Ministry of Finance proposes new housing tax

Vietnam will build another oil refinery, the third of its kind, to ensure a sufficient supply of petroleum products for local consumption, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.

Airlines are beginning to show clear signs of recovery, according to the securities firm Viet Capital Securities (VCSC).

A total of 63 Vietnamese peacekeepers at the Vietnamese Level-2 field Hospital No. 3 (L2FH3) in South Sudan have been honoured with UN Peacekeeping medals.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed developing nuclear energy on a small scale post 2030 in its latest version of the draft Vietnam Power Development Plan from 2021 – 2030 (PDP8) with a vision towards 2045.

Local restaurant chain owner, Golden Gate Joint Stock Company has announced the transfer of 35.95 percent of shares to a group of three new stakeholders from Singapore.

Foreign investors are pouring capital into Vietnam's logistics market to seize development opportunities after the pandemic.

While competition in the ride-hailing service market in Vietnam is fierce, the pressure on senior leaders of ride-hailing service firms is enormous.

Foreign visitors entering Vietnam no longer need to spend time in medical isolation, but a negative test is now necessary for entry, according to the latest COVID-19 policy for foreign travelers issued by the Ministry of Health.

Within a short time, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conducted three business trips which attracted the attention of the public.

Despite an incident in the final night on March 15 evening, Danh Chieu Linh of Vietnam surprisingly secured the first runner up title of the Mister Global 2022 held in Thailand.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed the conflict in Ukraine in a candid and constructive manner during a phone talk on March 15.

Coinbase and Binance pouring capital into Vietnam’s GameFi and DeFi projects is a positive sign for Vietnam's blockchain sector.

Hanoi's authorities have allowed dine-in food and beverage venues to operate as normal, lifting the requirement to close before 9pm which has been enforced for months to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The news that Hoa Binh province is willing to spend VND1 billion to attract professors and associate professors to teach at the provincial school for the gifted has raised controversy.

By 2025, Vietnam will have a generation of "digital customers". This generation has higher expectations about digital financial products and services.

The Prime Minister in 2020 approved Gazprom International’s investment (a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom Group) in the Quang Tri gas-fueled thermal power plant in the central province of Quang Tri.

Colonel Nguyen Van Khanh, former Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations of the Engineers Brigade No 83, says that young people mustn’t forget the 64 fallen soldiers who protected the sovereignty of the fatherland.

Despite revenue increases and large investment scale, Shopee and Airpay still reported losses in 2020. The two enterprises paid only billions of dong to the state budget, according to the Ministry ò Finance.

Many businesses in HCMC that are struggling to make a recovery after a long period of closure due to the pandemic, are now finding it very difficult to cope with the pressure to pay various infrastructure fees.