The preparation for the new general education program from the 2020-2021 academic year caught special attention from the public in 2019.

From January 1, 2020, Vietnam will officially assume the role of a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure.

World-renowned concert pianist Dang Thai Son has been invited to be a judge at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 2020 in Poland.

The Vietnamese workforce reached 55.8 million last year, and increase of 417,100 compared to 2018, reported the General Statistics Office.

A special working group in charge of boosting reforms and improving the business climate would be set up this year.

Cashless payments grew strongly in 2019, with 635,000 transactions worth a total of VND380 trillion recorded each day, according to statistics from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

French-German duo Kreuser and Cailleau will present an audiovisual performance in Hanoi on February 16, 2020 as part of their Southeast Asia tour, according to the French cultural center L’Espace.

With Vietnam’s strategy to increase the quality of foreign investment in the digital age, German businesses are eyeing green and high-tech projects in the country. 

The Hanoi Communist Youth Union has announced a total of 10 individuals that have claimed the title of the “ten most outstanding young faces of 2019”.

Vietnamese representative My Duyen has flown to Mexico ahead of her participation in the Miss Global 2019 beauty pageant which is scheduled to take place between January 4 and 18.

Talented Vietnamese footballers Quang Hai, Trong Hoang, and Cong Vinh have been named among the best ASEAN line-up of the decade, as announced by the website Live Sport Asia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested that breakthroughs be made in 2020 in the fight against crime, smuggling and trade fraud at a national conference on January 2.

Vietnam was still attractive to investors in 2019 despite global caution about US President Donald Trump’s policies.

With the opening of the first Uniqlo store in Vietnam, HCM City has added another fashion giant to its growing list of popular brands.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government allocate the State budget or allow airport operators to use its revenue to repair runways and taxiways in Hanoi and HCM City.

Emerging tech companies are still struggling to recruit high quality IT engineers to feed Vietnam’s booming technology industry, despite a steady growth in graduates over the last few years.

Various environmental incidents in 2019 have forced Vietnam’s people and Government to face a reckoning.

Local travel agencies are offering football supporters the opportunity of supporting the Vietnamese U23 football team as they launch tours of Thailand ahead of the teams participation in the AFC U23 Championship 2020 finals.

In order to better serve the tastes of buyers ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, gardeners working in Tu Lien village in Tay Ho district of Hanoi have created a number of bonsai kumquat trees to mark the Year of the Rat.

2019 witnessed a fierce race among manufacturers and distributors to reduce prices to attract more buyers.