Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna, Austria, on October 15, as part of his official visit to the European country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on Austrian businesses to invest in a wide range of areas in Vietnam while addressing the Vietnam-Austria Business Forum in Vienna on October 15. 

Vietnam is reaping the benefits of a national strategy laid out 10 years ago to garner riches from the country’s long coastline, over 3,000 islands and abundant water areas three times the size of its land mass.

 Tuong Chuc village, about 13 km southwest of Hanoi, used to be busy with trading activities because it is located along the highway, near the market and the river bank. But since the end of the 19th century, the village had a new craft – lock repair.

Vietnam CEO Forum 2018 to draw more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, Vietnam Railways boosts cooperation with state-owned corporations, Court opens Posco VST-Thanh Nam Group debt claim

VinFast has caught attention from the public with its impressive presence at 2018 Paris Motor Show. Now it needs to choose a reasonable pricing strategy to conquer the home market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Japanese IT firms are hunting for workers from Vietnam, offering great opportunities to Vietnamese youth who want to live and work in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s universities have made a big leap in the number of international scientific published as they are now aware of the importance of scientific research in tertiary education establishments.

 The epics of the Xo Dang ethnic group’s T’dra branch, also known as ho mu’uan, were first discovered in the early 2000s by Vo Quang Trong, Director of Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. 

ADB said urbanization in Vietnam has been proceeding very quickly, as seen in the expansion of the administrative boundary of Hanoi and HCM City, where formerly agricultural land is now being used for industrial, trade and service activities.

Contrary to all predictions, BPhone 3, or the third generation of BPhone, a made-in-Vietnam product of BKAV Corporation, has been praised by domestic experts, who criticized BPhone and BPhone 2.

 Vietnamese representative Bui Phuong Nga and other beauties at Miss Grand International put on some impressive performances during the national costume contest in Myanmar on October 12th.

 Vietnamese representative Bui Phuong Nga’s portrait won a place amongst the Top 9 photos at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant, according to organizers of the global beauty contest.

 More than 22,440 Vietnamese youths studied in the US in the 2016-2017 academic year, a rise of 4.8 percent year-on-year, according to the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A ceremony was held at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 to see off the second group of Vietnam’s first Level-2 field hospital to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. 

 The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will host the Visit Vietnam Year 2019 under the theme of “Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival”, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The book titled I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass by children’s best selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh is being introduced at the 2018 Frankfurt International Book Fair which runs October 9-14.

 International shipping lines could face a 10 percent increase in container handling service charges at ports in the northern region, starting from early 2019 under the Ministry of Transport’s latest proposals. 

The IMF has forecast Vietnam’s GDP growth rate for this year at 6.6%, reflecting the growth momentum of trading partners and rising potential growth at home.

 Fresh problems emerging from the digital economy, such as conflicts of interests between conventional businesses and digital-based businesses—Uber and Grab are the case in point—necessitates the regulatory institution.