The yearly spend of each Vietnamese person on pharmaceuticals is US$56 and the figure will continue to rise to US$85 by 2020 and then US$163 over the next five years, according to the Assessment Report Vietnam Joint Stock Company (Vietnam Report).

Annually, Vietnam reports over 15,000 fresh stomach cancer cases including 11,000 deaths, announced at a scientific seminar lately held in Hoan My Sai Gon Hospital.

Out of 19 sectors invested in by foreign firms, processing and manufacturing made up the highest proportion, with $186.1 billion of registered capital.

Under a proposal by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the payment for cross-border services will be made through the national payment portal NAPAS, a unit belonging to the State Bank. 

 Founded right after the national reunification day of April 30, 1975, An Khe Cooperative of Rattan and Bamboo products is considered the oldest of its kind in Da Nang city.

 An agricultural waste treatment that uses bioproducts has been developed by scientists from the Centre of New Material and the Hanoi Gardening Association. 

 In 2017, Vietnam saw soaring foreign investment capital inflows totalling at $35.6 billion, up 44.2 per cent compared to 2016.

 Trigger-finger and trigger-thumb, the painful condition common in middle-aged women and people with diabetes, may occur in young people who overuse smartphones.

 Vietnam is among world’s leading honey exporters in both volume and value. Honey, as an important export item, has penetrated demanding markets like the US, EU and Japan.

 Foreign funds are making their way back to Vietnamese banks, as the sector cleans up bad debts and improves corporate governance.

The modern retail model is one of the best ways to approach the Vietnamese consumer goods market, with its young population, rising income, and shifting consumption habits, from traditional stores to shopping malls.

Exchange rates were forecast to rise slightly in the coming years as the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) fixed interest rates for mobilised deposits at 0 per cent, following the FED’s plan to raise the USD interest rate three times in 2018.

 Anyone who meets Pham Thi Huong Giang, initiator and key operator of the Flood Resistant Houses, always wonders how this woman has so much energy to handle her heavy workload.

 Vietnam's total export-import turnover since the beginning of the year has reached $400 billion, recording the highest trade surplus ever, with $3.17 billion.

Vietnam’s national head coach Park Hang-seo confirmed that his team would try to pull off a miracle at the upcoming Asian Football Confederation U23 Football Championship in China.

HCM City has targeted testing at least 17,045 additional people with tuberculosis (TB), including 7,840 new patients with pulmonary TB, next year, according to the city’s TB Prevention and Control Programme.

Here are the 10 most outstanding cultural and tourism events of 2017.

The Viet Nam ICT Press Club announced the top 10 ICT events in 2017 on Thursday. This is the result voted for by more than 50 journalists in the information technology sector, from some 40 media agencies nationwide.

Next year is likely to be a fiercely competitive one for real-estate companies in HCM City since scores of new projects are set to hit the market, analysts said.

Russian automobile manufacturers (KAMAZ, GAZ, and UAZ, among others) will collaborate with Vietnamese partners to establish joint ventures to manufacture and assemble automobiles and trucks.