Vietnam faces challenges in curbing inflation

Despite a global slowdown, Vietnam’s economic growth was impressive in the first quarter of this year.

Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are facing difficulties due to serious droughts.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a dispatch requesting all public offices and Vietnamese representative agencies overseas to fly flags at half-staff during the national mourning for former President General Le Duc Anh.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance in the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing has affirmed Vietnam’s goodwill and role in international economic integration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh held talks with his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhao in Beijing on the sideline of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), which ran from April 25 – 27.

The Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia on April 27 organised a grand meeting to mark 44th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification (April 30).

Kwang Han, mayor of Namyangju city, the Republic of Korea, was conferred an honorary citizenship of Hue by the city’s authorities at a ceremony held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on April 27.

More than 700 athletes on April 28 raced the height of the 81-storey skyscraper Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district, the highest building in Southeast Asia.

Thua Thien-Hue receives 1.8 million EUR from the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety for Carbi project implementation.

A new outbreak of A/H5N6 avian influenza has been reported in Trang Dinh district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, said head of the provincial animal health agency Nguyen Nam Hung.

A mass performance of physical exercise by 6,000 pupils from 64 primary schools in Vinh Long has been named in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of student participants in such event.

Vietnam will host some of the upcoming qualifiers for the Asian Football Confederation 2020 U16 and U19 Championships.

HCM City has great potential for restoring thousands of villas, houses and buildings, many of them over 100 years old, according to the Architectural Research Centre at the city's Department of Planning and Architecture.

Settlement of bad debts is expected to improve this year as many banks plan to buy back all the non-performing loans (NPLs) they had sold to the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC).

Revitalisation and innovation are indispensable for Vietnamese businesses to improve their competitiveness.

American companies are inserting Vietnam into the global supply chain, while creating quality jobs and helping the country become more productive and efficient.

Tens of thousands of tonnes of untreated garbage at Bãi Nhát landfill is contaminating the environment in Côn Đảo District, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Two former Vietnamese national team footballers will square off against a pair of rthree-time UEFA Champions League winners this weekend.

The Mui Dinh Challenge 2019, an off-road car race, is scheduled to take place on April 29 and 30 in the southern province of Ninh Thuan.