Despite huge reductions in the price of motor vehicles, car dealerships say sales have been unexpectedly slow in recent weeks.

Drunk car drivers may be fined up to VND30 million (USD1,304) and have their driving license revoked for two years.

The central bank is seeking comments on a draft circular revising and supplementing some articles of Circular 39 on payment intermediaries, including asking e-wallet users to provide additional personal information.

Vietnamese singer Pham Ha Linh is set to perform at the China-ASEAN Music Festival 2019 which is scheduled to take place between May 28 and June 3 in Nanning, China.

A primary teacher in Hai Phong City has been fired for hitting several pupils while doing an exam.

The Standing Board of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption has urged authorised agencies to step up the fight against corruption.

The World Bankand the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs held a workshop in Hanoi today to announce the research results on factors affecting the socio-economic development of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam.

The monetary market’s liquidity has remained stable and foreign currency supply and demand are relatively balanced amidst the uptrend of USD/VND exchange rates over the last few days.

As many as 17 Lao nationals living in Dak Glei district of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum were granted Vietnamese citizenship certificates during a ceremony on May 21.

Local private equity (PE) investment market experienced a thriving year, with 38 transactions in 2018 worth a total of US$1.6 billion, marking a record high for the past decade.

French supermarket group Auchan Retail will temporarily keep its three HCMC-based supermarkets in service while 15 others will be shut down nationwide, said Auchan’s communications director.

After racing to breed tra fish, farmers in the Mekong Delta region, mainly in the Tien Giang and Long An provinces, suffered heavy losses because of the rock-bottom prices of tra fish in the market.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s decision to raise the electricity price by 8.36% on average is in line with the Electricity Law and the Government’s relevant decisions and directives, according to a report sent to the Government.

Google I/O Extended, an annual gathering for software programmers, is scheduled to take place in Da Nang on June 15, attracting 1,000 participants and featuring over 30 booths and 20 speakers.

Online and mobile payments have kept booming, with year-on-year growth in the first quarter of 2019 reaching 70% and 97.7%, respectively.

Khanh Hoa Province will host the Viet Nam Golf Festival with three key championships at the KN Cam Ranh Golf Links in July.

Theatres in Hanoi are busy launching new shows ahead of International Children's Day on June 1 and the upcoming summer holidays. This season's offerings are diverse and exciting as theatres continue to invest in quality programming.

An exhibition of veteran artists representing different styles of Vietnamese fine arts will open from May 30 to June 15 in Hanoi.

The Government has settled 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions that voters submitted to the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), the NA Standing Committee’s ombudsman board reported on May 20.

Vietnam will take on the Philippines for the bronze medal in the Southeast Asian Football Federation U15 Women’s Championship in Chonburi, Thailand on May 21.