In recent days, many countries, including the US, the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, and Qatar have officially launched the fifth generation telecoms network (5G).

Several beauty brands are eager to tap into the booming Vietnamese market as consumers are increasingly becoming beauty-conscious.

Medium-sized companies should go digitalised and expand business in foreign markets to futher grow.

Da Nang City authorities will implement a rubbish classification plan in Hai Chau District this July and expand to other areas from September.

The northern province of Quang Ninh held a ceremony in Ha Long city on April 22 to introduce two newly-recognised national treasures – the Dau Ram pottery jar and the Ngoa Van-Yen Tu golden lotus-flower-shaped box.

The Vietnamese-based Vitalify Asia Co., Ltd. has unveiled its robotic process automation system specialising in making real estate predictions.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism intends to investigate the Masan Group's use of a model of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum at a supermarket in Hanoi to promote chilli sauce.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China, from April 25-27.

Doctors of the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital have successfully conducted a liver transplant on a one-year-old baby weighing 6.7kg – the youngest and lightest patient to undergo this surgery in Vietnam so far.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem had a meeting with Peter Tinley, Minister for Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth and Asian Engagement of West Australia state in the city on April 22.

A Trang An Festival took place at the Trang An scenic complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 21.

Tac Xinh dance of the San Chay ethnic minority people in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was declared national intangible cultural heritage in 2014.

Hundreds of artisans, artists, and village elders from many regions across the country gathered in Hanoi in a special programme aiming to promote the cultural identities of ethnic communities. 

Prioritising macroeconomic stability, maintaining growth momentum

Quang Ngai province organised a festival in Mo Duc district, on April 21, to honour the wet rice. The festival recreated the image of a rural village with a bumper harvest of wet rice and specialties of farmers in their homeland. 

Po Thi, the Jarai custom of building a larger charnel house for a deceased person before seeing them off to the world of Gods, takes place between January and April each year.

Quang Nam boasts a wide variety of attractive destinations that travelers enjoying visiting. Blessed with peaceful and beautiful landscapes, the province is certainly not short on options for visitors to explore.

A unique coffee shop that offers customers the chance to sit amid an aquarium in Can Tho city has quickly become a favourite destination for both local people and tourists alike.

Anti-dollarization is urgently needed to protect the value of the nation’s currency and to minimize the adverse impacts that dollarization could place on the economy, experts have said.

The Vietnamese men’s football team has been officially seeded in the third group for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2019, as announced by the organising board on April 21.