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Rice powder figurine making in Xuan La village

 Xuan La village in Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi, has long been famous for making To He, a traditional toy made of rice powder. This is the only village in Vietnam that makes the toy figurines.

Vietnam's brighter FDI attraction prospects for 2018

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

Running strong on self-belief, determination

 VietNamNet Bridge – Braving all weather conditions, difficulties and risks, 39-year-old Nguyen Trung Kien has won his compatriots’ admiration, running nearly 1,800km from Hanoi to HCM City in 26 days, 

Bac Lieu shows great tourism promise

Bac Lieu is a Mekong Delta province that has the normal tropical attractions and more, including a bird sanctuary, a monument to ostentatious living, Khmer culture, boat trips, popular places of worship, orchards

Be smart, watch out for trigger fingers

 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.

Bee honey lose export markets

 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.

Banks woo with fresh confidence

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

Modern retail model growing faster than entire retail industry

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.

We need high quality tertiary education

Dr Le Quan, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper Giao duc Viet Nam (Viet Nam Education) about his idea of a good Law on Higher Education.

FED raise puts pressure on exchange rate

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.

M’nong elephant worship

 Among the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, the M’nong are famous for capturing and taming elephants.

Khanh Hoa bronze casting village busy ahead of Tet

 Phuc Loc Tay 1 bronze casting village in the central province of Khanh Hoa is very busy as the Tet holiday nears.

Project helps build flood resistant homes for the needy

 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 export and import turnover punched through $400-billion milestone

 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.

VN to make splash at Asian U23 tournament

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.

HCMC plans additional testing for TB

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.

Top ten cultural and tourism events of 2017

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

Top 10 ICT events in 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.

Intense competition awaits in 2018: real-estate experts

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.

Vietnam and Russian collaboration in automobile manufacturing

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.