The internet and smartphones are having a profound impact on consumers in many areas and offering manufacturers and retailers the opportunity to promote their products, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday

The Ministry of Health has urged localities across the country to step up efforts to prevent the spread of dengue fever, which is at the peak season.

Police in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on July 18 launched criminal proceedings against Wei Hong Qiu, a Chinese national, for “swindling to appropriate assets”.

Wrongdoings involving nearly 50.34 trillion VND (2.17 billion USD) and over 1,000 ha of land were found during the first six months of 2019, heard a teleconference of the inspection sector in Hanoi on July 18.

Eight teams from seven countries and territories, including Vietnam, took part in an international rescue competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 18.

Traffic police have dealt with thousands of violations in HCM City three days after launching a national traffic inspection.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has recently issued a draft decree on regional minimum wage increase in 2020. Accordingly, wage hike will range from VND 150,000 to VND 240,000.

Vietnam suffered the most offline cyber attacks in all of Southeast Asia and the 30th most in the world in the second quarter of this year.

Tinh Hoa Bac Bo (The Quintessence of Tonkin) show was honored as the “Top outdoor cultural spectacle in 2019” at the Best Hotels & Resorts Awards 2019 held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on July 17.

During the past five years, with a love of books and determination to develop a reading model in rural communes, young people have formed a community library in the outskirts of Hanoi.

Ministry asked to speed up public investment disbursement

Bus operators in HCMC that use compressed natural gas (CNG) for their vehicles may face an undersupply as a CNG supplier has announced plans to reduce its current supply by 20%-30% for the rest of 2019.

Former Chairman of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) Tran Bac Ha died on Thursday at the age of 63 after a long illness.

As many as 20 districts and 539 administrative units at communal and ward levels will be streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units, said Phan Van Hung, the Ministry of Home Affairs' Local Administration head.

Professional and amateur artists are encouraged to send their works to the southern region’s largest Lacquer Paintings Exhibition 2020 launched by the HCM City Fine Arts Association. 

The distance between Manchester and Leeds in the north of England is about 70 kilometres.

There must be close ties between scientific researching and policy making to tackle plastic pollution in Vietnam, environmental campaigners have said.

Foreign direct investment (FDI), especially in southern provinces, is expected to increase sharply with a number of billion-dollar projects in the pipeline, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance is investigating sites suspected of selling fake, counterfeit and imitation products in HCMC and has already seized over 1,830 items at Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Square Shopping Center.

Poet Phan Vu, the author of the epic Em ơi! Hà Nội Phố that has been set to music for one of the most famous songs about Hanoi, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93 in HCM City after a long battle with illness.