Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has recently paid a working visit to Hawaii to meet local leaders for the strengthened Vietnam – US ties.

 The Song Da Corporation will sell nearly 200 million shares worth 48.82 per cent of its charter capital in its initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for 2019.

 Overseas remittance flowing into HCM City until the end of September rose 12.5 per cent month-on-month to nearly US$3.38 billion.

 The Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) welcomed the listing of nearly one billion shares of four companies on October 5. The share value registered for trading is equal to VND11.8 trillion (US$518 billion).

Outdated technology, monopolies and lack of competitiveness: they all describe Vietnam’s railway system.

 In an effort to fuel a start-up boom, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is drafting a decree to create a legal framework for funding start-ups.

During the first 10 months of the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union, total trade turnover between the sides grew 32 percent, with exports from Viet Nam to EAEU countries increasing 28 percent.

Instead of being wary about investors, tourism management authorities should collaborate with them in preserving the natural environment, says Dr Nguyen Hoang Tri.

 Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “The Remains of the Day”, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for a run of “exquisite” novels that the award body said mixed Franz Kafka with Jane Austen.

 Vietnam commits to cooperating with the United Nations and its member states to promote the rule of law to realise sustainable development goals, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of ​Vietnam's ​Permanent Mission to the UN.

 Vietnamese musicians will perform at a concert combining traditional music and romantic poems by German poet Heinrich Heine tonight at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi. 

 Domestic airlines operating on the popular Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route have reduced the number of their flights due to technical and staff difficulties, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) reported on October 5.

 A trio of Swiss, American and British scientists won the 2017 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for developing cryo-electron microscopy, allowing researchers to see biological molecules frozen in action.

The Government has adopted a five-point action plan designed to create a good investment and business climate for the development of the private sector.

 There will be a boom in green buildings in Vietnam if the community’s awareness of environmental protection improves, an expert told a symposium in HCM City on Thursday.

One of the best chau van bands in the country - “The Thanh An Ethnic Band” from the epicentre of chau van music – Nam Dinh – will perform for only one night, October 12, at DeN, 49 Yen Phu Village, Hanoi.

 Vietnam needs to implement policies of climate change mitigation in an inclusive and comprehensive way. Of that, mitigation actions might benefit the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people, experts have said.

 Protesters chanted and waved banners at the opening of the BFI London Film Festival as a long-running staff pay dispute with a cinema chain spilled over into red carpet territory.

 The Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Central Committee on October 5 announced the list of 63 excellent farmers in 2017 and 24 typical individuals in agricultural production during the country’s three-decade reform process.

 Vietnam can achieve a whopping 56 percent annual rise in export turnover this year to reach 275 billion USD, a senior official has said.