Low-income earners have been the most hard-hit by the recent energy price hikes.

In the development of the Vietnamese economy, more women are running businesses across the country.

As the domestic capital market is underdeveloped, Vietnamese banks are in dire need of foreign capital to meet Basel II standards by 2020 as required by the central bank.

The lagging behind, to some extent, means lack of advancement in education, especially slow progress in education reform.

The quality of tap water in HCM City is being closely monitored by production and distribution units as well as independent agencies such as the main Preventive Medicine Centre and district-level preventive health centres.

Vietnam is emerging as a preferred destination for companies looking to resettle production because of tariff concerns emerged from the US – China trade friction.

The trouble with Yeah 1 has affected investors’ view on Vietnam’s technology firms, which need more venture funds.

Vietnam’s police on May 4 launched a criminal prosecution against Le Bach Hong, former deputy prime minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs cum former general director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Hundreds of athletes from the Vietnamese community living and working in the Republic of Korea joined a sports exchange in Osan city, Kyeonggi on May 5.

Truong Hai Automobile Corporation (Thaco) in co-operation with French car manufacturer Peugeot Group inaugurated a new manufacturing plant and rolled out two made-in-Viet Nam models in Quang Nam on Sunday.

Four years ago, the State Bank’s preferential loan credit package of VND30 trillion (US$1.29 billion) helped thousands of low-income people purchase low-cost apartments in big cities.

As many as 173 administrative procedures of 13 ministries and sectors have been connected to the National Single Window (NSW) window since it was implemented in 2015.

Hanoi has implemented a pilot program installing cameras to film people littering on the pedestrian mall around the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.

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Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has issued a plan to implement a project on simplifying administrative procedures, citizen papers and databases related to population management in 2019.

HCM City was one of five large cities in the country asked to pilot public bicycle sharing in its inner areas under the Prime Minister’s requirement in 2014, but the pilot programme has failed to meet demand.

Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital which is in South Sudan for a UN peacekeeping mission will finish its duty in October, 2019.

Vietnam has been named among seven affordable honeymoon destinations outside India, according to a list released by Mans World India.

Although the dry season has on its last days, drought has still been accelerating in the South Central and Central Highland Regions, including Binh Thuan, the province dubbed ‘Vietnamese dragon fruit capital’.

Two female artists will introduce their art in two installation exhibitions in HCM City.