Problems have arisen in mass application of online teaching in Vietnam during the social distancing time.

Three Vietnamese officials are in line to officiate key FIFA tournaments in 2021 and 2023.

Religious establishments, relic sites and tourist attractions in Hanoi will re-open on March 8 with preventive measures being still in place after they were temporarily closed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Animal abusers will be fined from VND1mil (USD43) to tens millions of VND as new decree takes effect.

Foreign tech giants like Facebook, Google, and YouTube will have to pay taxes in Vietnam under a draft circular, after years of invoicing their revenues out of the country.

Authorities in Hon Quan District in the southern province of Binh Phuoc are warning buyers to be careful about land transactions, saying the proposed airport in the district, which has not been approved, has caused a “price bubble”.

The high container shipping cost has caused difficulties for import/export companies. They believe that shipping firms joined hands to push service fees up.

Mayor of Hanoi capital Chu Ngoc Anh has directed the Hanoi Police to urgently investigate and strictly handle sexual assaults against foreign women in the West Lake area in Tay Ho District.

Though cinemas have been temporarily closed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many television crews have begun producing new content.

Many elderly people join 2nd stage of Nano Covax vaccine trials

Though the automobile market has become big enough for manufacturers to step up domestic production, industry policies remain unencouraging.

Vietnamese and Japanese firms receive support to expand operations

Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have proposed a common digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate to speed up the re-opening of hardest-hit sectors as tourism, according to Malaysia’s state-run news agency Bernama.

After the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) released a new circular on the appointment of cadres, promotions and salaries, teachers began applying to attend training courses for certificates which would help them get promotions.

Vietnam got through 2020 as one of only a few to fulfil the dual goals of containing the COVID-19 pandemic and developing its economy. 

Schools nationwide will pilot the teaching of Korean and German as first foreign languages under a decision freshly issued by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Vietnamese key leaders, one after another, have left their posts at Sabeco, the largest brewer in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is making a rare deal in Southeast Asia.

The startup plans to use the new funds to further develop its products and expand across the country.

The nation detected no additional COVID-19 infections on the morning of March 5, leaving the overall number of cases unchanged at 2,488, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has surpassed the likes of Bhutan to rank fifth among a total of 140 countries worldwide in the Happy Planet Index results, coming in second in the Asia-Pacific region.