Vingroup has announced plans to produce its first cars in the next two years, rekindling the long-cherished dream of a local car industry which has failed to come true following numerous attempts over the past two decades.

Uber will have to pay nearly VND67 billion ($2.94 million) in tax arrears, including personal and corporate income tax, withholding tax and value-added tax, as well as late payment fine, according to newswire Vnexpress.

 The villagers in Yen Bai Province are risking their lives to cross the stream every day as the local bridges have been abandoned unfinished for years.

 The iPhone 8 is failing to attract customers in Vietnam, with most interest being shown in the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.

With attractive incentives from the Government, the opportunity for foreign investors to own 100 percent of a Vietnamese bank has never been better. 

 The number of new dengue fever cases in Hanoi has dropped in the last few weeks, according to the city’s Department of Health on September 25.

 More and more bubble tea brands are now trying to establish by investing in outlets with attractive designs in big cities, particularly Hanoi.

 Although Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been a well-known tourist destination for a long time, the province’s resort property market still offers many projects.

Many scholars from countries that claim no territory in the East Sea have said that maintaining maritime freedom, devising coordination mechanisms and controlling conflicts are important to settling disputes.

An increasing number of Vietnamese plan to buy a car this year, catching up with other ASEAN countries, according to the Auto Purchase Index of Financial Times Confidential Research.

 A high-rise boom in ever-growing HCM City is posing new management challenges for authorities, a construction official reported on Monday.

Uber Viet Nam CEO, Dang Viet Dung, on Saturday denied rumours that Uber would temporarily halt operations in Viet Nam until its tax dues were paid.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue taking the lead in administrative reform, said Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, head of the ministry’s Legal Department, on Monday.

 The Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) has proposed that the Prime Minister privatise State-owned hospitals to reform the healthcare system and improve the quality of healthcare services.

Many Vietnamese exporters are seeking new markets for tra (catfish) as they face high tariffs in the United States, long one of the biggest consumers of Vietnamese tra fish.

 The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention on Monday requested its subordinate agencies “not to underestimate” and proactively prepare to respond to a tropical depression.

 Japanese doctor Nagato Natsume has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Nagoya city of Aichi prefecture.

 Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh hosted a reception for Canadian Ambassador in Vietnam Ping Kitnikone in Hanoi on September 25.

The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a reception for President of the US’s Harbinger Capital Partners LLC Philip Falcone.

 Vietnamese sport got a boost when swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien bagged another gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan on September 25.