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Vietnam's sugar industry in serious decline

Trade fraud and large-scale smuggling in the last two years have led to closure of than one-third of sugar mills in Vietnam, and many sugarcane fields have been left uncultivated.

Revising key laws to lead Vietnam into the new era

The draft amendments to the Law on Investment and the Law on Enterprises feature notable changes and are expected to bring forward a more favourable investment climate when it is scheduled to take effect in 2021. 

FIEs still dominate Vietnam’s exports

Vietnam’s import and export value has exceeded $400 billion and is moving towards the $500 billion threshold. 

Vietnamese food companies shift focus to home market

Instead of mostly making products for export, many food companies are now focusing on the domestic market through locally made products that are competitive with imports.

Turning traditional paper into works of art

When his parents gave him a book that taught him how to fold paper into dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures at the age of seven, Nguyen Hung Cuong found his passion – origami.

Bringing American food and beer to the Central Highlands

The last thing you may expect to find at the foot of Lang Biang Mountain in Lac Duong District, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is a pizza restaurant.

Kho Mu people’s unique music at Museum of Ethnology

The unique music of bamboo flutes played with the nose of Kho Mu ethnic minority people will be played during an event at the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on November 23-24.

Amended regulation must adopt modern standards to strike home

In the context of rapid changes in business methods, the current Law on Investment needs changes in favour of investors. 

Automation is the right choice

Professor Le Hoai Quoc, president of the Ho Chi Minh Automation Association, talks about the fast development of automation in Vietnam.

Social support centres need to be real homes, not places children fear

A social worker from HCM City’s Social Support Centre has been accused of sexually abusing children.

 

Bad debt settlement in Vietnam process slowing down

Banks’ nine-month financial reports show that bad debts have increased compared with the beginning of the year, though the bad debt ratio has fallen.

Asian rivals set to provide stiff competition for Thuy Linh at Miss World 2019

An array of beauties from Japan, Thailand, and India are considered to be among the strong Asian rivals facing Vietnamese representative Luong Thuy Linh in the Miss World 2019 pageant as it gets underway in London, the UK.

Coldplay to pause touring until concerts are 'environmentally beneficial'

The band won't go on a world tour until they can make their concerts "environmentally beneficial".

Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the future

Laser scanning technology, Lidar, is getting cheaper and could be how machines see in the future.

Mekong Delta farmers grow new flower varieties for Tet

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are growing more new flower varieties for the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on January 25.

SpaceX Starship prototype blows its top

The US company's new rocket prototype experiences a major failure during pressurisation testing.

2020 Nguyen Hue Flower Street to open on January 22

The Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2020, the annual biggest and most anticipated event welcoming the lunar New Year in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to open from January 22-28. 

Releasing potential of quality labour

The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings not only new issues, but also possibilities for Vietnam’s education and training sector to improve its quality in order to overcome the thirst for high-level labour.

NA committee chairman, health minister relieved

Member of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and Chairman of its Committee for Legal Affairs Nguyen Khac Dinh and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien were relieved from their posts to assume new duties on November 22.