Police are carrying out further investigations into what is considered the largest kidney trafficking ring in the country, masterminded by a woman from HCMC.

The ministers of Finance and of Planning and Investment have expressed concern over the increasingly complicated developments of transfer pricing among enterprises receiving FDI, the local media reported.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien has proposed that drivers with higher-than-permitted alcohol concentration be forced to perform community service, Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported.

The HCMC People’s Procuracy recommended on May 9 that defendant Van Kinh Duong be sentenced to death, after he was accused of leading the largest drug trafficking and production ring in 2017.

Many people in the central province of Quang Ngai have opposed a local industrial park, blaming it for causing severe pollution.

An international deepwater container port was put into operation at Nghi Son International Port in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on Wednesday.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem drew with Wang Hao of China in the sixth round of the 2019 Chinese Chess League Division A on Wednesday.

Viet Nam’s biggest football star could be on the move to a top Spanish club in the near future.

Former Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has paid a visit to Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) football club in the central province of Nghe An.

Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli began his official visit to Vietnam on May 9, during which he will attend the UN Day of Vesak 2019.

The Lao Ministry of National Defence and the Vietnamese Defence Attache Office in Laos on May 9 held a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7) which ended the French rule in Vietnam.

The State of Vietnam has been consistent in its policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right to freedom of all citizens to follow or not to follow any religion and belief, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed.

More than 600 nationwide supermarkets and convenience stores of the Saigon Union of Trading Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op) have taken the leap to remove all plastic straws from their shelves this month.

Vietnam has great potential for the export of ornamental plants and animals thanks to its diverse and favourable natural conditions, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently issued a plan to review the five-year enforcement of the 2013 Constitution.

Vietnam’s U18 players will be called up for training later this month in preparations for the qualifying round for the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship.

With certain advantages, convenience stores have been an increasingly popular shopping destination for customers, and they have also become a choice for domestic retailers to compete with foreign rivals.

The initiative to narrow the distance between startups and the government have seen positive results thanks to the government’s efforts to issue suitable policies as well as the huge support from Vietnam Silicon Valley.

It is essential that technology be regarded as the crucial factor that could take Vietnam out of the middle-income trap and turn it into a developed country, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a technology forum in Hanoi today, May 9.

In the first four months of this year, the merger and acquisition scene has been active with the participation of both ­domestic and international ­investors.