HCMC leaders have yet to approve a proposal to charge tolls on vehicles entering the central business district, according to HCMC Vice Chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen, speaking at a meeting with voters in District 4 last week.

Vietnam ranks among the top 3 rice and coffee exporters in the world, and its vegetable and fruit exports are expected to reach $10 billion prior to 2025.

Two chemical compounds, Momilactone A and Momilactone B (MA and MB), have been found in white rice grown in Quang Tri.

More than 9,000 runners have registered to take part in the 2019 Da Nang International Marathon (DNIM), scheduled to take place from August 9 to 11 in the Vietnamese central coastal city of Da Nang.

The 2019 edition of the Vietnam ICT Summit is scheduled to take place on August 8 under the theme “Digital Transformation for A Prosperous Vietnam”, the organisers have announced.

There are nearly 21,000 foreign students who are attending studying programmes in Vietnam at various educational levels, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

Asia-Pacific businesses benefiting from shift in manufacturing from US-China trade war, according to Grant Thornton study.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have confirmed that the Vietnam U22 national team will take on Kitchee SC FC of Hong Kong (China) in August.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Monday launched an anti-dumping investigation on Biaxial Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film originating from China, Thailand and Malaysia.

Vietnamese racer Nguyen Thi That finished second at the 25th Erondegemse Pijl cycling tournament in Belgium on August 4.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will set up a team to compete at the Clipper 2019-2020 World Yacht Race, aiming to promote the local tourism, particularly the World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay.

Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market is abuzz in food and beverages, as well as in consumer goods, as the competitive landscape evolves and rivals reshape their portfolios.

Five men were arrested for carrying out a spate of attacks on a popular restaurant called “Pho Hoa Pasteur” in District 3, HCMC – a venue known for its traditional Vietnamese dish, pho (beef noodle soup).

The Ministry of Transport has urged Dong Nai Province to speed up site clearance, compensation and resettlement for affected households so that construction on the long-planned Long Thành International Airport can begin next year.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum has just received two valuable objects donated by the family of the Mong king in the northern province of Ha Giang.

People in the Mekong Delta are worried about the absence of floods this year as the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has warned about the record 10-year low of the river’s water level.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose that the Government reduce the eligible age for social welfare benefits from 80 to 75, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.

Among the traffic safety violations recorded between July 15 and 29, as many as 11,597 drivers nationwide were caught driving without a license or with a fake one, according to statistics from the Traffic Police Department.

The Hanoi Department of Transport said that the collection of tolls charged on vehicles entering the city’s downtown is not an easy task but needs to be implemented, possibly in 2030, local media reported.

Many districts of HCMC have created their fanpages on Facebook, which provide the citizenry with sufficient and prompt socio-economic information.