Bad debt has re-emerged as an issue for the banking system as it might be three times higher than reported, says a Vneconomy report.

The IT sector has increasingly high demand for new staff as globalization has enabled foreign firms to set up shop in the country and local companies to expand cooperation with international partners. 

VietNamNet Bridge - China’s wooden furniture exports to the US and EU are declining, while Japan and South Korea are importing more from Vietnam.

The government’s announcement about the huge credit package of VND100 trillion to support hi-tech agriculture has caused concern among farmers, who are concerned that they will not be able to satisfy requirements to access the preferential loans.

Over 37% of apartment units put up for sale on the HCMC market are situated along Metro Line No.1 which connects Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Park in District 9, according to real estate consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

A project to develop a billion-dollar complex of universities in HCMC by Malaysia’s Berjaya Land Berhad has almost ground to a dead halt.

 Viet Nam, like the rest of the world, is now standing on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, work and relate to one another.

 Public Administration Performance Index report from UNDP indicates that corruption fight in public sector is losing steam.

 Among other new policies, EVN permitted to raise capital from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals.

 Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia, plans to partner up with a domestic firm to start an airline in Vietnam.

 Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University’s Vietnam-German Faculty of Medicine on Tuesday signed a contract of co-operation with Germany’s Klinikum Braunschweig Hospital on clinical training for medical students.

 The Vietnam National Coffee Corporation (VINACAFE) will begin equitisation in the third quarter of this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.

 Locals at Hoa Tien 2 Village in Da Nang City are accusing a local hot-dip galvanising factory of discharging untreated wastewater and killing the rice fields and livestock.

 About 281 staff at Vietnam Fatherland Front agencies in Hau Giang Province have submitted resignation letters because of low salaries.

 As many as 54% people said that they had to pay bribes in order to get a job at state-owned enterprises, according to a newly-released PAPI 2016 Report on April 4.

 Vietnam posts trade deficit of $1.9 billion in Q1

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will visit the European countries of Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic from April 6-14, aiming to foster ties with the partners, especially in legislation.

 Over 500 athletes will race in the 15th Le Fruit Triathlon in Ho Tram beach on the southern coast on June 10, event organisers Pulse Active company told Viet Nam News yesterday.

 News broke on Tuesday that a party committee had voted, asking to sack Vo Kim Cu for his responsibility in the Formosa environmental disaster last year.

 Quang Ninh Coal hope to beat Singapore’s Home United in the third Group H match set for April 5 at the AFC Cup 2017 at the My Dinh National Stadium.