2019 marked several significant events in Vietnam’s diplomacy. The country's achievements in external relations boosted its growing international status.

Vietnam was in urgent need of policies to develop a transparent and sustainable agricultural land market to attract more investment in the farming...

Apple’s bestselling wireless earphones, AirPods, could be soon manufactured in Viet Nam, as component suppliers look to expand away from their...

The European Commission’s (EC) inspection delegation has acknowledged recent improvements made by Vietnam in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

Belows are the most prominent sports events of the year.

A rare solar eclipse will be visible in the skies over Vietnam on Thursday afternoon (December 26).

Total inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam amounted to 38.02 billion USD this year to December 20, a 10-year high, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is the leading foreign investor in Vietnam in 2019, pouring 7.92 billion USD into the country, accounting for over one fifth of the total flow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam during the year.

Article 17 of the 2013 Constitution states: "Vietnamese citizens living abroad are protected by the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam".

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh on December 25 seized five tonnes of live wild animals on a bus that was moving from the south to the north.

The Communist Party of Vietnam has admitted over 143,000 new members in 2019, raising the total membership to around 5.2 million, it was reported at a national online conference reviewing Party building work on December 25.

The Vietnamese National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Affairs and the Committee for Ethnic Affairs under the Lao National Assembly have agreed to step up cooperation and the exchange of professional experience.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is coordinating with forest rangers of Zone 4 to organise a training course on combating wildlife trafficking, in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

In 2020, for the first time, Vietnam is honored to take on the ASEAN Chairmanship and the non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council for the term 2020-2021. 

Tien Cave is the last and biggest cave among the Tu Lan cave system in Quang Binh province, boasting great stalactites of all shapes and sizes.

But Thap Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh was recognized as Special National Relic in 2013 and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue in the pagoda was named National Treasure in 2012.

The creative use and development of President Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam is not to forget the rights of any social class.

A major proportion of bank loans are provided for the business community, particularly the private sector and individuals.

In less than a month, Masan Consumer, a consumer business of major conglomerate Masan Group, has initiated two deals to take its businesses beyond the food and beverage sector.

Vietnam and Indonesia have agreed to continue close coordination as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure.