Crown Princess Victoria has put special care to promote the UN`s sustainable development goals by 2030 which Vietnam is striving for.

The credit growth of Vietnamese banks as of April 17 this year had expanded by 3.23 per cent against the end of 2018, the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) reported.

Former Manchester United FC midfielder Ryan Giggs, who is currently working as a Director for the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC youth academy, paid a visit to SLNA FC in Nghe An on May 7.

The first corporate social responsibility programme (CSR) based on a digital platform in Vietnam’s life insurance market, the Aviva Community Fund 2019, has been officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City.

People in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have opposed a local firm which has set up fences blocking their access to the sea.

Authorities in HCM City have proposed a special consumption tax on goods including mobile phones and cosmetics.

Thirty-two teams have begun competing in the final round of the 2019 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam), which opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 7.

The 13th plenary session of the CONFRASIE (Regional Conference of Rectors of the member universities of the University Agency of the French-speaking world in Asia-Pacific) took place in HCMC on May 7.

The National Assembly Standing Committee, 14th tenure, opened its 34th session on May 8 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Nations need to actively support and implement the Declaration of Shared Commitments on UN Peacekeeping Operations 2018, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, has said.

 Yen Bai province is working to implement a project to bolster child drowning prevention, said Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Thu Ha.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested that ministries, sectors and localities adjust their policies to speed the development of the automobile and support industries.

Tael Two Partners Ltd, one of the two major foreign stakeholders of GTNFood Joint Stock Company, has registered to offload its entire holding in the Vietnamese food company.

Building agro-forestry-fishery high value chains is crucial for the sustainable development of the agriculture sector in the context of international integration, experts have said.

The garment and textile industry was one of the country's key export industries, but also produces high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.

The central province of Quang Nam has held an exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereignty of the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos.

Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2019, held this year as part of the Make the Future Live Malaysia, came to a close last week with new efficiency records set by participating student teams.

Authorities in Hanoi have given the Old Quarter a new lick of paint and cleaner streets.

During her official visit to Vietnam, Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree tried ‘Bun bo Nam bo’, a popular dish in Hanoi on May 7.

Introduced on the global online market Amazon.com, many traditional products of Vietnam have been attracting international consumers, contributing to promoting purchase power and increasing sales.