President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Tokyo on September 26 as part of his stay in Japan to attend the state funeral for former PM Abe Shinzo.

“Vietnamese are proud of their intelligence. But why can’t we renovate industry to improve competitiveness?” entrepreneur Mai Huu Tin said. He hopes that one day, Vietnamese businesses will take over large automobile manufacturers of the world.

With similar policies, the localities that "dare to think and dare to do" will develop more strongly. One example is Quang Ninh province.

Never in their wildest dreams did IT engineers Chu Quang Khanh and Pham Duong Nam ever imagine that they would be on the stage receiving an award for their work on national security.

The series is the brainchild of former supermodel Ha Vy and director Hoang Cong Cuong, who is the mastermind of several big events in Vietnam including the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) 31 in Hanoi in May.

Rice, which is Vietnam’s most important crop and grown on more than half of its agricultural land area, accounts for 48 per cent of the agriculture sector’s GHG emissions and over 75 per cent of methane emissions.

Number of air passengers down 14% in September

The vocational training system of Vietnam needs reforming to create highly-skilled human resources that meet the requirements of the labour market in increasingly integrated international market, experts said.

The visa process does not always go smoothly. Sometimes, it moves so slowly that some specialists cannot enter Vietnam on schedule, leading to production disruptions.

The Government needs to carefully evaluate the effectiveness of the petrol and oil price stabilisation fund in keeping the commodity’s retail prices stable before deciding to maintain or eliminate the tool, experts said.

Embedded finance is the next big thing in the financial services industry as it has integrated seamlessly into the local fintech landscape in recent years, experts said at a meeting last Friday in HCM City.

Upcoming entertainment and cultural events in Vietnam's major cities on September 26-October 2.

PM orders urgent measures against Storm Noru

Vietnamese beauties boasted of their charm in a traditional costume segment of the ongoing Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 taking place on September 23.

ADB Country Director Andrew Jeffries has talked on the recent interest rate hike by the State Bank of Vietnam in the context of the Fed, ECB and a number of countries raising their rates to curb inflation.

Many prop-tech startups are facing challenges, though it is a new market with potential in Vietnam.

India's restriction on rice exports is said to have an impact on the volume and price of Vietnamese rice exports.

The auction’s highlight is Les Rapides de Cho Bo, a six-panel lacquer screen with gold highlights, painted in 1942 by Le Quoc Loc. The artwork is estimated to fetch €400,000 ($396,000), the highest price of the lot.

Referred to as the “Halong Bay of the northwest region”, Nong Dung Lake has recently been attracting tourists as an ecotourism destination due to its emerald water and poetic scenery.

The forex market has seen heavy fluctuations amid a tense situation as the US has raised interest rates as well as other central banks. The high prices of USD have affected the Vietnamese dong.