A cluster of three solar power plants with a combined capacity of 330MWp in Thuan Nam district, the south central province of Ninh Thuan, was put into operation and connected to the national grid on April 27.

The third Hue International Hot Air Balloon Festival 2019 opened on April 27 with the participation of hot air balloons from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, and host Vietnam.

Robot3T Group of Ho Chi Minh City designs and builds cost-effective robotics and automation products and solutions to meet small and medium-sized enterprises’ emerging needs for smart manufacturing systems.

A ceremony was held in Hue city to hand over a project to clean the Noon Gate - the southern main gateway of Hue former imperial city, which is sponsored by Germany’s Karcher Group, to the Hue Monument Conservation Centre.

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta is expected to increase between April 28 and May 6 as the volume of water flowing southward from the Mekong River will decline.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha speaks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about his resolve to make education a clean place for the nation’s youth and talented future citizens.

Pham Trong Thuc, deputy director general of the Industrial Safety Technique and Environmental Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, talks to Công Thương newspaper on the national plan to develop coal-fired power plants.

Photos posted on social media last week showed four Western men, naked bar their shorts and shoes, lying on their bags on a highway leading to Noi Bai International Airport in the scorching heat that reached 39-40 degrees Celsius.

Abbess Thich Nu Duc Thinh of Long Cat Pagoda has overcome many challenges, but still insists that her role is to create a better future for poor children.

Thach Xa commune in Hanoi’s suburban Thach That district is famous for its unique traditional craft product – the bamboo dragonfly.

Habeco expects lower profits in 2019

The State Treasury has mobilized trillions of dong via bond issuance, but still cannot spend the money because of slow disbursement in state-funded projects.

The ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) has long been an endless source of inspiration for fashion, poetry, music and movies, and now it is inspiring Vietnamese and Japanese artists to create a new design for the long dress.

French sound engineer Arnaud Soulier will speak at a workshop on sound in documentary production at the center for documentary, experimental films and video art DocLab in Hanoi on May 5, 9, 11 and 19.

The Communist Party of Vietnam has issued a special communiqué, announcing that former President General Le Duc Anh passed away at 20:10 on April 22, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc valued efforts to promote connectivity and international economic links, including the Belt and Road Initiative, in his speech delivered at the roundtable meeting of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

The digital economy has been key to the development of Vietnam's startup community.

Footwear industry has opportunities to expand export market as free trade agreements were signed or in the progress to be signed.

Vietnamese garment makers expect the CPTPP to exert positive impacts on their exports in the second half of 2019, when documents guiding the implementation of the trade agreement are to be promulgated.

Companies around Vietnam are beginning to adopt the technology needed to address key business challenges and utilize opportunities in the digital era.