China’s stricter requirements for packaging and origin traceability for agricultural products exported to its market will take effect from May 1, making it more difficult for Vietnam to ship its produce to China through informal channels.

With 40% of the population below the age of 24 and their greater propensity for digital technology, many of these younger consumers are driving the rapid expansion of Vietnam’s e-commerce market.

Although the damage wrought by the inferno at Formosa in Taiwan has not been assessed yet, it is sounding the alarms for all its facilities across the world, including Vietnam, which was also shaken by two heavy factory fires this month.

 Traditional taxi operators in Vietnam are being ­accused of unfair anti-competitive practices against ride-hailing firm Grab, as they attempt to compete against the latter’s expansion in the country.

Convenience store channel has become a battlefield for domestic and foreign retailers due to its great potential.

 Even though GTNfoods JSC has refused its previous proposal, Vinamilk is still eager to acquire more stakes in the firm, which holds 51 percent of Moc Chau Milk  as part of its M&A strategy.

 As plastic reduction is becoming an essential trend to save the environment, beverage companies, which still depend on tremendous amounts of plastic materials, cannot opt out of the trend.

The 20-member Vietnam U18 squad left Hanoi for Hong Kong (China) on April 17 to attend the International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019, hosted by the Hong Kong Football Association from April 19 to 22.

A section of the Metro Line No.1 project is under construction. The HCMC Department of Transport sought approval of the municipal People’s Committee for developing a bus system connected to the metro line

The first official event on April 20 at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium Vietnam Grand Prix Company will feature F1 cars.

 AirAsia, the largest low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, informed it has terminated an agreement to launch a domestic airline in Vietnam with local partners, according to the airline’s filing with Bursa Malaysia.

Vietnam can become a cybersecurity powerhouse thanks to its world-class cybersecurity human resources and the dream to become a powerful nation, local media quoted Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung as saying.

A recent initiative in Japan aimed to shift investment to Vietnam and other Mekong subregion nations will continuously contribute to increasing the Japanese inflow to the Southeast Asian country.

US Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall G. Schriver once affirmed that Vietnam has appeared to be a valued partner for Washington in the Indo-Pacific region.

Some 100 state firms would be subject to privatization in 2019, while the number slated for state divestment is 193.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic issued a joint statement during the visit to the European country by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 16-17 at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.

The Cuc Phuong National Park on April 17 received 39 pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers and handed over by authorities of the northern province of Hung Yen.

A Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of cooperative and twining relations between Ho Chi Minh City and the Australian state of New South Wales was signed in Sydney on April 17.

Three people have been detained as police in the central province of Nghe An impounded nearly a tonne of methamphetamine which was found on a roadside in the area.

Three members of a family have been killed in a house fire in the central city of Hue.