Viet Nam won two gold medals at the 94th Malaysia Open Athletics Championship, which wrapped up at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, on July 19.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Cambodian King Nodorom Sihamoni following an official welcoming ceremony for the Vietnamese Party leader in Phnom Penh on July 20.

 More doctors trained to work in disadvantaged areas, Vietnamese young expats join summer camp in Mekong Delta, Conservation centre receives pygmy loris, Lotus-inspired design chosen for Long Thanh int’l airport

 The Vietnam Festival in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture (Vietnam Festa) is scheduled to take place in Yokohama city from September 15 to 17, as heard at a local press conference on July 19. 

Cities consume 70 per cent of Viet Nam’s total energy and discharge 70 per cent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced yesterday in Ha Noi.

 Pho and goi cuon (summer rolls) have been listed among the world’s Top 50 most delicious dishes by CNN, based on a vote of 35,000 people.

 Authorities of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have proposed expanding the number of pedestrianised streets and increasing the amount of time streets are shut to traffic during the summer.

As Thaco’s car sales decreased, the Quang Nam province’s budget revenue suddenly dropped by VND3 trillion. This news has been cited by economists to show the role of large private conglomerates in the economy.

A homestay of eight bamboo watch-towers in the middle of a lotus lake in Binh Chanh District, HCM City is seen as an ideal place for visitors to be nestled in the midst of nature.

Landscapes in HCM City become more beautiful and romantic at sunrise and sunset- the most beautiful moments of the day. Let’s see photos featuring the finest moments.

 Vietnam has great tourism potential but the country needs appropriate policies to create breakthroughs to develop tourism into a spearhead industry and affirm its position on the global tourism map, experts have said.

Young artists of the HCM City Drama Theatre will stage a historic play about the Mau Than offensive that occurred in the spring of 1968 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of young fashion designers will join a new programme aimed at students and young workers launched by the HCM City Youth Cultural House. 

Eventful diplomatic activities took place in June with a string of overseas trips of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and President Tran Dai Quang to Japan, Russia, and Belarus.

 Built by the Nguyen Dynasty which reigned the country from 1802 to 1945, the former Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has recently ranked as one of seven leading tourist destinations of Vietnam in 2017.

 Boosting crude oil pumping and coal mining to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.7% in 2017 is forecast to face difficulties mainly due to low prices, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 The Finance Ministry asserts the collection of tax on Grab and Uber is fully compliant with prevailing tax regulations and many traditional taxi companies are still paying less than the fixed tax payable by the two foreign firms.

A psychiatric hospital in Belgium is home to one of the world's largest collections of human brains, which researchers say could hold the key to developing new treatments for diseases such as psychosis, schizophrenia ...

Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co Ltd, the operator of Dung Quat Oil Refinery, wants the Government to provide guarantee for its loans of US$1.26 billion needed for the second phase of the upgrading and expansion project of the refinery.

 Several companies have expressed keen interest in developing waste-to-power projects in HCMC given the high potential in the sector.