On Tuesday, the seventh session of the 14th National Assembly received split opinions on whether the NA or the Government should have the authority to set the amount of capital allocated to each State budget-invested project in the mid-term plan.

Economist Dr Dinh The Hien, president of the Institute of Information and Economic Research (IIB), talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the support the private sector wants to receive from the Government.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has revealed the squad for the men’s football team that will compete in the upcoming King’s Cup 2019 in Thailand. Here are five things to take away from the list:

The Ha Noi Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco) will open a new bus route linking the suburban district of Ha Dong to Noi Bai International Airport in June.

Hanoi municipal People’s Committee has proposed a plan to open a new bus route connecting Ha Dong district with Noi Bai International Airport from June.

The Ministry of Transport is to take responsibility for assisting build-transfer-operate (BOT) road investors facing revenue shortages in order to help them secure investment efficiently as well as avoid non-performing loans.

More than a hundred forest watchers from Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Volunteers are spending their days and nights in the vast Can Gio Mangrove Forest.

Vietnam needs to develop a system of modern agricultural product supply centres which can help to promote the consumption of farm produce in value chains, enhance food safety and hygiene, and improve the competitive edge of Vietnamese goods.

A 63-year-old woman and her daughter have graduated at the same time after studying for four years at the HCM City Open University.

Heavy rains carrying waste has resulted in serious pollution in the La Nga River in the southern province of Dong Nai, leading to mass fish deaths.

Red-claw crayfish are still being sold in HCM City despite the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s ban.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and attended the Vietnam-Sweden business forum in Stockholmon on May 27 during his official visit to the European country.

Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gathering at meetings in Bangkok from May 28 to 31 to prepare for upcoming events of the bloc.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has moved to put more public administrative services online towards a more simplified and transparent administration.

Forbin, an anti-air frigate of the French Naval Force led by Col. Thomas Frioli, docked at Sai Gon-Hiep Phuoc port on May 28, beginning a friendship visit to Ho Chi Minh City which will last until June 3.

As the spring slowly turns to summer the sight of flowers such as the red shining of flamboyant flower and the yellow of golden shower flowers can be seen in full bloom, creating romantic scenery throughout Hue city.

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai Province played host to a paragliding festival on May 25 and May 26, with the event proving popular with both local people and tourists in attendance.

Public security, construction, transportation, and culture-sports-tourism will be up for question-and-answer sessions scheduled for June 4-6 at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly.

GS Home Shopping, a leading shopping channel operator in the Republic of Korea, announced on Sunday that it has invested US$1.2 million in Luxstay, a Vietnamese home-sharing platform.

Twelve delayed or loss making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) would be resolved by 2020, according to the ministry’s Planning Department.