The central province of Thua Thien-Hue will begin stiff fines on littering in public areas and illegal waste dumping from July 1.

The height of the Fansipan peak in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, the highest mountain in Indochina, was actually 3,147.3 metres, according to the Department of Survey Mapping and Geographic Information.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has granted operating license to the Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) to open a representative office in New York.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) on June 26 officially launched the Viettel Digital Services Corporation (VDS), its 8th subsidiary company.

The Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City in coordination with competent forces on June 26 seized more than 14 kg of methamphetamine hidden in packages transported from foreign countries.

The Vietnamese team have brought home a silver medal from the Asian Women’s Beach Handball Championship in China.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) on June 25 announced the results of the 2019 annual market classification review for 85 markets, in which Vietnam failed to make its way to the watch list for reclassification.

According to the Hanoi Department of Population and Family Planning, the city set the goal for 2019 of achieving the gender ratio at birth of 113 boys/100 girls.

Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings has said it would work with American rival Coca-Cola and Swedish Nestlé to push the government of Vietnam to create a large-scale recycling system.

Disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) hit over VND1.6 trillion in the first five months of this year.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on June 25 sentenced three members of a drug gang to death for the illegal trade and trafficking of drugs.

Outgoing Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick was presented with a Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 26.

No matter whether businesses are powerful conglomerates or small companies, they all need a healthy playing field.

Tran Duy Dong, director general of the Department for Local and Regional Economy under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to Industry and Trade newspaper about the development of eco-industrial parks in Vietnam.

Marubeni to build $115 mil instant coffee plant in Vietnam

It is expected that the average dairy product demand of Vietnamese will increase to 28 liters per annum by 2020.

You want to build a school? Of course you need to think about money, and a lot of it! One young man has successfully built schools for poor ethnic minorities in remote areas raising funds from a very simple source.

The Coffee House has already opened 100 stores in Vietnam, the fastest growth rate among all coffee chains. Its founder, Nguyen Hai Ninh, was included on the list of 30 under 30 by Forbes in 2017.

Choreographer Vu Ngoc Khai will present a new show entitled Đáy Giếng (Into The Well) on June 28 in Hanoi. Khai currently works at the Konzert Theatre Bern, Switzerland.

Vietnam is set to welcome a huge flow of investment from Hong Kong in the light of implementation of a free trade agreement between this economy and the ASEAN bloc.