Vietnamese artists in recent years have been investing in web dramas which have attracted tens of millions of views on YouTube.

To minimize risks as the real estate market has decelerated, investors have been told not to pour all their money into one project.

An image of artists performing ca tru (ceremonial singing) was featured on Google’s homepage on February 23, which was the ca tru founders commemoration day.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam expects profit this year will reach just US$73.4 million, a decrease of VND6 trillion compared to the year’s forecast, due to the effect of coronavirus.

Services and retail are forecast to attract a large amount of Japanese direct investment into Vietnam this year.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has adopted a number of measures to protect Vietnamese citizens living in the Republic of Korea, which reported a huge rise in the number of confirmed new coronavirus infection cases over the last few days.

2020 will be an important year for Ho Chi Minh City with a number of strategic transport projects scheduled for completion. 

Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Quang Nam has been selected by the US Cable News Network (CNN) as one of the world’s 13 most romantic places to visit.

For centuries, the customs and practices of fishermen have denoted the traditional cultural characteristics of coastal regions. 

The Southern Institute of Social Sciences’ Centre for Archeological Studies has recently discovered vestiges of an ancient temple architecture dating back to over 1,000 years ago in Tay Ninh Province.

The 2019-2020 school year will be extended to the end of June, a month later than previous years after delays children faced going back to class at the beginning of the year due to fears of the acute respiratory disease COVID-19.

A festival to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of the Vietnam – Germany diplomatic ties was held in Leipzig city, the German state of Sachsen, on February 23.

Within half a month, Vietnamese scientists gained encouraging research results which help cope with the Covid-2019 epidemic.

Over 50% of the Vietnamese population does not have a payment account at banks, therefore, mobile money would offer a non-cash payment method for a large base of customers.

Vietnam's localization rate for passenger cars of under nine seats is 7 - 10%, much lower than the target of 35 - 45% set for the car industry 20 years ago.

Though still positive, the Vietnamese business community has a more negative outlook for the year ahead.

Another dairy firm eligible for export to China

A survey by Corporate Investment and Mergers & Acquisitions Center also showed that one of the obstacles to M&A deals in Vietnam is the time consuming approval process.

Garment and textile firms are aware of the opportunities to expand their export markets arising from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) but are facing difficulties in complying with the rules of origin.

VND92 trillion is the amount of money that four state-owned banks, or the ‘big four’, have paid to the state budget since 2014.