Online shoppers still prefer using cash on delivery (COD) instead of ewallets, credit cards or ATM cards to pay for their purchases.

Many foreign investors have expressed interest in the Vietnamese market but poor infrastructure and logistics have made them hesitant to do business here in the country.

Vietnam is believed to be an ASEAN outperformer this year, with GDP growth projected at 6.9%.

Rice exports to the Philippines have increased sharply as the country has lifted quotas since the beginning of the year. However, Vietnamese farmers have not received big benefits.

Two children from India's lowest caste were allegedly beaten to death after defecating in the open, according to authorities.

After Vietnam’s legendary Pho Thin Lo Duc proved popular among customers in Tokyo, Japan, Banh Mi Phuong Hoi An (Ms Phuong Baguette in Hoi An) recently debuted in Seoul, South Korea. 

Authorities of HCMC should study the impact of a motorbike ban in inner-city areas to avoid affecting the daily commutes of the locals, said the Ministry of Transport.

Some experts and government units have voiced concern over the future growth prospects of the local automobile sector due to the upsurge in car imports from foreign markets in recent months.

Friendship orders presented to Lao NA collectives, individuals

Bamboo Airways, a subsidiary of real estate developer FLC Group, is planning to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020 to serve its expansion plans.

Rising number of Internet users and mobile phone subscribers is smoothing the way for digital banking in Vietnam to thrive, but huge challenges keep lying ahead, according to insiders.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a conference yesterday that if there are no unexpected factors, this year’s inflation can be kept at around 3.3 – 3.5 percent.

The capital of Hanoi was named as the most polluted city in the world on September 26, with the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City not far behind.

Ngan Ngoc Nghia will be the only representative of Vietnam at the World Athletics Championships which began in Qatar on September 27.

Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) on September 26 announced a new $500 million investment to build its third data centre in Indonesia.

Thai authorities have designated 24 provinces as "surveillance areas" for African swine fever and ordered strict animal control with the aim of preventing an outbreak of the disease that has struck neighbouring countries.

Parisian ceramic artisan Oliver Oet, 62 years old, has crossed thousands of miles with his Japanese ceramic production techniques to bring new life to the disabled children at Hue Hope Centre in Hue.

Researchers have questioned whether the "new map of the People’s Republic of China" is a fabrication that serves illegal purposes.

Britain's Duke of Sussex will make "a particularly significant and poignant journey" during his 10-day tour of southern Africa, when he honors his mother's legacy on Friday and returns to the site of his mother's famous minefield walk.

It would have hardly seemed likely back in April that a little-known Ukrainian gas company would be propelled to the center of a massive US political scandal.