Many old apartment buildings in Hanoi are at risk of collapse at any time due to their severe deterioration.

The Ministry of Finance has announced the State budget estimates for 2021, which target over VND1.34 quadrillion ($58.2 billion) in State budget revenue.

The Vietnam Digital Transformation Day (DX Day 2020), themed “National Digital Transformation: Sharing and Connectivity”, opened in Hanoi on December 14.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations has called on the international community to join hands in preventing famine and to continue helping Yemen in 2021.

Vietnam has emphasised countries’ top responsibility in the prosecution of severe international crimes at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) held on December 14.

Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with VNA.

It would be unfair for others if only Vietnam Airlines can receive the state support, while others still struggling for survival.

Business Association of High Quality Vietnamese Products and Vietnamese High Quality Products – Global Integration Standards project have launched https://vnprogis.com/ to connect producers of Vietnamese high-quality goods with international market.

HCM City traffic inspectors have begun to enhance inspections and handling of traffic violations of passenger transport services from now to February 21.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has announced that China continues to closely control COVID-19 in imported aquatic products, which is likely to slow Vietnam’s exports to the country in the months to come.

The Vietnamese national team will end the year of 2020 at 93rd place in the FIFA rankings, 18 spots higher than Thailand.

Remake of Vietnamese classical opera play enthralls audience

HCM City experiences an average subsidence rate of 4 centimeters a year, partly due to rampant groundwater exploitation.

A team of students and their professor have opened an exhibition featuring their portrayals of prominent painter Bui Xuan Phai and the journey their research has taken them on around Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Improved rice quality helps export prices rise

The managers of large corporations have made big money recently as share prices have soared.

Nearly VND20 billion (US$863,000) in fines has been collected from 10,848 cases involving illegal discharge of waste, following a two-year effort in HCM City to encourage people not to throw waste into waterways and public spaces.

The countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership are set to benefit from a wide-ranging deal that will entice investors towards the region.

HCM City authorities have sent a proposal to the Ministry of National Defence to seek UNESCO recognition for Cu Chi Tunnels, the largest underground tunnel network in Vietnam.

Many poor locals in five coastal provinces are being supported with storm- and flood-resilient homes that can protect them during disasters.