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Exhibition showcases urban pollution in Vietnam

Many photos featuring Vietnamese people living with polluted air have been put on display at an on-going photo exhibition on plastic waste in Ho Chi Minh City. 

New product to draw foreign investors to Vietnam’s stock market

Covered warrants will be an alternative technical tool as foreign investors are not limited to buy the securities product and can freely trade it as domestic investors do.

 

Hydropower plants will seriously damage the Red River, scientists say

National Assembly deputies have expressed their concern about Lao Cai provincial authorities desire to build two hydropower plants on the Red River.

Advanced technologies needed to deal with waste problems in Vietnam

Selecting a waste treatment model suitable for Viet Nam's development conditions remains a challenge for local authorities, a government official said on June 12 at a seminar in HCM City.

 

Vietnam tightens control over YouTube’s ads

The targeted companies include Samsung Vietnam, Grab, Sun Group, Yamaha, Shopee, VNG, Huawei Vietnam, among others.

 

Prolonged heat wave leaves people of Hanoi sweltering

A prolonged heat wave that has hit the capital city of Hanoi has greatly affected the daily lives of local people, forcing many to find ways of protecting themselves from the hot weather.

Positive signs of resources for Vietnamese startups

The first Vietnam Venture Summit held in Hanoi recently saw venture capital funds commit millions of USD to Vietnamese startups, illustrating the confidence foreign investors have in the Vietnamese market.

 

Promoting Vietnam-US space co-operation

US Science Envoy for Space, Major General Charles Frank Bolden, Jr. has completed a four-day visit to Vietnam during which he promoted space co-operation between the two countries.

Local governments have become more transparent: report

Local governments have become more transparent with how they spend public money, but more needs to be done, according to a report.

Two paths for Vietnam's automobile industry

There are two clear investment tendencies in the automobile industry. First, becoming the leading assembling center in Southeast Asia, and second, buying technologies and making automobiles for export.

Miss Earth Phuong Khanh serves on judging panel for Miss Earth Singapore 2019

Phuong Khanh, Miss Earth 2018, stole the show as a judge on the final night of the Miss Earth Singapore 2019 pageant which took place on June 12.

Vietnam issues ICT reference framework for smart city development

The ICT reference framework for the development of smart cities (version 1.0) has been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications as a basis for localities and businesses to develop smart city projects.

 

VN banks compete for customers in credit card market

Competition in the country’s credit card market has become stiff as more and more foreign and domestic banks as well as finance companies are competing to gain market shares.

 

Vietnam’s textile industry strives to find new markets

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is striving to achieve export turnover of more than US$40 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 14-15 per cent.

 

Commercial lobster farming on Binh Ba island

The enlightenment of lobster farming with cages and rafts in Binh Ba has brought the products of lobster, blue lobster and red lobster into specialties of the whole South Central region.

 

Tighter regulations on online shopping in Vietnam proposed

Tighter regulations should be applied for people who buy products online under the cash on delivery (COD) form to prevent the situation in which customers refuse to receive the ordered goods.

Hoa Binh BOT toll station seeks government help following protests

Authorities in the northern province of Hoa Binh has just proposed to the government to allow vehicles to travel for free after drivers protested against the toll at the newly built Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh Toll Station.

 

China's textile factory project suspended in Quang Ninh

Local authorities in Quang Ninh Province has just suspended the construction of a textile factory project of China’s Texhong Co., Ltd. as they failed to complete legal procedures.

 

One dead, six unconscious after power generator incident in HCM City

A 11-year-old girl died while her grandmother and five cousins were found unconscious while sleeping HCM City, according to local police who said that they might have been suffocated by a power generator.

Top Vietnamese percussionist to perform the hang drums

Heritage Space will present a music night featuring famous percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa, on June 22.