Banks have reported satisfactory business results for 2020 and are projecting ambitious plans for 2021.

Miss Tourism World Vietnam 2021 pageants has been officially launched, with new rules.

An 8-year-old girl from the southern province of Tien Giang has been recorded as the first case with LEOPARD syndrome in Vietnam, according to doctor Tran Nguyen Anh Tu from the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital.

Vietnamese tend to be more open to digital banking services than people in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region such as Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand or Australia, according to a recent survey by FICO.

Foreign investment into Vietnam up sharply

Vietnam’s moves to reform and boost the performance of state-owned enterprises is just the latest in a long line of adjustments over the years, 

As UNSC President in April 2021, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 19 chaired a High-level Open Debate on "Cooperation between the UN and regional organisations in enhancing confidence-building and dialogue in conflict prevention and resolution".

A “land fever” is spreading throughout the country, from the North to the South, from the lowlands to the mountains. Everywhere, the price for land of all kinds, from housing to industrial to farming land is increasing.

The Ministry of Education and Training has presented its petitions to the Government calling for unchanging tuition fee for the 2020-2021 school year, in order to share the financial burden with parents and students.

With more than 17 years of his life dedicated to dancing, Nguyen Duy Thanh has established himself as one of the most outstanding contemporary dancers in Vietnam. 

Vietnam has the opportunity to manufacture electric cars more easily than other countries with already well-established auto industries because Vietnam has no auto industry that would need to to sacrificed, experts have said.

Fast-food restaurant chain Lotteria – a subsidiary of the Republic of Korea's Lotte Group – could close its Vietnamese franchise due to tepid performance.

An oil painting on canvas entitled Portrait de Mademoiselle Phương (Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong) by painter Mai Trung Thu has sold at an auction for the highest price paid for Vietnamese art.

Super typhoon Surigae is forecast to move north-northwest at speeds of between between 5 km and 10km per hour before eventually weakening into a tropical depression from April 20,

Many luxury hotels remain deserted with no foreign guests during Covid-19 and, as a result, hoteliers have slashed room rates to survive the difficult period.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that 5G is not just an opportunity to improve connection services and change Vietnam's telecommunications rankings, but also an opportunity to develop the country's ICT industry.

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Bach Mai Hospital Director Nguyen Quang Tuan has affirmed that the departure of 28 doctors will not affect the hospital's operations.

Facebook has kick-started a campaign on Instagram to encourage Vietnamese young people’s innovative spirits and promote values created by them on the photo and video sharing social networking service.

The HCMC Department of Transport has asked the city government to give priority in the next five years to six key transport projects worth $1.19 billion in order to clear congestion on roads leading to ports, especially Cat Lai Port in District 2.