The HCMC People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Transport to manage ride sharing services Grab, Uber and Facecar as a new type of taxi, which must meet transport business regulations like traditional cabs.

 Starting on September 28, the Medicine University Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City's District 5 will open examination rooms to exclusively serve foreign patients to meet the rising demand.

 The project on building Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city will be piloted in several of the city's districts beginning in October this year, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen.

Vingroup has announced plans to produce its first cars in the next two years, rekindling the long-cherished dream of a local car industry which has failed to come true following numerous attempts over the past two decades.

Uber will have to pay nearly VND67 billion ($2.94 million) in tax arrears, including personal and corporate income tax, withholding tax and value-added tax, as well as late payment fine, according to newswire Vnexpress.

 The villagers in Yen Bai Province are risking their lives to cross the stream every day as the local bridges have been abandoned unfinished for years.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai on September 24 asked local authorities to quickly deal with the rubbish-filled streets in Son Tay Town after local people blocked the dumping site over a compensation dispute. 

Nearly 100,000 of Asian openbill storks, which are listed as an especially rare species in Vietnam’s Red Book, have been nesting at the Gao Giong Ecotourism Site in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

 The iPhone 8 is failing to attract customers in Vietnam, with most interest being shown in the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.

Mong Rong rocky shore, located on Co To island in the northern province of Quang Ninh, is emerging as a popular destination for tourists.

With attractive incentives from the Government, the opportunity for foreign investors to own 100 percent of a Vietnamese bank has never been better. 

 The number of new dengue fever cases in Hanoi has dropped in the last few weeks, according to the city’s Department of Health on September 25.

 More and more bubble tea brands are now trying to establish by investing in outlets with attractive designs in big cities, particularly Hanoi.

 It has been unveiled that Hoang Thu Thao will represent Vietnam at Miss Global Beauty Queen 2017.

Those who have a chance to take a sightseeing tour to Long An are advised to head for the wonders park in My Hanh Bac Ward to admire some of the world’s renowned miniature wonders.

 Although Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been a well-known tourist destination for a long time, the province’s resort property market still offers many projects.

Many scholars from countries that claim no territory in the East Sea have said that maintaining maritime freedom, devising coordination mechanisms and controlling conflicts are important to settling disputes.

An increasing number of Vietnamese plan to buy a car this year, catching up with other ASEAN countries, according to the Auto Purchase Index of Financial Times Confidential Research.

 A high-rise boom in ever-growing HCM City is posing new management challenges for authorities, a construction official reported on Monday.

Uber Viet Nam CEO, Dang Viet Dung, on Saturday denied rumours that Uber would temporarily halt operations in Viet Nam until its tax dues were paid.