The official countdown to next year’s Southeast Asian Games began on Saturday when representatives of regional countries met in Hanoi for a ceremony witnessed by thousands of local residents.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would not worsen the trade deficit Vietnam was running with signatory markets, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Worries have been raised that RCEP will lead to a higher trade deficit with partners, especially China. But the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) doesn’t think so.

Around the world, Black Friday this year may be very dim because of Covid-19 pandemic. But in Vietnam, people are enjoying the safety of a "new normal", squeezing together to buy discounted goods at shopping malls.

Bac Ninh authorities on Monday ordered an investigation into underage labour in service and manufacturing units in the province following reports of alleged serious abuse of a 14-year-old boy in a restaurant in the northern province.

The HCM City Department of Planning and Architecture has reported to the city People’s Committee on underground space planning and underground space management regulations.

Hanoi Public Transport Association has proposed to build 14 bus-only lanes in order to attract more passengers and reduce personal vehicles.

Celebrated poet, talented translator and the last representative of the New Poetry Movement, Nguyen Xuan Sanh, passed away on Sunday in Hanoi, aged 100.

Deputy General Director of China’s Railway Bureau 6 has come to Vietnam to direct the trial operation of Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway system this December.

Vietnam and Indonesia condemn violence, attacks using improvised explosive devices and suicide attacks at troops and peace-keeping forces in Somalia.

As the Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam has issued a Declaration of the Chairman of the 37th ASEAN Summit.

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

At the request of Vietnam, the game "Baby Panda’s World Travel" with the illegal "cow's tongue line" has been removed from the app store of the Android and iOS operating systems.

For a week, the streets of Yen Phu ward in Tay Ho district in Hanoi were flooded with garbage. Piles of waste were along streets, discharging a bad smell.

US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien on Sunday met with students, lecturers and post graduates at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam during his first-ever official visit to Vietnam on November 20-22.

Along with bowling, triathlon and jujitsu, eSports will become one of the official sports at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to an announcement of the Southeast Asian Games Federation Council held online last week.

Diva My Linh was honoured at a national singing contest in 1993, and is now one of the most influential singers in the north, presenting popular songs in the pop, funk and R&B genres.

The UN General Assembly on November 23 adopted the ASEAN-UN cooperation resolution with the backing of 110 countries, the highest number of co-sponsors for the resolution since it was introduced for the first time in 2002.

A VN guestworker dies of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

The competition in the beer market is no longer healthy as 'dirty tricks' have been used to win over rivals and obtain market share.