The Indonesian state-owned electricity company PLN yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with its Malaysian counterpart, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), to begin a feasibility study on exporting 600MW of power to the neighbouring country.

Malaysian police said on September 26 that 15 people, mostly Indonesian citizens alleged to have links with the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group, have been arrested.

Chairwoman of Vietnam’s National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is paying a visit to Laos. She met with with her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou and Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane yesterday.

Vietnam’s fishery sector expects to regain a “green card” from the European Commission after working tirelessly to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (or IUU) fishing. 

The current international system is such that nothing could be done to compel Indonesia to deal with its forest fires, which is affecting the region, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.

The forest ranger department of Quang Nam has been assigned to strictly protect 30ha of remaining natural forests in Nui Thanh district and crackdown on illegal poaching to save the endangered gray-shanked douc langur.

The air quality in large urban areas, especially Hanoi, has been rated poor or even dangerous recently.

Vietnamese tea receives ‘Tea of the World’ awards

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Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, the conductor of Da Dang (Diversity) Choir, has persisted with bringing opera and chorus closer to audiences as well as making opportunities for non-professional art practitioners to perform as real artists.

The first iPhone 11s have been available in the Vietnamese market since September 20. Unlike previous years, the selling prices of the next-generation iPhones are ‘very reasonable’.

Floating solar panels may just be catching on in Vietnam, but they could be about to grab a huge slice of the country's renewable energy market.

To Van Dong, Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports talks on the importance of upholding the law on advertising.

Vietnam is being encouraged to focus more on developing a skilled workforce, the domestic private sector, and improvement of regulations to attract companies on the Fortune Global 500 list to serve the new development era. 

Experts attributed the big interest among foreign investors in Vietnamese edtech start-ups to the very positive outlook of the country’s online education market.

Maintaining peace and security in the East Sea and strictly implementing the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is completely in line with China's interests, and with its important role in the international arena.

A romantic story featuring life of a French man in Hanoi written in Vietnamese will be published by Nhã Nam Culture & Communications JSC next week.

Vietnam imported more than 6.5 million tonnes of petroleum products from January to September 15, spending US$3.97 billion, according to the General Department of Customs.

The technology market is heating up after Samsung splashed out $40 million to buy 30 per cent of CMC Corporation, the second-largest IT company in Vietnam, to jointly develop AI and Internet of Things solutions.

The announcement of an auction for 55 land plots in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2 of HCM City is expected to ­encourage foreign developers through the wide land area offered, the transparent conditions, and the low risks.