Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh led a Vietnamese delegation to participate in many activities within the framework of the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 21 held a periodic open debate on the Middle East situation, including Palestine, under the chair of Vietnam.

Minh Phu Seafood Corp shares fell for a second day after the company confirmed it would co-operate with the US investigation into whether the Vietnamese firm had evaded anti-dumping taxes or not.

Vietnam’s banks started replacing magnetic cards with chip cards some years ago, but the process has been going slowly.

Maintaining exports critical to cement industry this year

If you visit or live in Vietnam anytime between mid-December until late February, you'll find yourself surrounded by the never-ending festive mood.

Localities in Vietnam have taken a number of measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing since the country received a “yellow card” warning from the European Commission (EC) in 2017. 

Situated on Hang Luoc street in Hanoi, the local flower market is currently packed with customers who are looking to purchase beautiful peach blossom branches or trees in the build up to the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Aquaculture is one of the economic pillars and important livelihoods of the Mekong Delta. However, it is threatened by coal-fired thermopower plants.

Tet is a precious time of the year for family reunions, but dozens of construction workers on the Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway will be missing out this year.

Farmers in Tra Vinh Province are entering the mud crab harvest for Tet (Lunar New Year) and earning a high profit of VND30 - 35 million (US$1,300 - 1,500) per hectare as demand is high for the coming holiday, which falls on January 25.

Drama enthusiasts in HCM City have never had it so good. With eight new plays staged by seven theatres running two shows per day during the Lunar New Year or Tet festival, they are spoiled for choice.

Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, talks to Vietnam News Agency on his ministry’s contributions to national industrialisation and international integration.

Nguyen Van Sinh, Deputy Minister of Construction, talks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh Tế Việt Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) on Vietnam’s goal to invest in the construction of 12.5 million square metres of housing floor space from 2016-2020.

Displays of Tet from bygone eras have been reimagined at the Kim Ngan Communal House on Hang Bac street in Hanoi as a way of celebrating the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Vietnam has been warned that serious air pollution will affect economic growth in the long term, and lead to foreign investment decline.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong shares his thoughts with the Vietnam News Agency on the efforts the Party and Vietnamese people have made to bring the country to where it is today.

Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Van Binh Book Street is proving to be a popular destination among visitors ahead of the Tet Book Street festival 2020 which is scheduled to take place from January 22-28.

Hidden away in a tiny backstreet of Hanoi is a community like no other.

Artist Nguyen Thu Thuy, initiator of the record-breaking Ceramic Road in Hanoi, has just inaugurated the New Ha Noi Art Space, reviewing her works over the past ten years.