVID-19 infection after September 30.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed a number of solutions for developing countries to have access to more COVID-19 vaccines at the Global COVID-19 Summit themed “Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better".

Billionaire Nguyen Dang Quang, Chairman of Masan Group, has made new strides in conquering the Vietnamese telecom market by acquiring 70% shares of Mobicast JSC with a total value of VND295.5 billion (over $14 million).

With Vietnam boosting the inoculation of vaccines for people and support for enterprises to revitalise business and production activities, upcoming updated economic recovery scenarios will make it more favourable for macro monitoring.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had bilateral meetings with Presidents of Mongolia, Switzerland and Austria, and President of the European Council (EC) in New York on September 22 (local time).

Children under the age of 2 are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report by UNICEF.