The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that it has proposed the Prime Minister to consider adjusting the environmental protection tax rate for biofuel in general and E5 RON92 ethanol gasoline blend in particular.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a launching ceremony to call for the public participation in preventing drown since present. Around 2,000 Vietnamese children die of drowning averagely yearly.

A seminar to promote investment in the North-South expressway project was organized by the Ministry of Transport on May 17, drawing interest from some 100 local firms and 50 international organizations and investors.

Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019, taking place in seven days from April 26, attracted both locals and tourists.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will make official visits to Russia, Norway, and Sweden on May 20-28 with an aim to boost strategic ties and speed up the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

During the hot and sunny days in Hanoi, key traffic projects are still being implemented by contractors to keep up with the schedule.

Border guards of the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien and Lao competent forces on May 18 arrested two Lao men for smuggling 120,000 meth pills.

The Vocalista Angels Yason Christy Pranowo choir from Indonesia won the top prize at the sixth Vietnam International Choir Competition which took place in Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam from May 15-19.

Shipments of Tra fish from the Mekong Delta to the US and China, two of the biggest buyers of the products, have dropped compared to the figure last year.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on May 19 to announce the implementation of Sanrio Hello Kitty World Hanoi by BRG project - the first entertainment complex by the group in Southeast Asia.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy, the Vietnamese Women’s Association in Tanzania and Nguyen Photo Studio on May 18 presented gifts to children at Human Dreams Village, a local facility for orphans and disabled children.

Three goals scored in the first half helped Saigon FC beat newly promoted Viettel 3-0 on May 18 to climb into third place in the table, level with fourth-placed Song Lam Nghe An on 17 points but with a better goal difference.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for joint efforts of the entire political system in the fight against African swine fever (ASF) which has spread across 34 cities and provinces nationwide.

A total of 118 photos highlighting the beauty of the land and people in Vietnam’s north central region are being displayed at an exhibition which opened in Vinh city, Nghe An province, on May 17.

Vietnamese people across the country have travelled to Hanoi over the past few days to pay tribute and show their gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on the occasion of his 129th birth anniversary.

Commercial banks in Vietnam will initially replace some 21 million magnetic ATM cards with chip cards beginning May 28, as the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has ordered issuing banks to convert their 75 million ATM cards to new chip cards.

Online travel agencies (OTAs) in Vietnam are striving to capture the opportunities created by the country's booming tourism market.

Organisations taking a business-driven cybersecurity approach to their digital initiatives achieve better outcomes and outperform their peers, according to PwC’s May 2019 Digital Trust Insights Survey.

In 1941, ‘Diary of a cricket’ was published for the first time and immediately aroused a strong interest in young readers.