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More than 1,000 businesses located at processing, industrial and hi-tech parks in Ho Chi Minh City are set to have solar panels installed on their rooftops in the next few years in an effort to promote green development.

The Government has decided to allow Vietcombank and Vietinbank to increase their charter capital by 10 trillion VND (434.8 million USD) in the first quarter of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said last month.

Nearly 150 people have been killed in the north-eastern Ceará state in the first days of the strike.

The band's upcoming shows will be taped without an audience after the virus spreads to Korea.

FAVIJA Olympic Tokyo, the biggest-ever football championship for Vietnamese in Japan, recently kicked off at the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has stated that it will suspend the granting of new working licenses to foreign labourers who come from areas hit by coronavirus during the epidemic time announced by Vietnam.

The Tam Giang-Cau Hai Wetlands Nature Reserve has been founded following a decision by chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao.

Many foreign-invested enterprises in Vinh Phuc, where 11 out of 16 Covid-19 cases in Vietnam have been confirmed, have taken measures to curb the virus spread, ensuring labourers’ health.

The Malaysian Institute of Defence and Security (MiDAS) held the Perwira Dialogue 2020 in Kuala Lumpur on February 24 under the theme “Malaysia’s Inaugural Defence White Paper: Ideas and Implementation”.

The FTSE 100 suffered its sharpest drop in four years as investors worry about the virus spreading.

Circus and cai luong (reformed theatre) artists will combine to perform together for the first time in a recently launched project.

Vietnam's young tennis stars are in Indonesia to take part in the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania Pre-qualifying 2020 from February 24 to 29.

Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam advanced to the second qualification round of the M15 Sharm El Sheikh tennis tournament in Egypt on Sunday.

Vietnam's reliance on Chinese materials has been clearly exposed during the Covid-2019 crisis, as imports from China have declined.

Nguyen Huu Thien, an independent ecologist in the Mekong Delta, talks to Nhân Dân (The People) about the causes of saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta and measures to cope with it.

Movie star, director and producer Ngo Thanh Van is working on a new movie, Thanh Sói (Pain Changes People), after several months of filming her projects on Vietnamese tales.

Dao Thanh Tam, 44, from HCM City, went to the Lak District's People’s Committee in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak at the beginning of this month to ask for approval for a construction project in the district.

Vietnamese fashion brands are feeling the heat as more and more foreign brands have arrived.

The COVID-19 epidemic is having an impact on Vietnamese consumer behaviour in the first quarter and will possibly continue in the second quarter.