Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Tran Hong Ha said at a national conference recently that climate change in Mekong Delta "comes sooner and much faster than many scenarios" had predicted.

Vietnam's index highest in Asia-Pacific, with country being third-most confident globally.

Vietnam’s average disbursement rate is much lower than that of other recipients of the Asian Development Bank’s ODA loans, largely due to cumbersome and time-consuming procedures, said Eric Sidgwick, ADB country director for Vietnam.

The continuing threat of African swine fever is showing no signs of retreating, pushing livestock farming and animal feed production companies into huge difficulties and even danger of ­bankruptcy.

The board of directors of CMC Corporation has approved the issuance of 25 million shares through a private placement for Samsung SDS, the system integration arm of South Korea’s electronics conglomerate Samsung.

Saigon Co.op has officially taken over 18 Auchan supermarkets in the country after the French retail group announced its withdrawal last month from the Vietnamese market by selling its loss-making business.

Fishermen in Quang Nam Province have seen nearly 1,000 tons of dried squid become unsalable as Chinese traders have moved to importing the product through official channels instead of through border trade.

Five current and former officials from the Office of Natural Resources and Environment of Tra Vinh City were arrested on charges of breaching regulations on land management and usage which caused losses totaling US$5.1 million.

Businesses say that the air transportation market is becoming saturated and growth has slowed down. The era when air carriers obtained growth with an increased number of passengers appears to be over.

The retail industry for fast-moving consumer goods has transformed significantly over the past few years.

Experts are once again warning that if the monopoly of the economy via poorly-performing and loss-making enterprises owned by the state continues, the country’s competitiveness and investment climate will continue being affected as a result. 

The prolonged heat wave and severe drought in Quang Tri and other central provinces has badly affected local people.

Five Vietnamese artists have completed a France Vietnam Spring mural on the dyke wall by the Seine river bank in Choisy le Roi City.

A man died while his wife and daughter-in-law are in critical condition after eating white mushrooms in the northern province of Son La.

A man was fined after being caught masturbating on a bus in Hanoi.

Nguyen Huu Tuat launched a Vietnamese ride-hailing firm a year ago, with dreams of scaling up the business overseas.

People who are found to be drunk while driving would have their driving licence revoked permanently under a new proposal by the Ministry of Public Security, said Lieutenant General Lương Tam Quang, Chief of Office and the ministry's spokesman.

Vietnam will create good conditions and offer a warm welcome to tourists from South Korea, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism said during a show held on June 26 in Seoul to promote Vietnamese tourism.

A group of Vietnamese Guinness record-makers will perform in an entertainment show in Long An Province tonight to celebrate National Family Day on June 28.

A new show called Cải Lương: Trăm Năm Nguồn Cội (Reformed Opera: A Hundred-Year History) will take place in HCM City next month.