Ho Chi Minh City is facing challenges to realise its yearly growth target of 7.5%, as the rates recorded in the first and second quarters failed to meet expectations.

Cashless payments are developing rapidly in Vietnam, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, with transactions via banks averaging 40 billion USD per day, according to Pham Anh Tuan, Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Payment Department.

PM attends inauguration of two expressways in south central region

The Hoan Kiem Lake weekend promenade and its environs in downtown Hanoi have become a brand, a cultural boulevard and a highlight of the capital city.

Predictions about real estate firms remain worrisome. Twenty-three businesses will not be able to maintain operation until the end of the third quarter and only 43 percent will exist by the end of the year unless conditions approve.

Despite weak global consumer demand, many foreign buyers are still looking to Vietnam for sourcing goods and business cooperation.

The country's attractiveness as a destination for FDI in Southeast Asia with a young, increasingly educated and competitive workforce should help to keep long-term development intact.

Plans to ban motorcycles from urban areas have been floated several times over the years, and experts and residents have raised concerns about its feasibility.

The greatest challenge for helping enterprises in Vietnam achieve sustainable development and the net zero target by 2050 is to adopt a suitable policy to attract more green loans.

Dairy products for the elderly and pork are not included in the list of goods and services for price stabilization in the amended draft Law on Prices.

Tourism and culture authorities in HCM City are coordinating to exploit cultural and historical heritage assets for development of heritage tourism and increase the city’s competitiveness as a top tourist destination in Asia.

The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) under the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand has recommended Thai businessmen to study the possibility of exploiting Vietnam's steadily growing retail market.

The western region of Quang Tri Province is renowned for its array of potential tourist destinations that still preserve their hidden natural allure.

The Ho Chi Minh City Police yesterday prosecuted and arrested Latvian citizen Aigars Plivčs who is temporarily residing in Thu Duc City for the crime of “Lending heavy interest in civil transactions”.

Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang Giang arrived in New Delhi on June 17 for an official visit to India.

If one has never personally pick fruit at an orchard and enjoy it, a visit to fruit orchards in Bình Dương Province on the occasion of the Đoan Ngọ Festival to try out this activity will definitely make for an unforgettable experience.

Young theatre directors of HCM City are working to introduce their art in a southern style with a series of shows in HCM City this summer.

Ede girls learn from their grandmothers and mothers to weave brocade fabric and make clothes and blankets when they are little. These products are for family use and given by a bride as gifts for her in-laws.

Huynh Nhat Quang, 11 years old, is a Tay ethnic artist living in Lang Son Province who has received the grand prize of the 4th De Men (Cricket) Children Award in May this year.

Vietnamese traditional music is reaching out into the world with melodies and songs that are going viral, particularly with the younger generation.