Japanese industrial material manufacturer Showa Denko K.K. is fostering the production of aluminum cans in Vietnam amid growing demand for beverages in this market.

The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita last year was US$2,590, up by over US$200 versus 2017 and 1.23 times higher than in 2015, according to data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Residents in HCMC who have installed rooftop solar panels can sell their solar power output to electricity firms next month. 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked Bamboo Airways to provide documents that prove its capacity to operate 30 more aircraft as requested. The firm’s current air transport license caps the fleet at 10 airplanes.

Vietnam assumed the role of the Chair of the Association of Asia-Pacific Peace Operations Training Centres (AAPTC) in 2020 from Thailand during its annual general meeting and workshop in Bangkok on April 26.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 26 held talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the occasion of the Vietnamese Government leader’s trip to China to attend the ongoing second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

The productivity and competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises remain low, according to a report publicized on April 26 by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), the Ministry of Planning and Investment nd the UNDP.

Viet Nam, China trade ties continue to develop

Vietnam continues to be a popular destination for new FDI from multi-national manufacturers and many existing foreign enterprises are expanding their investment.

People have rushed to commercial centres and supermarkets in their droves across Hanoi to avoid the searing heat that has hit the capital in recent days. 

Visiting the coastal areas of Thai Binh and Nam Dinh provinces in the early morning, it is impressive to learn about the lives of the local fishermen there.

Han River in Danang City is being polluted by wastewater from nearby restaurants.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has written to the Ministry of Transport, proposing lifting the regulation on the installation of roof light boxes for e-charter automobiles with fewer than nine seats.

Those driving under the influence (DUI) should be stripped of their driving licenses permanently, according a proposal presented at the first-quarter review conference on traffic safety on April 24.

A 70-year-old man in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa has received an excellent bachelor degree in civil engineering technology.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Japan coordinated with Kyodo PR company to host the Asia-Africa 20 conference in Tokyo on April 25.

Under summer’s golden sunshine, hundreds of children enthusiastically attend experience activities to become farmers for the first time in a yellow rice field in Duc Tan commune, Mo Duc district, the central province of Quang Ngai.

The sudden drop in groundwater levels will not affect the construction of a tunnel for the city’s first metro line, Thanh Nien newspaper reported, citing the HCMC Department of Construction.

The European Commission will send a working team to Vietnam in late May or early June to review the country’s efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing before it lifts the yellow card on seafood imports from Vietnam.

A group of major shareholders of Vietnam Export Import Bank (Eximbank) has sent a letter to the office of the board of directors requesting a meeting to consider the dismissal of the chairperson for the second time.