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Independent tourism booms, travel firms anxious about their future

About 6.2 million people traveled during the nine-day Tet holiday, according to VNAT. But most were independent tourists who did not buy tours from travel firms.

Probe launched to search origin of fake news on peacekeeping officer’s death

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations is joining hands with relevant agencies to identify a person who posted fake news on social media stating that a Vietnamese peacekeeper passed away in Uganda.

Vietnam becomes co-chair of OECD’s Southeast Asia Regional Programme

Vietnam, together with Australia, officially took the charge of the co-chair of the OECD-run Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) for 2022-2025 during the second Ministerial Conference of the SEARP in Seoul on February 9.

Six dead and three injured as truck plunges off cliff in Gia Lai

A truck carrying a total of nine people plunged off a cliff in Dak Somei - Ha Dong inter-commune route in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on February 9, resulting in the death of six people and injuring three others.

Vietnam ranks 25th among most powerful countries globally

The US News & World Report newswire has released a list of the world’s most powerful countries in 2021, with Vietnam being placed at the 25th position in the power rankings.

Workers in IPs, EPZs to get housing rental support for three months

A support package worth 6.6 trillion VND (290.4 million USD) will be spent on providing housing rental subsidies for labourers who are working in industrial parks (IPs), export processing zones (EPZs) and key economic regions.

Riding bikes, sailing SUP, going paragliding in Hanoi

People can have a wonderful Lunar New Year holiday in Hanoi doing the following activities:

Vietnam reviews two years as United Nations Security Council non-permanent member

Vietnam had a successful tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021.

Hallmarks of Vietnam higher education 2021

Fake diploma puts former leader of Dong Do University in jail

Digital transformation: Vietnam’s ICT industry in 2021

On December 30, 2021, the Vietnam Information Technology Journalists Club (ICT Press Club) announced the 10 main ICT events in 2021 in which the imprint of digital transformation was outstanding.

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS FEBRUARY 9

Laos allows private firms to study building power line to Vietnam

 

An Giang has the oldest yellow apricot tree in Vietnam

People are flocking to a coffee shop on Nguyen Hoang Road in My Hoa Ward in Long Xuyen City in An Giang Province to admire a 200-year-old yellow apricot tree owned by Mr. Duong Tan Dung, 57.

Number of HCM City-based firms resuming operations skyrockets 500pct

The HCM City People’s Committee has announced that 4,850 businesses in the city resumed their operations in January, up 36.3 percent year-on-year, and nearly 500 percent month-on-month.

Daddy Chung, the most successful coach in Southeast Asia

After helping the Vietnamese women's football team qualify for their first-ever World Cup, Mai Duc Chung has become Southeast Asia's most successful coach in the past decade.

Examples of French colonial architecture in Saigon

The HCMC Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of HCMC are among the buildings with typical French architecture in Saigon. 

HCM City speeds up building International Financial Hub

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on studying the plan of building the International Financial Hub of Vietnam in the city. 

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES FEBRUARY 9

Vietnamese spring rolls become French's favourite food

Investors of delayed housing projects to be fined

Investors of housing projects that lag behind schedule will be fined VND400-600 million each, according to the Government’s newly-issued regulations.

The COVID generation: heading back to school with joy

Vu Minh Tri, an 8th grader in Hanoi, was reunited with his classmates for the first time after nine months on Tuesday.

Thu Thiem land auction: 2 winners cancel contract, 2 late in land use fee payment

The deadline for the first round of Thu Thiem land use fee payment has expired, yet none of the four winners of the land auction on December 10, 2021 perform its duty.