Banks in Vietnam are to be classified into five rating categories, A (Excellent), B (Good), C (Average), D (Bad), and E (Weak), the State Bank of Vietnam plans in a draft circular on issuing ratings for credit institutions and foreign banks.

In cancer treatment, next-generation and expensive drugs do not always mean the best therapies for patients, according to Nguyen Le, a physician at Military Hospital 103.

VietNamNet Bridge - Increasing the localization ratio in industrial products and becoming more involved in the global production and supply chain are the top concerns of Vietnamese enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge - A survey of lecturers’ incomes has found that 70 out of 984 lecturers at the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities are paid less than VND4 million a month.

 There has and continues to be broad support and a large degree of talk focused on creating a unified, national brand for produce of Vietnamese agriculture, says the Ministry of Finance.

 Thanh Chiem bastion in Quang Nam province has been officially recognized as a national relic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A home delivery, home-cooking service has started up in Ha Noi. All you need to do is pick up the phone and deliver an order.

 Many farmers in Vietnam's largest dairy farming area in HCM City have changed to selling beef instead due to its profitability.

Nguyen Anh Tuan, head of Viet Nam’s National Productivity Institute, tells the Kinh te & Do Thi newspaper that business managers should play a leading role in increasing labour productivity.

Although the amount of remittance flows into HCM City in the first eight months of 2017 slightly increased compared to the same period last year, it is forecasted that the city’s overseas remittances might still decrease by the end of the year.

Unilever and P&G alone hold up to 80 percent of the domestic detergent market, pocketing huge profits.

Around 800 local and international traffic experts and policymakers shared vision and discussed action programmes for safe, green and integrated transport at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 200 households in northern Ninh Binh Province have been in serious danger of landslides and flash floods for years, with resettlement funds yet to materialise.

 Here are foreign ministers visiting Vietnam in the first nine months of 2017.

 Vietnam’s swimming and athletic teams on September 19 pocketed four more gold medals at the 9th ASEAN Para Games held in Malaysia.

 French retailer Auchan has said 100 ready-made Vietnamese dishes will appear on the shelves of its stores in Vietnam next month.

 While the country’s unemployment in general declined slightly, the jobless rate among young people and those holding bachelor’s or master’s degrees surged by 44,000 people in the second quarter of 2017.

 The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) will audit urban railway projects which are underway in Hanoi and HCMC.

 After Typhoon Doksuri swept through the north central region, local residents have rushed to buy building materials to repair and fortify their houses, causing supply shortage and price increase.

 As per the government’s new decree taking effect on November 1, 2017, it bans the consumption of alcohol by people under 18 at licensed venues.