Vietnam is earmarking environmentally friendly, high tech investment to best serve the sustainable growth of the country.

The wood processing industry has set an export goal of US$20 billion by 2025.

Entering the food and beverage sector in 2012 and opening a series of cafes, Phuc Long once caught the special attention when stating that it would compete with Starbucks, which set foot in Vietnam in 2013.

Head of the General Office for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health, Nguyen Doan Tu, talks to Nhân Dân (The People) newspaper about Vietnam’s population strategy.

Seven artists from the Sai Gon Ceramic Arts Group are showing 170 ceramic sculptures depicting life, people and love in at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Students supplementing college with part-time jobs could miss out on studies while they work.

Batteries made from rice husks created by a group of students from the HCM City University of Natural Sciences help minimize pollution, opening a new future for the manufacture of lithium-iron batteries.

The Embassy of the US in Vietnam launched a blood donation campaign on January 10.

Many foreign businesses have expressed their hope for better business and investment environment in Vietnam, especially consistent policies on economic development.

The Government will develop an innovative and business-centred ecosystem, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at the Vietnam Business Forum 2019 in Hanoi on January 10.

Former governor of Gyeongsangbuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Kwan-yong on January 10 was honoured with the third-class Labour Order of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched on January 10 a propaganda poster contest on Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.

The National Assembly Standing Committee approved the rearrangement of communal- and district-level administrative units for the 2019 – 2021 period and the establishment of several urban administrative units for 18 cities and provinces.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Politburo’s meeting in Hanoi on January 10 on disciplinary actions against two Party officials.

Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo on January 10 said the ministry has affirmed a rioter who died resisting on-duty officers is Mr. Le Dinh Kinh.

Vietnam had a goalless match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their Group D of the ongoing 2020 AFC U23 Championship, which took place in Thailand’s Buriram province on January 10.

The number of properties bought by foreigners in Vietnam remains modest.

The Chu Xa Village in Van Duc Commune of Hanoi’s Gia Lam District, known for supplying vegetables and fruit to the capital city, has become a garden of murals by young artists.

Vietnam is developing an e-government and cyber security and the country wants to work with its reliable partner Japan in these fields, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam looks forward to continued support and contributions from ASEAN member states during its chairmanship of the ASEAN Community, and for the common interests and success of ASEAN 2020.