Dating back many centuries, the craft of making dó (poonah) paper of the Mường ethnic people living in Suối Cỏ Hamlet in Cao Sơn Commune, Lương Sơn District in Hòa Bình Province has been passed down for many generations among the group.

Since graduating, Kim Xuyen, 24 has already changed jobs four times for various reasons. Sometimes it’s due to boring tasks, a lack of opportunities for skill development, or the company’s inability to meet their personal needs.

Experts have expressed concern about the rapid increase in imports in recent years, saying that while Vietnam has opened its market widely, it has not applied any measure to control imports.

While admitting that Coc Coc AI Chat was launched when AI-based chatbots have no clear business model, Coc Coc CEO Nguyen Vu Anh still believes that Coc Coc should not stand outside the trend, for the sake of users’ benefits.

Satisfactory results have been reported about Vietnam’s economy in the first half of the year. The GDP growth rate of 6.3-6.7 percent for 2023 appears within reach.

Amidst the overall gloomy economic conditions faced by manufacturers in both local and international markets, a few businesses are showing positive signs of growth, managing to navigate through challenges to expand their operations.

Despite instability in the banking system and the constant periodic raising of interest rates, Vietnam still emerged with an impressive GDP growth rate in 2022 and a positive forecast for 2023.

The market opening and tariff removals under the framework of free trade agreements have paved the way for foreign products to flood the domestic market. But Vietnam has no technical barriers to protect domestic production.

The Mekong Delta region has previously endured two severe seasonal droughts caused by El Niño in 2015-2016 and 2019-2020.

Vu Ngoc Vuong from Nam Truc district of Nam Dinh province is famous for running a chain of ’pho’ (rice noodle soup with beef or chicken) restaurants in Hanoi, selling around two to three thousand bowls daily.

As external factors – like weaker consumption in the U.S. and EU markets and stagnant recovery in China – are unfavorable, Vietnam will have to make the most of the domestic market in the second half of the year to achieve the growth target of 6.5%.

More than 25,000 foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) exist in Vietnam, compared to nearly 800,000 local firms. But the FDI companies are the main players in most fields.

Vietnamese like the convenience and practicality of micro electric cars which allow them to travel within the city, but the high prices and the lack of smart technologies may keep them from buying, analysts say.

The multimillion-dollar price tags on Vietnamese paintings in the global market not only confirm the artistic value infused with Vietnamese identity but also showcase the allure of the art investment market.

“Our final goal is to help Vietnam’s products to be present in the US and Canadian markets and to help Vietnamese enterprises become global companies,” said Ann Huynh, a businesswoman who grew up in Vietnam but later achieved fame in the US.

To highlight the beauty and authenticity of Mong culture, Chau Thi Nung and her collaborators have launched a fashion project that recreates the costumes worn by distinct Mong throughout VN.

Many Vietnamese parents are taking their children to hospitals and asking doctors to inject their children with the "most effective and most expensive drugs" to help them obtain the highest possible height.

Startups are deemed unicorns – mainly if not all are technology driven – are those valued at least US$1 billion, and a statistical report says unicorn startups account for less than 0.08% of all startups.

Artist Mai Nhon has contributed to promoting Vietnamese ceramics to the world as many of his Mosaic ceramic paintings have been chosen by the Government as gifts to leaders of countries and territories in the APEC economy.

Nguyen Ngoc Thien, 35, has caught beautiful moments underwater in his photography.