Beer is often a best seller during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival but many retailers have been forced to lower their prices to encourage customers to buy.

Microalgae are being used as materials to reduce environmental pollution and create new-generation biofuels.

Japanese fashion brands are swooping into Vietnam as local consumers become more brand-sensitive as they grow prosperous.

Starbucks was the only foreign café chain to make it into the Top 5 in Vietnam, according to Euromonitor.

While global oil supplies in 2019 were vulnerable, the fluctuations have not affected long-term petrol prices, yet business plans for some in the market in 2020 remain complicated.

The Management Board of Hanoi’s Old Quarter launched a series of activities at Kim Ngan Temple at Hoan Kiem district’s 42-44 Hang Bac Street on January 18 to greet the new spring and the Lunar New Year (Tet).

On the opposite side of T'Nung Lake from Pleiku City, a road with a row of old pine trees, green tea hills, an ancient temple and fields, is considered the most the most beautiful street in the Gia Lai mountain city today.

Over the last 10 years, Vietnam’s private enterprises have not developed t their great potential.

The profit margin of VinMart+ has been improving over the last three years, and despite current losses, the retailer expects to turn a profit next year.

Unable to enroll students and taking a loss for a long period, many universities and junior colleges are planning to merge with other schools. 

The MoF announced the financial situation and production of Song Da Corporation, with the total revenue in 2018 reaching $78.26 million, down 32.2 per cent.

Top Vietnamese player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will compete with arch rivals at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival.

Many countries are stepping up measures to prevent the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that have infected over 400 people, mostly in China.

The European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) on January 21 approved a resolution asking for the European Parliament (EP)’s ratification of the EVFTA and the EVIPA.

The 18th meeting of the Governing Council of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN IPR) took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 21, the first during Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020.

The Prime Minister has signed decisions to recognise 27 more national treasures dating back to the second and third century B.C at the earliest.

The ASEAN Secretariat launched the Year of ASEAN Identity 2020 and presented awards for winners of the Year’s logo design competition on January 21.

Guinness World Records announced its recognition of Ba Den station of the modern cable car system at the Ba Den Mountain national tourist site as the largest cable car station in the world.

The streets of Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province, are flooded with the pinkish hue of wild peach blossom. The flower has become one of Dien Bien most distinctive and attractive features.

Black sesame sweet soup or also known as xí mà is a refreshing breakfast familiar to Hoi An locals. It is the result of the Vietnamese-Chinese-Japanese cultural interaction.