Vietnam's fiscal deficit will stay high at 5.7 percent in 2019 due to delays in the divestment of State-owned enterprises and lower import tax revenues, according to Fitch Group’s Fitch Solutions forecast.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has suggested the removal of the lifetime employment policy for state employees and civil servants from early 2020 to boost competition and push them to improve their capacity and better fulfill their duties.

The World Health Organization (WHO) puts Vietnam in the group of countries with the highest rate of antibiotic resistance in the world.

The Vietnamese Government should impose strict punishments on the trade of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms, attendees were told at a conference held in Hanoi on Thursday.

The Vietnamese Government and the PM issued 10 legal documents in March, including seven Decrees and three Decisions, according to the press conference of the Ministry of Justice.

The Hansae Yes24 Foundation and the Hansae Vietnam Co Ltd, presented 10,000 books to primary school students in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony on April 18.

Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato Mohd Zamruni Khalid said that Viet Nam was an attractive market for car manufacturing given its young population and favourable investment policies.

Cars which provide passenger transportation services via ride-hailing platforms like Grab will have to have roof signs showing that they were “contract vehicles”.

Many couples have taken wedding photos on the top of houses in Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam.

Many public hospitals in the Central Highlands is struggling to deal with doctor shortages.

The execution of guarantee for customs clearance will be piloted in 2021-22 in an effort to enhance trade facilitation, a customs official said.

The domestic property market showed stable development in the first quarter of this year with the emergence of potential new property trading regions.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi at noon of April 18, concluding his official visits to Romania and the Czech Republic.

Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Eric Sidgwick has recommended Vietnam push ahead with restructuring its economy to maintain stable growth in the medium and long terms.

Vietnam recorded 4,813 malaria cases in 2018, down 70.16 percent from 2009, it was reported at a conference on malaria control in border areas held in the Central Highlands of Dak Lak on April 18.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has supported the upgrade and expansion of Co Ong airport in Con Dao island district, in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested a suspect illegally transporting nearly 6.5 kilogrammes of heroin in Long Luong commune, Van Ho district, on April 17.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from the EU and US has been pouring into southern localities like Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, and Binh Duong provinces.

Vietnam hoped that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue cooperating closely with the country and provide it with more assistance, training and policy consultancy, a senior Party official has said.

A design contest for the logo of the ASEAN Year 2020 was launched in Hanoi on April 18.