The rapid expansion of foreign food and beverage (F&B) chains in Vietnam was making the domestic market more robust despite the trend of tightening spending in a global downturn.

The Vietnamese delegation to the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue attended plenary sessions, the official banquet and bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event, which took place in Singapore from June 2-4.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed reducing by 10% to 50% of fees and charges in the securities sector, fees for appraisal of licenses for international travel service business, and for issuance of ID cards from July 1 to December 31, 2023.

The State Bank of Vietnam allowed Vietcombank to raise its charter capital from 47 trillion VND (2 billion USD) to 55 trillion VND (2.3 billion USD) by issuing shares to pay dividends from the remaining profits of 2019 and 2020.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is building a national strategy on attracting talents for important posts by 2030 with a vision towards 2045, which is expected to be submitted to the government for issuance in 2023.

Vietnam will send a 16-strong team to compete at the 25th Asian Athletics Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 12-16.

Unlike their grandparents and parents, youth nowadays who live in the technology era have to face multiple stressors in their childhood.

The Ministry of Transport just released Circular 08/2023, with effect from June 3, which revises and supplements some provisions of its Circular 16/2021 on vehicle safety inspection and environmental protection.

In the last five years, Vietnam has been heavily relying on foreign sugar supply. But the state’s efforts and international performance are bringing a golden opportunity to Vietnam to regain its home market.

The Vietnamese government has focused on dealing with plastic waste pollution and ocean plastic waste in recent years by renewing legal documents and policies on environmental protection.

As major fruits are entering the peak harvest season, Vietnamese officials have warned of the risk of worsening congestion at border gates with China in the northern region due to high export volumes.

Cash flow always looks to more attractive investment channels with higher returns, so when interest rates decrease, cash flow will shift from the savings channel to the stock and real estate markets, according to experts.

There are about 25,000 foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in Vietnam, a small figure compared with the 800,000 operational Vietnamese enterprises. But FIEs are the major players in most business fields.

More than 6,000 women wearing Ao dai took to street in a parade at the April 2 Square in Nha Trang city in Khanh Hoa province to honour the costume as a heritage of the nation as part of the 2023 Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival.

The Vietnamese Trade Office in Singapore is working to promote the export of Vietnamese fruits, particularly longan and lychee, to Singapore.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese witnessed the signing of cooperation documents and co-chaired a press briefing on the outcomes of their talks on June 4. ​

The Vietnam Festival 2023 with the theme of "Hope" opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 3.

Female weightlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong performed outstandingly in the women’s under-50kg and seized two gold medals on June 4 morning at the 12th ASEAN Para Games now going on in Cambodia. ​

After stealing children’s personal information, evildoers exploit the stolen information to abuse and bully children, according to Bui Duy Thanh from World Vision Vietnam.

Vietnam's motorcycle market has been among some of the fastest-growing markets in the world in the last decades despite setbacks brought by the COVID-19 global pandemic, according to the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM).