Many Vietnamese have recently become victims of rings which fool them into going abroad, especially to Southeast Asian countries, to work as forced laborers. The scams seek people by posting information on Facebook, Wechat or Viber.

A training mechanism supporting tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogical students has received poor response from provinces.

Demand for electricity is expected to continue to rise rapidly as the country’s economic growth regains momentum in the near future.

The value of corporate bonds issued in the first seven months of 2023 was much lower than in the same period last year. Many enterprises bought back bonds in large quantities before they became due.

Many enterprises have had to sell assets and subsidiaries to get cash and survive the current difficult period, as the property market faces weak liquidity and a decline in revenue.

Local electronics producers stayed on the sidelines when global heavyweights moved their facilities to Vietnam and outsourced their production.

The Authority of Radio Frequency Management (ARFM) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is completing procedures for auctioning of the 700 MHz frequency for 4G and 5G.

Tourism companies have been developing new tours and products to attract international tourists who usually choose the time from August to April to visit Vietnam.

Tourists and travellers have been flocking to Đồng Nai’s Long Khánh city to enjoy ripe rambutans - the pride and speciality of the province.

Concerns have been raised about the syllabus being too difficult, with more than 52,000 students being classified as not completing the year.

Vietnam’s foreign investment attraction will see a positive outlook in the coming time as efforts have been made to improve investors’ trust, said director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency Do Nhat Hoang.

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam are almost too frail to weather difficulties, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in a recent report.

As the earliest scientific research facility in Vietnam, the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography is one of best places for those who want to learn about the ocean in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned four government bodies to collaborate in developing a plan to train around 30,000-50,000 engineers and 100 experts in digital transformation and semiconductor manufacturing.

The proposed changes in the ownership ratio have raised concerns in the banking system, as they fear they may hamper economic growth.

Viettel, the Army Industry and Telecommunications Group, has been assigned to research and develop the Vietnamese Large Language Model (LLM) and virtual assistant for cadres and civil servants at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular guiding certain provisions of the Law on Money Laundering Prevention and Control.

"The Women's Start-up Contest is a large and extensive forum, arousing the potential, enthusiasm, intelligence, and dare-to-think and dare-to-do spirit of Vietnamese women in their start-up journey," Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized.

A see-off ceremony for Engineering Unit Rotation No 2 of Vietnam for the UN peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was held by the Ministry of Defence on August 8.

Popular mobile payment service Apple Pay officially debuted in Vietnam on August 8.