The HCMC Department of Transport yesterday said that it had assigned the Urban Traffic Management Zone no.1 to be investor of a 22 hectare walking street zone in downtown HCMC.

 The National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center yesterday announced that a cold air mass is forecast to hit the northern and central region of Vietnam in next couple of days.

 Nineteen Golden Kite Award-nominated films will be screened for free at five cinemas in Ho Chi Minh City from April 3-7.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will require commercial banks support high-tech agriculture enterprises, under a direction from Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

 Located in the Truong Son Mountain Range, Minh Long white waterfalls in the central province of Quang Ngai impress visitors, especially young people with its stunning beauty.

 Prospects are bright for Vietnam’s footwear exports after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into force in 2018.

 The question of how to raise assorted investment sources in Vietnam for national economic development has dominated the agenda of many economic forums. 

 Foreign shipping lines will have to publicise charges, surcharges of freight services for containerised goods, and port service charges from July 1, 2017.

 A new cold spell is expected to come to the northern region of Vietnam from tomorrow, March 25, with temperatures in high mountainous areas to drop as low as below 11 degrees Celsius.

 500 people have been evacuated and 1,200 workers will be affected after a large fire burnt down a Taiwanese garment factory in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Thursday, according to local authorities.

Traffic accidents have killed around 2,100 people and injured 3,800 others in Vietnam in the first three months this year, according to a report of the National Committee for Traffic Safety. 

 The National Electronic Authentication Centre (NEAC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Korea Information Certificate Authority Incorporated (KICA).

 Investment and individual consumption will fuel Vietnam’s economic growth in the year, according to Pham Hong Hai, Chief Executive Officer for Vietnam at HSBC Holdings.

  Chinese tourists entering Vietnam via Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh at weekends is estimated to number 10,000 per day, doubling the normal days.

Experts in the country have opposed a proposal to set up a stage for Miss Grand International (MGI) inside a cave located in Quang Binh province’s heritage site.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on March 23 awarded “For the cause of Hanoi” title to Fukushima Yosuke, First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy to Vietnam.

A new tour has been launched in Hoi An, attracting a large number of tourists, especially foreigners. What is special about the tour is that tourists have to pay some money to experience garbage collection in the Hoai river.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine hosted a banquet in Kharkov city on March 22 to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-Ukraine diplomatic relations (January 23, 1992-2017).

 A 15-year-old canoeing athlete died during training at the Hai Duong Province Aquatic Sports and Training Centre on Thursday.

Twitter Inc is considering whether to build a premium version of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals, raising the possibility that it could collect subscription fees from some users for the first time.