The Ministry of Education and Training has asked the Hanoi-based University of Business and Technology to withdraw coursebooks with illicit contents and map showing nine-dash line as well as harsh punishment on individuals and teams.

Despite the global economic slowdown, Vietnam still recorded positive growth in January-October this year, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a regular Cabinet meeting on November 5.

The board of directors of Song Da Water Investment Company (Viwasupco) on November 5 fired Nguyen Van Ton from his posts as general director and legal representative of the firm due to the fallout from the recent water contamination incident.

Buoyed by a strong economy and excited by their international prospects, Vietnamese businesses are anticipating a bright future, according to the latest “HSBC Navigator: Now, Next and How” report.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam has announced that another 36 overseas education consulting firms in the country have been stopped from representing their student customers in applying for Japanese visas.

Express delivery service providers have announced bigger investments in apps and technologies to give better experiences to customers.

Storm Nakri, the sixth typhoon from the East Sea this year, with strong level 8 winds, is moving on the East Sea with a slow speed but complicated direction.

Yen Trang, Vietnam’s entrant at Miss Asia 2019, has been crowned the competition’s winner at the pageant’s recent conclusion in India.

A group of pickpockets operating at tourist destinations throughout Vietnam have been increasingly targeting foreign travelers, negatively affecting the image of the country as a tourism destination.

Vietnam had taken concrete steps in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) based on the European Council's (EC) recommendations, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

This is a far cry from two years ago, when charges were placed on electronic services in a bid to increase bank revenue.

Insurer Bao Viet Holdings (BVH) and the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) have approved plans of paying cash dividends worth combined US$236 million in the next two months.

After the issuance, the bank's charter capital has increased by VND6 trillion from VNĐ34.2 trillion to more than VND40.2 trillion.

Vietnam had the second lowest number of Android threats detected in Southeast Asia in the period from January to September this year, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

The Da River water plant was found to have flushed thousands of cubic metres of raw wastewater used to cleanse their tanks to the environment, days after it was involved in a polluted water scandal, reported Hanoi's environment authority.

The southern central province of Phu Yen is seeking government financial support of VND82 billion ($1.55 million) to help the locality deal with the consequences of the recent Storm Matmo.

The first Vietnam festival held in the Japanese city of Fukushima drew hundreds of Vietnamese people residing in the prefecture of the same name and neighbouring areas.

An international conference on sustainable maritime economy and climate change adaptation will take place in the central city of Da Nang in late March 2020.

“Cooperation for regional security and development” was the topic of the 11th East Sea International Conference which opened in the capital city of Hanoi on November 6.

This segment was also the only one in the brokerage sector that saw gross profit increase compared to the third quarter of last year.