The 3rd Eurosphere – European Art of Living exhibition opened on June 14 at the InterContinental Saigon Hotel in HCM City’s District 1.

For the first time ever, a contemporary Vietnamese art show has wowed audiences at the prestigious Sydney Opera House.

Over 890 projects in infrastructure with total investment of $9.43 billion are being carried out by in the Mekong Delta by 898 businesses from Ho Chi Minh City, according to statistics of the municipal People’s Committee.

On a summer morning just before Vietnam’s Reunification Day, April 30, an elderly American lady showed up at VOV’s office.

A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the movement of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in France was held on June 15 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris.

FC Sapa Praha, a football team of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, has became the champion of the annual friendly football tournament held by the Czech Senate for ethnic communities.

According to the government’s report, since more than 81 percent of the country’s public companies have charter capital of over VND30 billion, the revision thus will affect only a minority of firms.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem enjoyed victory in the standard event of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2019 which took place in China, the first time he has won the tournament.

"Live on rocks and die buried in rocks". That is how people from the Mong Meo Vac ethnic group define their identity. 

A flashmob involving hundreds of dancers wearing beachwear kicked off the Danang Summer Destination 2019 programme in Son Tra district on June 14, marking the start of the city’s annual tourism event.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh attended the fifth Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) that took place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan from June 14-15.

The overall exports pattern of Vietnam portrays its similarities with export-led growth model of Mexico, which has turned itself into export production platforms for foreign multinationals, rather than developing own indigenous industrial capacity.

Tourism is likely to become Vietnam’s new growth pillar, increasing its contribution to the service sector and overall GDP.

The Mekong Delta loses 300 hectares of land each year because of river and coastline erosion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The ongoing revision of Vietnam’s securities law is expected to remove restriction for foreign ownership limit at local companies.

As its labor cost is equal and even higher than other countries, Vietnam will have to replace the cheap labor advantage for the skilled workforce advantage in the coming time to raise the competitiveness.

Nguyen Ngoc Trong is known as the best artisan of metal inlaying craft. He is one of only 4 artisans practicing this craft of the capital city of Hanoi.

Vietnam is listed among the five worst polluters of ocean plastic waste, discharging between 280,000 and 730,000 tons of plastic waste every year into the ocean, according to the United Nations. 

More Vietnamese companies are turning to­ mergers and acquisitions to beef up their domestic market presence and boost growth.

There is a growing need for innovative solutions that open up opportunities for private investment into economically, socially and environmentally sustainable projects in Vietnam.