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Rising treat for sugar producers after ATIGA

Vietnam’s sugar industry is expected to face a great deal of difficulties as the country will drop tariffs on imported sugar from ASEAN under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in 2020.

ASEAN Family Day 2019 held in Hanoi

Staff of the embassies of ASEAN member states in Hanoi and their families joined a host of activities in Hanoi on August 18 within the framework of ASEAN Family Day 2019.

Festival introduces northwestern region’s ethnic culture

Traditional cultural values of ethnic communities in the northwestern region are being introduced at a festival which opened in Son La city of Son La province on August 18.

IZ developers see big opportunities to make money amid strong FDI

The EVFTA officially signed last June is expected to give another push to the industrial real estate market in Vietnam.

Higher education tuition concerns poor students

The PM has allowed 23 state-owned universities to apply the autonomy mechanism, which means that the schools have the right to set tuition themselves.

Vietnam's Ha Thi Linh takes WBO belt after winning first professional fight

Ha Thi Linh pocketed a win in her professional debut over Zhao Yuanyuan in the World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific tournament’s women’s 61kg category in Shenzhen, China, on Saturday.

Experts warn about ambiguous production origin

Quantifying Vietnamese content in products and legalizing made-in-Vietnam products are important tasks which can clarify what made-in-Vietnam means.

Vietnam always upholds principles, goals of UNCLOS: experts

Vietnam has always upheld the principles and goals of the United Nations Convention on the 1982 Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982) while contributing to the implementation of the convention.

Polluted Red River affects Hanoi’s beauty

Red River, considered a cultural space of Hanoi, is filled with grass and plants, and is polluted and dirty.

DNA test resolves cow row

DNA tests have long been used by unscrupulous reality TV shows to determine the parentage of children but cows? Now that's udderly ridiculous.

Phu Quy adds value to Vietnamese jewelry

Leading jewelry company Phu Quy has won the hearts of customers for its sophisticated and unique designs imprinted with Vietnam’s folk cultural traits.

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Peer-to-peer lending: Next fintech wave in Vietnam

A man dedicates to producing ancient Shan Tuyet tea

Vang A Khua, a man from a Mong ethnic minority group in Moi village, Suoi Giang commune, Yen Bai province, was born into a family from six generations of producing the ancient Shan Tuyet tea by traditional manual methods.

Poetic scene in Mekong River Delta in “floating season”

The annual “floating season” in Mekong Delta, when the water level is on the rise and the rivers and canals expand, takes place from the seventh to the ninth lunar month. 

Vietnam vows to close low-quality universities

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, at a conference held some days ago, stated that training establishments with low quality will be shut down. Prior to that, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha also said low quality schools will not be retained.

Vietnam strives to realise goal of becoming powerful marine nation

Boasting great potential of marine economy in terms of natural resources, transport, fisheries, tourism and coastal economic zones, Vietnam has set the target to become a powerful marine nation.

Ancient painting in Ninh Binh in need of restoration

Cultural experts have sounded the alarm over the deterioration of a rare and ancient painting.

Keeping the song of the bamboo flute alive

A soil path, of over 10km in length, slippery and steep, stretches from the centre of Muong Dang Commune, Muong Ang District, northern province of Dien Bien, to Chan II Village – home to 64 families of the Mong ethnic minority group.

Forest school opens in Da Nang

Central Vietnam's first forest school has been launched in Son Tra Nature Reserve to provide an outdoor education site for school students in the central city of Da Nang.

Deputy head of HCMC’s agriculture dept receives warning

The Inspection Commission of the HCMC Party Committee on Friday issued a warning against Nguyen Van Truc, deputy director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.