Discussions at the event help address the heat of conflicts which threaten the regional security.

Three talented artists from Hanoi are introducing their paintings depicting the country’s landscapes of four seasons at a group exhibition in HCMC.

Despite their small space, independent bookshops have still been attractive with their olde-worlde charm and their suggestion of a life where there's time to potter among the shelves.

More than 62,000 people in the central provinces of Vietnam have infected with deadly dengue fever in ten months of the year, a threefold increase compared to the same period last year. Worse, eight people died of the disease.

Given the more complicated nature of origin fraud, the Government has ordered a review of legal documents and has called for tighter control over the issuance of certificates of origin (C/O).

For the first time in years, the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has fallen out of the list of the top five profitable banks in the face of the strong growth of joint-stock commercial banks.

Captain Le Thi Hien of the Dong Da District Police in Hanoi City, who insulted a Vietnam Airlines counter employee and physically and verbally assaulted a security guard in August this year, has been removed from the Communist Party.

A ceremony to see off the Vietnamese sporting delegation to the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games took place in Hanoi on November 16.

To cope with rainfall, sea water level rise and land subsidence, HCM City is discussing with Dutch experts the possibility of building multi-task dykes to prevent floods and provide water in districts 2 and 9.

The way coffee is bought and consumed in Vietnam is changing as new players work hard to get their name out there.

Vietnam continues to be a top choice destination for Australian undergraduate students participating in the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan.

Politburo member, Defence Minister, Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich met Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Prawit Wongsuwan and Defence Minister of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto in Bangkok on November 16.

Allowing private investors to develop electricity transmission lines is expected to be the best solution to settle the electricity shortage.

Hanoi and HCMC both have some serious air quality issues to grapple with.

SOE equitization and divestment needs greater efforts from all concerned as yet another deadline seems likely to be missed.

With the theme of food and agriculture technology for 2050, a robotics competition has encouraged students to put forward solutions to overcome food shortages that may occur in the future.

Taxation agencies struggle to find individuals who have income from YouTube and Facebook, but have had some recent success.

Vietnamese banks are following their corporate clients by expanding abroad. 

Long-standing concerns could be solved in the latest version of the draft Law on Public-Private Partnerships ahead of National ­Assembly discussions.

Recapital Investments Pte., Ltd. officially sold its majority stake in Ninh Van Bay Travel Real Estate JSC and withdrew from the Board of Directors.