This was the first and only time a science council recognized and gave a doctorate to someone who had not undergone training or defended a dissertation.

The foreign exchange market is witnessing an unusual phenomenon: the dong is not just steady against the US dollar but also 0.16 per cent up from its rate at the end of late 2018.

Additional foreign investment inflows in real estate went up during 2019 while credit in the sector bucked a downward trend, signalling its reduced heavy reliance on bank loans.

Branches of peach and soft pink peach blossoms have been put on display for sale at the famous Quang An flower market in Tay Ho district of Hanoi, signaling the start of the festive period leading up to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

There are currently only 10 FDI enterprises listed on local exchanges compared to the tens of thousands of FDI firms operating in Viet Nam.

A collection of 115 art works by nine artists of HCM City is on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Cigarette smuggling on the rise as the year ends and it is not easy for the State agents to fight it in southwester provinces and cities such as Long An and HCM City.

While people are choosing decorations for Christmas trees and gifts for relatives and friends, their children have only one thing in mind: Santa Claus and the gifts he is likely to bring.

Police are looking for suspects after thousands of trees along part of Highway 18 were burnt down.

Hanoi’s Department of Construction (DoC) has asked localities to check buildings, particularly high-rise apartment blocks and reservoirs, to prepare for earthquakes.

Many local banks have released impressive business results, with many of them being confident that their pretax profits would exceed their targets for 2019.

Vietnamese firm T&T Group has sought the green light from authorities in the north-central province of Quang Tri to build a US$4.4 billion power plant that uses liquefied natural gas (LNG).

A Catholic parish located in District 8 of Ho Chi Minh City is renowned for its colourful decorations each Christmas.

Vietnam Register have provided a temporary safety certificate for 13 trains for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro project.

Vietnam’s no. 1 female shuttler, Vu Thi Trang, saw off top seed Brittney Tam 2-1 in the final on December 22 to claim the women’s singles title at the 2019 Yonex/K&D Graphics International Challenge Tournament in the United States.

Allowing the "embedding" of fintech solutions into the ebanking app, banks may join the race to become "all-in-one" apps.

A series of cultural activities are to be recreated specially for Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, in cultural spaces throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter and pedestrian streets on January 18, 2020.

Santa Claus delivery services are becoming extremely busy over the last few days.

HCM City police are investigating the murder of a South Korean woman and the serious injury of her husband and daughter.

The number of flu patients in Vietnam has been on a sharp rise, particularly in Hanoi and HCM City, which has resulted in a severe shortage of antiviral flu drug Tamiflu 75mg.