Vietnam’s first taxi service using electric motorbikes began services on August 14.

Huynh Tu Anh from Binh Duong Province was named the winner of The Face Vietnam 2023, the Vietnamese version of American modelling-themed reality TV series The Face.

The Authority of Information Security (DIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications has warned that the buying and selling of personal data has become increasingly common and complicated with a new risk of retailing individual data.

Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has been named as the only Vietnamese airport listed among the top 20 best airports in the world for queuing times as compiled by Casago, a vacation rental and property management company.

Opening with the theme of "The quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine”, the Hanoi culinary space is set to officially make its debut from September 29 to October 1.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC has been authorized to bring the dead body of striker Paollo Olivera who was killed together with two other Vietnamese in a tragic car accident several days ago back to his home in Lisbon, Portugal, for the funeral service.

A man who was heavily in debt was arrested on August 15 by police forces in Hanoi for kidnapping a seven-year-old boy for ransom money.

Vietnam spent US$4.3 million on importing more than 29.56 million tonnes of coal during the opening seven months of the year, representing an annual increase of over 10 million tonnes.

Two Vietnamese swimmers Nguyen Huu Kim Son and Hoang Quy Phuoc will not be joining up with the national team to compete at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 which will be held in China in September.

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development will field questions raised at the 25th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on August 15.

Vietnam is the largest cotton importer of Australia with 38.8% of the market share, according to the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) which predicted that Vietnam will hold this position in following years.

Vietnam’s Military Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has accomplished its peacekeeping tasks at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and came back to a homecoming ceremony held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 15.

HCM City aims to attract more foreign tourists

A total of 150 couples are expected to set a new Vietnam record for the largest number of participants in a mass wedding to be held on October 15.

National marine spatial planning project to be completed in 2023

The bidding package on construction and equipment installation of Passenger Terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will be implemented by a joint venture of six contractors.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has announced that after six years of operation, the derivative stock market has shown positive and stable growth, with active trading and an increasing number of investors.

The Government on August 14 issued Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP amending Resolution No. 32/NQ-CP dated March 15, 2022, regarding visa exemption for citizens of certain countries.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, participated in the opening ceremony of the international military-technical forum (Army 2023) in Moscow on August 14.

Vietnam’s economic growth is projected to be still positive in the short term, according to the London-based audit service supplier PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).