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Vietnam Festival in Japan to be held in June

The Vietnam Festival in Japan 2023, the largest-ever of its kind, will be held at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 3 and 4, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan told a press conference on May 15.

Miss Earth 2017 to judge contest in Vietnam

Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco and Miss Global 2022 Shane Tormes will come to Vietnam to be judges for the Miss and Mister Fitness Supermodel World 2023 pageant.

HCM City lacks public high schools for nearly 19,000 students

More than 96,000 students have registered for entrance exams to public high schools in HCM City but schools can only receive about 77,300 students.

How will TikTok Vietnam be inspected?

An interdisciplinary inspection team will be established to check the operation of TikTok Vietnam Technology Co., Ltd and TikTok Vietnam's representative office.

Credit growth and rate cuts

Since early this year, many banks have made deep deposit rate cuts, with the rate for tenures shorter than six months reduced by 0.5 percentage point and that for longer tenures slashed by 1.5 to 2.0 points.

Loan interest expenses erode the profits of agricultural enterprises

The difficult market, coupled with a sharp increase in loan interest expenses, caused the profits of many agriculture enterprises to fall in the first quarter of 2023, with some large corporations even recording heavy losses.

Mekong Delta well positioned to receive FDI inflows

The Mekong Delta region, located on the maritime route in the centre of the ASEAN region, has great potential to draw strong investment waves from other countries, especially neighbouring nations.

The population is aging

By the end of this April, Vietnam’s population has reached 100 million, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). What are advantages and challenges?

A shield for personal data

The Government on April 17, 2023 issued Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on protecting personal data to help build a legal corridor for the national digital transformation, aiming at achieving information security and development of the digital society

Grilled cassava cake: A tasty dish of mountaineers

Cassava has long been popular among the Vietnamese, especially mountaineers, who know how to make a number of tasty and delicious dishes with it, including grilled cassava cake.

Public sector finding trouble attracting talented people

Highly aware of the importance of talented human resources in increasing competitiveness in the new era, the Government and the Party have adopted various policies to attract these people to the public sector, yet the result is not as expected.

Cu Chi tunnel videos on Tik Tok earn millions of views

On social media site Tiktok, the keyword "Cu Chi tunnels" has appeared with many million-view videos capturing the amazing moment of foreign tourists "going underground" when visiting the famous Cu Chi tunnels in HCM City.

Mounting challenges

As the tax and land fee incentives that have made Vietnam appealing to foreign investors are about to end, the Government needs to devise a different strategy to attract new foreign investors and retain existing ones.

Earning high by growing orchids on rooftop

Lam Khuong Quyen, a 35-year-old man in Can Tho City, can earn some VND30 million per month from the cultivation of orchids on the roof of his house.

Death rate from Covid-19 higher than from other infectious diseases in Vietnam

The rate of people dying from Covid-19 in Vietnam is at 0.37 percent, still higher than the rate from other infectious diseases which is at 0.09 percent, said a senior health official.

The three bottlenecks facing private enterprises in Vietnam

While private enterprises have to struggle to get land for factories, the red carpet treatment is given to foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in all cities and provinces in the country.

Penthouses sell well in Vietnam as supply is limited

Prices range from hundreds of millions of dong to half a billion dong per square meter, but penthouses still are selling well as more ultra-wealthy people accept sky-high prices.

Malls struggling to keep enticing brands

The bankruptcy filing from Malaysian retailer Parkson Retail at the end of April has demonstrated the fierce competition among retail centres in Vietnam

Two Vietnamese representatives to attend Cannes festival's film market

The French Embassy in Vietnam is set to assist two Vietnamese representatives to participate in Marché du film de Cannes, one of the largest film markets in the world which will run during the Cannes Film Festival from May 16 to May 24.

HCM City's commercial centres still quiet

Major commercial centres like Diamond Plaza, Pearl Center, The Oxygen, Parkson Cantavil that are located on prime locations in HCM City and were once bustling sites have fallen quiet.