With the growing participation of foreign players in Vietnam's financial market, big international names are gradually dominating Vietnamese leading brands.

Vietnamese players are being offered a better chance to compete in the K League as the Korean professional football league announced on April 18 that it will increase its quota for players from Southeast Asia starting next year.

Nearly 4,000 Vietnamese labourers working in the manufacturing, construction and fishery sectors will be recruited to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.

The US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 held a workshop on boosting Vietnam-US cooperation in airport infrastructure development in Vietnam, gathering 80 representatives of the public and private sectors of both nations.

The Yonhap News Agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK) inaugurated its Southeast Asian representative office in Hanoi on April 18.

Nuclear and isotope techniques are being used in water sources treatment, pollutant tracing, and environmental treatment.

 Coach operators at Mien Dong Coach Station and Mien Tay Coach Station will revise fares upward by 40% for trips from HCMC on the upcoming holidays of Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1).

The Ede ethnic minority people think that every water resource is managed by a genie. After each harvest and before each new crop, the Ede thank their water genies for blessing them with good weather and lots of luck. 

Instead of suing the culprits, denouncing abusers to agencies, or seeking support from the community, victims of school physical abuse tend to conceal the cases and keep everything secret.

China’s stricter requirements for packaging and origin traceability for agricultural products exported to its market will take effect from May 1, making it more difficult for Vietnam to ship its produce to China through informal channels.

Doctors are warning people to stay away from weight loss drugs promoted on social media websites.

Visual artist Uu Dam, known as UuDam, will be displaying his art in an interactive installation at Galerie Quynh in HCM City beginning on April 19.

With 40% of the population below the age of 24 and their greater propensity for digital technology, many of these younger consumers are driving the rapid expansion of Vietnam’s e-commerce market.

Eighteen years after Trinh Cong Son’s death, Japanese singer Tokiko Kato finally was able to visit Vietnam to perform in a concert that marked the late composer’s death anniversary. 

To have more parking place, HCM City has mapped out many underground parking lots. However, most of these projects remain on paper.

Although the damage wrought by the inferno at Formosa in Taiwan has not been assessed yet, it is sounding the alarms for all its facilities across the world, including Vietnam, which was also shaken by two heavy factory fires this month.

 Traditional taxi operators in Vietnam are being ­accused of unfair anti-competitive practices against ride-hailing firm Grab, as they attempt to compete against the latter’s expansion in the country.

Convenience store channel has become a battlefield for domestic and foreign retailers due to its great potential.

 Even though GTNfoods JSC has refused its previous proposal, Vinamilk is still eager to acquire more stakes in the firm, which holds 51 percent of Moc Chau Milk  as part of its M&A strategy.

 As plastic reduction is becoming an essential trend to save the environment, beverage companies, which still depend on tremendous amounts of plastic materials, cannot opt out of the trend.