Local fighter Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat bagged a gold medal in the men's 57kg Muay Thai event at the ongoing 11th World Games in Birmingham in the state of Alabama in the United States.

Huynh Nhu scored two goals but she could not help Vietnam win a bronze medal in a 2022 AFF Women’s Championship match in Indonesia on July 17 against Myanmar.

The 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations (1962 – 2022) and the 45th year of the singing of the bilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1977 – 2022) were celebrated in Hanoi on July 18.

Minister of Construction (MOC) Nguyen Thanh Nghi said real estate prices continue to rise. Very few affordable housing products exist in Hanoi and HCM City.

Boss Duc has sent a letter to shareholders. Gelex’s CEO has collected 1 million shares of a securities company. And Vu Dang Hai Yen has resigned from the post of deputy CEO of FLC. These were the business news highlights of last week.

HCM City prepares three scenarios to respond to the dengue epidemic, ensuring an efficient treatment system for 2,000 to 6,000 patients.

Violinist Hoang Rob, a pioneer in playing the electric violin in Vietnam, is working on his latest project, “Mùa Hè Vĩnh Cửu” (Invincible Summer), to entertain music lovers in summer.

The HCM City Department of Tourism urged the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) to seek ways to reduce airfare to revive tourism.

Due to their limited financial capacity, low tolerance and responsiveness in a turbulent economy and uncertain business prospects, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find it hard to gain access to bank loans.

The southern region might be hit by powerful storms at the end of this year, a conference on natural disaster prevention and control heard in HCM City late last week.

Axel van Trotsenburg, the World Bank Managing Director of Operations is paying an official visit to Vietnam on July 18-19 with a view to discussing with Vietnamese leaders the evolution of World Bank - Vietnam partnership and areas

Local students claimed one silver and three bronze medals at the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2022, according to details given by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh will certainly become the new chairman of Hanoi City – the post which has been left vacant since Chu Ngoc Anh was arrested early last month for his alleged involvement in Viet A Technology Corporation’s price gouging

Although global inflation is a reality, the general feeling is that inflation is still under control. However, continued rising inflation is bound to affect the efforts of the Government to make full economic recovery.

Known as an economic locomotive for the whole country, the southeastern region and southern key economic zone are in danger of stagnation.

Due to the expansion of the capital city and urbanisation of once-rural areas, many Hanoians find themselves living in close proximity to cemeteries.

Vietnam’s economy continued to expand in the second quarter of the year, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing 7.7% year on year, the highest quarterly growth rate in 11 years.

The Vietnamese tourism industry is witnessing strong recovery as Vietnamese are traveling in droves. Major tourist destinations have also held various activities to continuously attract visitors.

The Government plans to develop 301 traditional craft villages linked to tourism by 2030, according to a decision approving Vietnam's traditional craft village preservation and development programme for the 2021-2030 period.

People may be reluctant to buy apartments if the Ministry of Construction’s (MOC) proposal on setting a cap on apartment ownership term at 50-70 years is approved. Instead, they will seek to buy houses on land plots.