When Pham Thu Huong is busy working or cooking, she often gives her smartphone to her five-year-old son. It keeps him quiet because he can listen to music and look at pictures.

As Vietnam’s population continues to grow, coupled with increasing incomes and the rising demand for new food and beverage markets, issues related to sustainability and food safety management standards have become crucially important.

Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam’s leading badminton player, has missed the chance to vie with other regional rivals at the SEA Games 30 due to injury.

Multiple cultural and sport events will be taking place nationwide from November 25 - December 10 to urge actions to end sexual violence against women and girls in Vietnam.

The proposal to merge Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City stock exchanges has been put on hold for the immediate future, according to a government report.

Vu Thanh An, the no. 1 fencer in Southeast Asia, has been assigned to hold the national flag for the Vietnam sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the 30th SEA Games.

While foreign investment inflows in the 11 months increased slightly, the number of enterprise delegations visiting increased by 30 per cent on-year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the first Mekong – Republic of Korea (RoK) Summit in the RoK city of Busan on November 27.

More staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 set out for South Sudan on November 26 to join UN peacekeeping mission.

Police in the southern Province of Binh Phuoc have released information of half of a human body discovered by two local residents in attempt to identify body. 

Commercial banks are attempting to sell off a host of mortgaged assets, including real estate and cars, to speed up the settlement of huge bad debt.

The National Assembly (NA) on November 26 approved the Government’s erasing nearly VND16.4 trillion in fines for late tax payments from taxpayers who cannot afford to pay their taxes.

The international community has recognized Vietnam’s outstanding efforts in performing comprehensive reforms to improve the quality of service for the people, putting people at the center of policies and laws.

The Vietnam’s population is projected to reach 104 million by 2030 according to the Vietnam Population Strategy recently approved by the Prime Minister.

November 28-December 1 event in northwestern mountains to attract paragliders from a host of different countries.

Vietnam’s aviation industry will need US$23.5-24.2 billion from the private sector by 2030 for its development, Pham Doan Hong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Aviation Science and Technology, told a conference in HCM City on November 26.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have proposed the Government import pork based on the directions of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

A charity photo collection has been released with each of the images depicting two Vietnamese beauties appearing alongside an elephant amid majestic scenery.

Sharifa Akeel, Miss Asia Pacific International, has been selected to accompany the Vietnamese delegation during the Athletes’ Parade at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2019.

Products which claim to feature the ST25 rice strain which was crowned the World's Best Rice at a recent contest have flooded in the Vietnamese market.