The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed a new retail electricity tariff which is divided into five rates instead of six. In this option, 98.2 percent of households in the country would see no increase or even lower power bills.

The few e-commerce players which survive the stiff competition in the market are all backed by big foreign firms in the region.

Once a French radio transmission station, an old French villa in Hanoi's Dai La street is the place where Vietnam's Declaration of Independence was broadcast to all over the country and the world on September 7, 1945. 

Artists aged between 18 and 35 will be joining a fine arts festival in Hanoi in June, according to Nhan Dan newspaper.

South Korean people in a quarantined area in the northern city of Hai Phong are being served well-prepared meals.

Ta Hien Street in Hanoi Old Quarter has become crowded again after being quiet for around one month due to coronavirus. 

The coronavirus epidemic has sent many of the economic activities into a tailspin.

The mobile phone market is getting saturated and phone distributors must seek a new driving force for growth from other sectors.

A craft fair will be held in Hanoi on Saturday, March 7, introducing new collections of various brands.

The current best guess of a 1% death rate does not apply to everyone.

Detailed regulations are needed to promote a healthy condotel market, which has been going off-track for years due to an unclear legal framework, experts have said.

The Tokyo Marathon takes place against a backdrop of empty streets and with just a couple of hundred runners due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Paris museum remains shut amid "real concern" among staff over the growing number of infections.

The latest economic data shows the virus is having a bigger impact than the 2008 financial crisis.

The influx has come since Turkey vowed to open its doors for migrants to travel the EU.

Lee Man-hee is accused of hiding the names of sect members, hampering efforts to contain the virus.

Hanoi has called on other localities to help ease the overloading at Covid-19 quarantine centres in the area.

Vietnam will never hide any information about the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country, a health official stressed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has liaised with relevant agencies of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and asked for effective treatment of a Vietnamese citizen contracting COVID-19 in Daegu city.

The Hanoi-based Noi Bai  Airport and Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City has suspended receiving flights carrying passengers from the Republic of Korea due to the complicated developments of coronavirus as from March 1.