Despite the lack of a legal framework and phantasmagoric profit commitments, condominium-hotels (condotels) have been one of the most attractive property products among buyers.

Life insurers in Vietnam once again reported losses in 2018 despite ballooning revenue, continuing an alarming trend for their bottom line.

Vietnam is one of five of YouTube’s biggest global markets, based on how long users spend watching videos on the site, according to Ajay Vidyasagar, Asia Pacific regional director at YouTube.

Canada had become a promising market for Vietnamese goods following the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), heard a workshop in Ha Noi on Thursday.

The fruitful cooperation between Vietnamese and Indian Coast Guards will contribute to enhancing mutual trust and promoting collaboration in other spheres between defence ministries of the two countries, said a Vietnamese high-ranking officer.

FDI in VN witnessed a significant yearly increase of 81 per cent to US$14.59 billion in the first four months of the year, the Foreign Investment Agency under Ministry of Planning and Investment announced on Wednesday.

Indochina Telecom Company on April 25 in Hanoi launched Vietnam's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) – Itelecom, becoming the sixth telecoms provider in the country.

The Danang City authorities have asked local departments to stop using plastic products at work and banned plastic bottles at official meetings and conferences.

Up to 4,770 cyber-attacks on Vietnamese websites were reported in the first quarter of 2019, doubling the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Teams (VNCERT).

RoK investors offer huge opportunities for Vietnamese startups

Some 3.53 million Vietnamese people are living with diabetes and almost 29,000 die of this disease annually, or 80 deaths each day, VnExpress reported, citing a health official.

Vietnam’s initiative to build a circular economy, aimed at tackling pollution and achieving more sustainable development by reusing and recycling defunct products, has attracted the participation of several foreign businesses.

Vietnam represents an attractive ­venture for investing in technology companies and aspirational startups, but there is work to be done to create a more efficient legal framework to unlock the country’s true ­potential.

China was the largest source of greenfield Investment in Vietnam in Q1/2019 with US$732.2 million, accounting for 18.9% of the total.

Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical has lifted its holding in Vietnam’s Duoc Hau Giang (DHG) Pharmaceutical to over 50% and turns the latter into one of its subsidiaries, Taisho has said in a filling to the HCMC Stock Exchange.

A project designed to help girls, especially those in ethnic minority areas, get access to education, was launched by UNESCO in Hanoi on April 25.

Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has coordinated with relevant agencies to implement all necessary citizen protection procedures for Doan Thi Huong to return home right after she is released.

Vietnam wants the US and Cuba to maintain constructive and cooperative dialogues, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Le Thi Thu Hang.

Several commercial banks in Vietnam have reported big profits in the first quarter of this year.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has had a meeting with Nathaniel F. McGill, Chief of Staff in the office of the Liberian President, when he attended the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.