Earnings growth in the Vietnamese banking sector, following a sterling year in 2018, would ease in 2019 due to slowing loan growth, reported by a foreign research firm.

The outlook for Vietnam’s economy remains sound, aided by its strong fundamentals, diversified trade structure and the authorities’ commitment to macroeconomic stability and private sector-led growth, according to the IMF.

Many passengers buses have been reported to overload during the Reunification and Labour Day holiday as travel demand has surged.

The Cat Linh - Ha Dong metro project would not be put into operation on April 30 as scheduled according to the Railway Management Board.

The Vietnamese women’s football team secured their first win in the second round of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers by beating Lebanon 4-1 in their second Group B clash in Hanoi on April 28.

During the war against America decades ago, Southern Vietnam was often abbreviated as letter “B”.

The Ministry of Finance has released a circular to instruct State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to use book-building to sell shares owned by the State.

The Nature Education Centre recently announced the findings of a programme on the assessment of the spread of wildlife violations in 42 districts of nine provinces and cities with the involvement of 12,840 trading establishments.

More than 1,000 runners, including 91 foreigners from 22 countries, joined a marathon tournament in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on April 30.

Popular sites across the country are beginning to swell with both local people and foreign tourists ahead of the holidays on National Reunification Day, April 30, and May Day, May 1.

Vietnam’s industrial property market has flourished for the past few years thanks to a number of factors, including the rising costs in China that has led to the shifting of manufacturing locations to the Southeast Asian country.

Carlsberg, which currently holds a 17.34% stake in Habeco, has the right of first refusal for any stake sale from the Hanoi-based beer company, expressed interest in raising the stake, but discussions have dragged for years.

Vietnam’s highest decision-making bodies have decided to hold the funeral of former President Le Duc Anh with the national mourning etiquette, and the Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong will take charge of it.

Vietnam`s high and steady economic growth in the past years has strongly drawn foreign capital and investment in local firms, considered as the shortest way for foreign investors to enter the Vietnamese market.

Vietnam’s athletes won a total of nine medals at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships which concluded in China on April 28. Their achievement included three golds, two silvers, and four bronze medals.

Vietnam is in the drug path from the Golden Triangle, which is now the world`s largest methamphetamine production hub.

HMAS Canberra is a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, the largest ship ever constructed for the Royal Australian Navy.

Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 2.71 percent in the consumer price index (CPI) between January and April of 2019, a three-year low in the period.

The Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security on April 28 commenced legal proceedings against 24 people for organising gambling activities and gambling online through the website Fxx88.com.

A carer in Long An Province has been suspended after being found hitting a child while feeding him.