Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Nguyen Thi Van runs a graphic design company and a vocational center for people with disabilities, dreaming of building a 'seedling garden.'

Wealthy Vietnamese tend to use services provided by ‘international schools’ and ‘international hospitals’ as they believe ‘international’ means ‘high quality’. But in fact, the service quality there is not ‘international’.

Green credit is now a trend in the global banking and finance industry and more Vietnamese banks are following suit.

Education start-up Gotit, which has operations in Vietnam, recently mobilised US$12.5 million from some US funds.

Artist Ly Truc Son and his student Trieu Quoc Chien are displaying sơn mài (lacquer) paintings at Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.

With the launch of the social network Lotus, VCCorp. is ­trying to reshape the domestic advertising market currently dominated by Facebook and Google, and to give more benefits to content creators.

Technology is set to change the face of the insurance industry, analysts said.

‘To he’ (toy figurines) making artisans in Xuan La village, Phuong Duc commune, Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi, are rushed to entertainment places in Hanoi during holidays and weekends, to create a ‘wonderland’ for children.

While there is still a huge number of abandoned shipments at HCM City's Cat Lai Port, the authorities continue finding out that another firm has abandoned their waste shipment.

Phu My Hung Development Corporation has mobilised VND800 billion ($34.78 million) for real estate projects from a "secret" foreign investor through bond sales.

The boom in digital technologies in recent years has sped up the evolution of retail and changed buying habits – providing a new driver of growth for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG).

The rapid development of greenhouses for vegetable and flower cultivation in the last two decades has had a negative effect on the environment in the central resort city of Da Lat.

The slow disbursement of capital has stalled many projects, affecting socio-economic development.

The best companies in the US, Europe and Japan are not picking Vietnam but Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, where developed supporting industries and highly-qualified human resources are already in place.

Passengers on a coach in the southern province of Binh Duong were stuck on board for almost eight hours on Sunday after an accident.

HCM City solicits proposals that will enable further decentralisation of power, deputy chairman of its People’s Committee, Tran Vinh Tuyen, has said.

A thick layer of fog has blanketed Ho Chi Minh City in recent days, creating low-visibility conditions and leaving residents concerned about worsening air quality.

Tuong Ngoc Minh, Vietnam’s representative in Man of The Year 2019, was awarded the first runner-up title during the male pageant’s grand final which took place in Yangon, Myanmar, on September 22.

By buying rivals and expanding networks, Vietnamese retailers are dominating the domestic retail market.

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