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Tight squeeze as new airlines set to take off in Vietnam

With more airlines planning to take flight in 2020, the room for profit-making is expected to narrow in the burgeoning aviation market, triggering doubts over the possibility of achieving success among newcomers.

Volunteers offer helping hand to poor hospital patients

A group of young people from the central city of Da Nang led by Ho Ngoc Thanh have set up a volunteer programme to help poor sick people get to hospital.

HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera to present a Tchaikovsky night

The HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a concert of music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on Saturday November 30 at the Saigon Opera House.

Foreign experts criticise China’s actions in East Sea

Leading foreign experts have voiced their concerns over China’s recent actions in the East Sea, while speaking at the ongoing 11th East Sea International Conference in Hanoi.

New policies take effect in Vietnam since November

Raising loans for production and business establishments, new regulations on cooperative associations and public activities of the market management force are new policies that will come into effect since November 2019. 

Education Ministry requires harsh punishment over book with nine-dash line map

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked the Hanoi-based University of Business and Technology to withdraw coursebooks with illicit contents and map showing nine-dash line as well as harsh punishment on individuals and teams.

Vietnam posts growth amid global slowdown

Despite the global economic slowdown, Vietnam still recorded positive growth in January-October this year, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a regular Cabinet meeting on November 5.

 

Viwasupco general director fired for connection to Hanoi's water crisis

The board of directors of Song Da Water Investment Company (Viwasupco) on November 5 fired Nguyen Van Ton from his posts as general director and legal representative of the firm due to the fallout from the recent water contamination incident.

 

HSBC confirms Vietnam’s positive outlook

Buoyed by a strong economy and excited by their international prospects, Vietnamese businesses are anticipating a bright future, according to the latest “HSBC Navigator: Now, Next and How” report.

 

36 education consulting firms blocked from handling Japanese visa applications

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam has announced that another 36 overseas education consulting firms in the country have been stopped from representing their student customers in applying for Japanese visas.

 

Vietnam's express-delivery providers compete in growing market

Express delivery service providers have announced bigger investments in apps and technologies to give better experiences to customers.

Storm Nakri likely to hit Vietnam's central region

Storm Nakri, the sixth typhoon from the East Sea this year, with strong level 8 winds, is moving on the East Sea with a slow speed but complicated direction.

Vietnam's representative Yen Trang wins Miss Asia 2019 crown

Yen Trang, Vietnam’s entrant at Miss Asia 2019, has been crowned the competition’s winner at the pageant’s recent conclusion in India.

In photos: Pickpocket gang targets foreign travelers in Vietnam

A group of pickpockets operating at tourist destinations throughout Vietnam have been increasingly targeting foreign travelers, negatively affecting the image of the country as a tourism destination.

Vietnam adopts EU recommendations to combat IUU fishing

Vietnam had taken concrete steps in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) based on the European Council's (EC) recommendations, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

 

VN banks offering more and more free deals

This is a far cry from two years ago, when charges were placed on electronic services in a bid to increase bank revenue.

State budget to receive $216m in cash dividend from State-owned businesses

Insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) and the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) have approved plans of paying cash dividends worth combined US$236 million in the next two months.

 

BIDV sells 603 million shares to KEB Hana Bank

After the issuance, the bank's charter capital has increased by VND6 trillion from VNĐ34.2 trillion to more than VND40.2 trillion.

Vietnam has 2nd lowest number of mobile malware threats in Southeast Asia

Vietnam had the second lowest number of Android threats detected in Southeast Asia in the period from January to September this year, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

 

Hanoi's water plant releases raw sewage after water crisis

The Da River water plant was found to have flushed thousands of cubic metres of raw wastewater used to cleanse their tanks to the environment, days after it was involved in a polluted water scandal, reported Hanoi's environment authority.