Firms in supporting industries in Vietnam are in desperate need of high-qualified and skilled workers in addition to solutions regarding capital and raw materials.

As Vietnamese young people are increasingly borrowing more money to buy consumer goods, consumer credit is considered to have a lot of potential.

Tran Mai Ngoc and Dinh Anh Hoang played explosively, winning a gold for Vietnam in the mixed doubles table tennis event at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia after two decades of waiting.

National Assembly Chair Vuong Dinh Hue has requested consideration of a suggestion to add banking, securities and real estate businesses to the list of business fields subject to a reduction of the value-added tax (VAT) from 10 percent to 8 percent.

Vietnamese logistics firms believe that their workforce, infrastructure and service lines are not inferior to foreign ones. But they say they still have to work for foreign firms located in Vietnam.

Many car dealers have complained that the market is sluggish and the inventory level is alarming. The long-lasting losses have forced them to cut their workforce or even consider shutting down.

The amount of drugs seized via air routes has been increasingly lately, with the majority of drugs being transported from Europe, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Experts believe that exempting or reducing personal income tax (PIT) will help attract specialists and scientists to work for hi-tech zones.

The US Department of Commerce has announced an extension of the investigation period of trade remedy tax evasion for several goods imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam for the first time secured the top place at a Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) held outside its territory after topping the medal tally at SEA Games 32 in Cambodia.

The objective of the PDP8 is to develop renewable energy sources for electricity generation to cover 67.7-71.5 per cent of the total by 2050.

Apparel firms scaling down business targets

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that the Via Ba Chua Xu festival in An Giang Province will be selected to be Vietnam’s nomination in 2024 for UNESCO's recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will inspect accommodation services at star-rated hotels in some localities from June to October this year.

Repair has been finished on two of the five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world, namely Intra Asia (IA) and SMW3, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

PM Pham Minh Chinh to attend expanded G7 Summit in Japan

A walking route on the rampart of the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has been temporarily shut after being graffitied.

The HCMC Department of Tourism has proposed that the City Hall be opened to tourists on public holidays in the upcoming time.

South Korean singer-songwriter Paul Kim recently collaborated with Vietnamese singers in Eye Contact Live, a famous YouTube show featuring music performances on the streets across Vietnam.

The HCM City People’s Court on Tuesday (May 16) sentenced two men from Da Nang, Ho Ngoc Tai, 34, and Tran Ngoc Hoang, 40, to life imprisonment for stealing cryptocurrency worth more than VNĐ37 billion (US$1.5 million).