A trip to the west of Hoi An and Danang, right up to and over the Vietnamese-Lao border last year had helped me discover the Co Tu ethnic minority, one of the unique groups of people in Vietnam.

 The Agency of Foreign Information Service under the Ministry of Information and Communications has joined hands with the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Pictorial and The Gioi Publishing House to release “Vietnam Yearbook 2016” book.

 New lending regulations worry small firms, Bank chairman admits violations, More than 590 firms receive Vietnamese High-Quality Goods awards, New innovative startup club in Quang Nam

 State Treasury asked to continue following strategy till 2020, HCM City’s new online centre monitors bus activityi, CIENCO 8’s labour export licence withdrawn, More tourists visit temple, pagoda sites in An Giang

 Deals to increase in number this year and next as foreign investors seek to enter Vietnam.

A number of seafood companies have been dissolved or have halted operation, while trade barriers from import countries are expected to.pose challenges to Vietnam’s fishery sector.

 The Vietnamese Government released Decree No.20/2017 on February 24, providing tax administration for enterprises with controlled transactions and which will come into effect on May 1.

 Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has invested millions of dollar into two alumina plants in Vietnam. However, these plants seem to be failing expectations.

 PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV Oil), a member of national oil and gas group PetroVietnam, will sell a 40 per cent share in the second quarter of 2017.

 The first APEC Senior Officials’ Meetingand related meetings successfully wrapped up in Nha Trang city after two weeks of sitting – a good start for the APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam.

 Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN, called on countries to continue providing resources for development at the ECOSOC’s development cooperation forum.

 Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Saturday (Mar. 4) visited the palace of the former Vietnamese king in the ancient capital of Hue.

 Mother Goddess worship, or Dao Mau”, is very popular belief in an agriculture-based country like Vietnam, where farmers strongly depend on nature.

Our list of the 10 best places to go in the district of Moc Chau in Son La Province this summer includes magnificent waterfalls, scenic landscapes, lush fruit gardens and natural magical mountains.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and its chapter in the northern province of Bac Ninh organised a friendship spring tour in the locality on March 4.

 Winning consumers’ trust and developing a business reputation is one of the major challenges toward online business development, experts said.

 FPT Information Systems (FPT IS) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on application performance monitoring and security with Dynatrace LLC and ECQ Global on Thursday.

 Hanoi’s veterinary sub-department has not found any trace of the banned substance salbutamol in samples collected from animal breeding farms and slaughterhouses during an inspection in February.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has returned two Lexus cars presented by a local private company, the chief of the provincial People’s Committee office, Nguyen Duc Thanh, said yesterday.

The term “inclusive economy” was used for the first time at APEC 2017 to highlight the roles of micro, small and medium enterprises. VN News spoke on this development with some delegates on the sidelines of the first SOM 1.