Having hold of a large amount of bad debts mortgaged by real estate, Viet Nam’s four biggest State-owned banks are urgently recovering the debts, but the work remains tough for them due to the slowdown of the realty market.

The revised Law on Citizenship Identity will expand the scope of application compared to current regulations, including people of Vietnamese origin living in Vietnam but whose nationality has not yet been determined.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has released a ‘White List’ and ‘Black List’ which enterprises can refer to when they consider advertisement plans.

In Hanoi, Secretary Blinken will meet with senior officials to build on the momentum of US President Joe Biden’s call with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong late last month.

This year’s PAPI report reflected public optimism about the national economy, with 66.1 per cent of respondents rating the national economy as good in 2022, a 19.4 per cent increase from the previous year.

Australian travel website Escape recently listed a range of interesting activities that visitors should experience when traveling to the nation.

In recent years, bamboo has been held in high regard within the concept of the country’s modern diplomacy, to promote a unique and special foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, flexibility, and diversification of relations.

The Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-18 at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

The Ministry of Health on April 12 sent an urgent dispatch on strengthening the prevention and control of COVID-19 to the People's Committees of all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities.

The Asian Record Organisation has recognised nine Asian records for famous Vietnamese dishes/food groups and specialties nominated by the Vietnam Records Organisation (VietKings).

With 1,350 craft villages, including over 300 traditional handicraft villages, Hanoi capital city has abundant resources for the development of cultural industries throughout its metropolitan area.

The business community was happy to hear that the Prime Minister has released urgent instructions requesting ministries, branches and localities to quickly solve  problems that are obstructing enterprises’ operations.

A giant wood bas-relief depicting a pastoral landscape has recently wowed the public with its elaborate designs.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has pointed out violations made by cross-border platforms in the Vietnamese market. The breaches were found on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.

Huu Lien Commune has recently attracted tourists for its peaceful and poetic scenery. This area has diverse terrains with high mountain ranges, poetic rivers gently flowing around the valley, and flat grasslands along the Dong Lam Steppe.

Large-scale farming will open up a new way of development, helping to remove bottlenecks in agricultural production, which is small and fragmented, thus making it difficult to organize production and apply mechanization.

Taking advantage of the many resources and good weather, tourism activities in many localities in the Southeast and the Mekong River Delta continue to prosper and build momentum.

Vietnam's agricultural exports to China are facing increasing difficulties due to tightening export requirements, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Cambodia, the host country of the 32nd SEA Games, will feature never-before-seen sports in previous events and the Vietnamese sports delegation will not only participate but aim to win medals too.

In June 2022, the Ministry of Public Security revealed that 60 per cent of first-time illegal drug users are aged between 15-25 and are mostly students.