Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the “Enhancing the application of IT in law dissemination and education in the 2019-2021 period” project.

As many as 23,000 pupils in Hanoi will not get a place at public high schools in the new school year as Hanoi Department of Education and Training has set enrolment quotas.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang expressed delight that Doan Thi Huong has been released and reunited with her family in Vietnam.

Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of over 2.7 per cent in consumer price index (CPI) in the first four months of this year, marking the lowest rate of increase seen in three years, according to the General Statistics Office.

The Undetectable=Untransmittable or K=K (Khong phat hien=Khong lay truyen) campaign was launched in Hanoi on May 3 with a training course on communications work for the campaign.

The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of Vietnam rose to a four-month high of 52.5 in April from 51.9 in March, according to a Nikkei-IHS Markit survey.

US chemical firms, including Monsanto should be responsible for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.

Vietnam needs to settle fundamental problems before it can think of building smart cities, experts say.

Private sector has big role in HCM City’s economic development

The American Center in Hanoi will hold a workshop on music and dance therapy for Vietnamese veterans from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7.

While the Vietnamese society is still dreaming of turning the country into the world’s top rice exporter, rice farmers are the first to wake up, as they realize that the more rice they produce, the less profit they earn.

The plan to shut down Sense Market, an underground shopping center located at September 23 Park in District 1 of HCMC, has been canceled, the market’s investor Saigon Co.op has announced.

Despite earning decent profits, some commercial banks have opted not to pay any dividends, prompting frustration among shareholders at recent annual general meetings, reported Thanh Nien newspaper.

A pupil was killed while four others injured when a man broke into a primary school in Thanh Hoa Province and stabbed the children on Friday morning.

More than 1,000 domestic and international delegations paid tribute to former President, General Le Duc Anh at ceremonies held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and his home province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 3.

Hundreds of children lost their parents in the spring of 1975 as they migrated along Road No 7, now called Highway No 25.

A burial service for former President General Le Duc Anh, who was also former Politburo member and former advisor to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was held at Ho Chi Minh City’s cemetery on May 3.

While observers believe that it’s the right time to pour money into resort real estate, they also warn of the hot development of the market segment.

A memorial service for former President Le Duc Anh was held in Hanoi on May 3. After the service, his coffin was taken to the Noi Bai int'l airport to be transported to HCM City where he is burried.

As the Vietnamese stock market has been volatile in recent months, many listed firms have given up on plans to issue shares to raise charter capital.