The number of people losing jobs or having fewer working hours is believed to be higher than reported. They need financial support and jobs to overcome current difficulties.

Despite weak global consumer demand, many foreign buyers are still looking to Vietnam for sourcing goods and business cooperation.

The greatest challenge for helping enterprises in Vietnam achieve sustainable development and the net zero target by 2050 is to adopt a suitable policy to attract more green loans.

Tourism and culture authorities in HCM City are coordinating to exploit cultural and historical heritage assets for development of heritage tourism and increase the city’s competitiveness as a top tourist destination in Asia.

At his house in Bac Huong So resettlement area, Vo Dinh Nhat still can't believe he found such a great, new place to live.

The resolution on piloting several policies specifically designed for HCMC is receiving the special attention both in and outside the National Assembly.

The Government's report recently submitted to the National Assembly said that Vietnam has opportunities, intertwined advantages and challenges, but has more challenges.

Students are expected to have a busy summer holiday as they have many things to do, including attending summer camps in Vietnam and other countries, taking life skill classes, and attending ‘army semesters’.

Vu Minh Ngoc established the Bach Coc Youth Cooperative, which can produce up to 2,000 litres of vinegar per month. It is expected to be a foundation for a vinegar-making village where locals can benefit from the traditional craft.

The market has witnessed many big M&A deals of retail giants with value of up to billions of US dollars.

Taking leading positions at businesses, the businesswomen have been driving their companies to success, with revenue increasing by trillions of dong each year.

Many tourists complain that they feel bored as Hanoi doesn’t have many attractive activities to enjoy at night. Travel firms admit they find it difficult to schedule night activities for foreign travelers.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has cut some operating interest rates, but has not intervened in ceiling interest rates of 6-month or longer-term deposits, so there are interest rate gaps among commercial banks.

A collection of Vietnamese poetry translated into English to honour the beauty of the Vietnamese language has been published including translations spanning centuries of Vietnamese poems.

Contrary to predictions, Vietnamese beverage manufacturers have not been ousted by foreign giants from the home market, but have been performing well and competing equally with them.

Drinking cold beer on summer afternoons is a habit of many Hanoians. The Australian Prime Minister, when visiting the capital city recently, joined a group of draft beer drinkers and shouted "one, two, three, cheers!" before tasting the popular beer.

Many VietNamNet readers have emailed us, expressing their concern about the increasingly high number of recent merger and acquisition (M&A) deals either being made or still under negotiation.

Because of the short length of service and age of retirement, many employees are choosing a lump-sum social insurance withdrawal, and are then beginning to look for a new job where they will pay social insurance premiums for a second round.

Tram Be, a once-famous tycoon with a takeover deal of Sacombank, has returned to the business world by joining the board of directors at Trieu An Hospital.

Experts have called on to immediately amend the personal income tax (PIT) law which is no longer suited to new circumstances with goods prices increasing sharply.