Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with HCM City on April 15-16 about socio-economic development in the first quarter of the year, amid the city’s low growth rate of 0.7 percent, the lowest since 1982.

Following problems with undersea fiber optic cables, Vietnamese telecom carriers have spent a lot of money to lease land transmission channels to ensure internet connection and improve the quality of some services.

Though the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement will remove import tariffs for many export items into the EU, costs for access to this market are set to increase in addition to strict rules of origin.

President Vo Van Thuong handed over a decision appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu as Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Marshall Islands, during a ceremony held on April 18.

Agrotourism breathes fresh air to rural development

Czech PM Petr Fiala to visit Vietnam this week

The Government Office sent a dispatch to the Minister of Industry and Trade regarding recommendations to deal with shortcomings in building and issuance of a pricing mechanism for electricity generation of transitional wind and solar-power plants.

Vietnam has set a target of increasing its green economy's contribution to GDP from $6.7 billion in 2020 to $300 billion by 2050, which requires drastic and breakthrough steps, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has been assigned to be head of a special working team on global minimum corporate tax.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen will build a US$350-million horse racecourse around Van Mountain - Vo Mountain relic in Dai Tu District.

Health authorities in the capital city of Hanoi discovered Covid’s newly-dominant XBB.1.5 variant which spreads more quickly or makes people more severely ill.

Many people in HCM City have returned to drinking coffee on the ground after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The food industry of Vietnam has significant potential for promoting international cooperation.

The central coastal province of Binh Thuan will host the second Vietnam International Photography Festival 2023, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 5th International Conference on Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development (GEOTEC HANOI 2023) will take place in Hanoi on May 14 and 15, with the participation of world leading professors, organisers told the press on April 17.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on April 17 the composition of the Vietnamese sport delegation to SEA Games 32 in Cambodia, featuring a total of 1,003 members including athletes, coaches, doctors, and experts.

The government has agreed in principle to reduce the value added tax (VAT) by 2% to 8%.

Ha Thi Hau met no difficulties in winning the inaugural XTERRA Asia-Pacific Trail Run Championship's 35km race at the picturesque Stony Brook Nature Farm in Kenting, Chinese Taipei on April 16.

“For me, elephants are not just animals. They are friends, members of my family, and even sacred animals,” said Y Sol Sruk, a young Dak Lak man.

Vietnam and Australia need to develop bilateral trade in a more balanced way by promoting the export of Vietnamese products to Australia, PM Pham Minh Chinh said while receiving Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell.