The 2018 retail landscape in Vietnam was more challenging than ever, and the major market chains were trying to adapt quickly to changes to remain relevant.

HCM City is suffering from the ‘heat island’ phenomenon because of the reduction of greenery areas.

Mai Duc Chung and his team yesterday left for Thailand for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship on August 15-28.

A concert entitled Thanh Âm Từ Thiên Nhiên (The Sound From Nature) will be aired live from the National Conference Centre on Viet Nam National Television (VTV)’s Channel 1 on August 18.

The Autumn Melodies Art Festival 2019 in HCM City will gather hundreds of international and Vietnamese musicians, vocalists and dancers who will present opera, chamber music, and contemporary dance performances from August 17-25. 

HCM City’s Department of Health has sped up the process of building a database and adopting IT as instructed by the city Party Committee.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a written request to the People's Committee of Quang Ninh Province urging local agencies to strictly handle violations in Ha Long Bay.

Transport minister Nguyen Van The pledged to find the best method to repair the surface of Hanoi's Thang Long Bridge after multiple cracks and subsidence have developed but no long-term solution has been put forward.

The Viet Nam-India Friendship Association in Hanoi has launched a writing contest about India and the two countries' friendship.

Consistent with its sustainable development journey, the central city of Danang is committed to promoting and attracting investment on a selective basis while constantly improving its efficiency, avoiding the wooing of funding at all costs.

The 45th World Skills Competition will begin on August 16 in Kazan, Russia, where Vietnamese contestants will show off their vocational skills in 19 professions with the goal of earning as many medals as possible.

An exhibition of seven calligraphies written by Vietnamese calligrapher Ngau Thu and featuring poems by German poet Heinrich Heine will be held at the Goethe Institut in Hanoi from August 26 to September 2.

The two shows including “Vietbeauty” and “Mekong Beauty Show” will take place together on August 22-24 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre with the participation of more than 450 enterprises.

Artist Nagano Hideko, famous Japanese author of children’s picture books, is loved by Vietnamese children for her interesting picture books and her talks full of laughter.

Around 7,000 people will be joining the race this year including professional and amateur athletes, run-lovers in Vietnam and overseas.

Quality of assets, rental growth, deal size, and land tenure are decisive for investment choices.

Laughing yoga is gradually becoming popular in the world, attracting more people to practice. 

Buddhist followers and Vietnamese families often offer vegetarian meal and burn votive personal belongings and money to feed the destitute spirits or to help wandering souls find their way back home.

The Vu Lan Festival opened on August 11 with thousands of Buddhists flocking to the Kim Son-Lac Hong Pagoda in the northern province of Hoa Binh to honour their parents and ancestors.

Le Ba Khanh Trinh, who was dubbed the 'golden boy' of Vietnamese mathematics, hasn't become a famous professor, or undertaken any important leadership role, but he still keeps his the flame of passion for mathematics alive and in his own way.