Hanoi will implement more environmental projects, keep the current 104 lakes clean and build more wastewater treatment plants.

It is estimated that the EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) will add 0.1 percentage point (ppt) on average to Vietnam’s real GDP growth each year based solely on its trade impacts.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on May 2 informed that up to 1,126 emergency cases were referred to hospital due to fighting during the five-day holiday which lasted from April 27 to May 2.

The government is submitting to the National Assembly a mammoth north-south express railway project worth $59 billion.

The HCMC government has assigned the municipal Department of Construction to set up an inspection team to look into the use and management of the banks of the Saigon River.

A draft project on national digital transformation has set a target to have 50% of businesses operating on a digital basis by 2025.

Tourists to Tay Phuong pagoda in Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi are likely to opt for Che lam (sticky rice flour cake), which is believed as a gift from Buddha.

The weekend events calendar is packed with arts performances, live music, exhibitions and blockbuster theater shows and here are our recommendations.

Two baby rhinos, a male and a female, were born this month in the care of Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has suggested that administrative agencies across the country open at 8:30 a.m. in a proposed amendment to the Labor Law.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has told the Ministry of Industry and Trade to work with the General Statistics Office of Vietnam to review the impact of the power price hike, which took effect on March 20, Motthegioi news site reported.

Fifteen volunteer riders last week completed their Hanoi to HCMC (H2H) charitable bike ride stretching more than 2,000 kilometers of Vietnam to raise funds for underprivileged children.

In order to give accurate weather forecasts, it is necessary to have good data assimilation, but this is still challenging for Vietnamese researchers.

The Vietnamese manufacturing sector maintained its growth in April as firms were once again successful in securing new orders, with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising to a four-month high of 52.5 from 51.9 in March.

Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was defeated in the second qualifying round of the ongoing ATP Challenger Savannah in the US yesterday.

Authorities of the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have decided to relocate 322 local households from areas which are vulnerable to landslides and floods.

An exhibition featuring the best works from the European Characters in Viet Nam Contest opened yesterday to kick off European Literature Days 2019 in Hanoi.

Ha Noi FC and Becamex Binh Duong both won group stage matches in the AFC Cup on Wednesday.

The Vietnam Circus Federation will host a circus show re-enacting the Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the victory.

Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong was released from a women’s prison in Selangor state of Malaysia at about 7.10am (local time) on May 3 and received by a delegation of the Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia.