Eight people who died in a fire at a greenhouse in Moscow have been identified as Vietnamese nationals, a Russian deputy minister confirmed on Tuesday night.

Blessed by nature with beautiful scenery and products, many localities in Lang Son province have taken advantage of these attributes to build a community-based tourism model.

Students at a mountainous district in Quang Nam Province have a long walk to school because of difficult terrain.

Three large-cap companies that debuted on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) in 2019 saw their shares beaten by the benchmark VN-Index at the end of the year.

Gold prices declined on Tuesday after touching a four-month high, but the uptrend is unlikely to stop.

The steel industry experienced many difficulties in 2019 due to stronger steel imports and reduced sales of locally made products at home and abroad.

The Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC has agreed to pay more than VND2.4 billion (US$102,100) in compensation to nine families whose homes were damaged during a fire at the company’s warehouse last August, an official said on Monday.

More than 3,000 railway tickets are available for sale from Tuesday, according to State operator Vietnam Railways, in response to the rising travelling demand during Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year Holiday.

2019 witnessed low credit growth rate.

A giant peach tree pot costing VND1 billion and a gold bar-shaped grapefruit worth VND1 million each are among the special ornamental trees available for purchase in Hanoi in the buildup to the upcoming Lunar New Year.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have announced five matches that fans should look out for during the AFC U23 Championship 2020 finals which will get underway in Thailand from January 8 to 26.

Vietnam has been named on a list of the world’s best ten countries for retirement in 2020 by International Living.

A man in Hanoi has been arrested for producing counterfeit vehicle licence plates.

With the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, drawing near, wild peach trees can be seen on sale on almost every corner of Hanoi in order to serve the increasing demand ahead of the festive period.

Viet Nam’s GDP growth would reach 6.8 per cent from the 7.02 per cent posted in 2019, mainly due to a slowdown in the industrial sector, analysts from Fitch Solutions forecast.

A spring flower festival aimed at celebrating the Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet, is scheduled to take place at Crescent Lake in the Phu My Hung urban area in HCM City’s District 7 between January 17 and 23.

Hanoi authorities will ban traffic from five streets in the city centre for a spring flower market.

Local agricultural products struggled to enter China last year due to its tightened import requirements.

The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on Tuesday proposed jail sentences ranging from 18 to 27 years for two former chairmen of Da Nang City People’s Committee for violations in land management and causing losses and waste of State resources.

Dak Lak is considered the country’s ‘elephant metropolis with 140 elephants, both wild and domestic. However, the number of ‘nanny’ elephants there is alarmingly low, which has affected the conservation of the local herd of elephants.