The HCM City’s People Committee will rearrange district and commune administrative units from now to 2021.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono held talks and co-chaired the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee on May 30 in Tokyo.

Adam Liaw, the winner of the 2010 version of Masterchef Australia, will be in Hanoi on June 1-3 to introduce Australian gastronomy as part of the “Taste of Australia 2019” and “ASEAN now” programmes.

The site handover for the VND10 trillion (US$430 million) antiflood project in HCMC, developed by Trung Nam Group, may miss the revised June 30 deadline.

The proposal to raise the retirement age is necessary as Vietnam’s retirement age regulations have been outdated after 60 years, and the average life expectancy of the Vietnamese is higher than that of people from many Asia-Pacific countries.

Police in the central highlands province of Lam Dong have arrested three men in the biggest forest destruction case recorded so far in the area.

The Vietnam Economic Yearbook 2019 points out two scenarios for the country’s economy this year, according to which the growth rate will be over 6.5 percent in the new context of the world.

The Border Guard Station of Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri, in coordination with the provincial investigation police agency, arrested Gavrilov Inor of Russian nationality, who is currently wanted by Interpol.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung led a Vietnamese delegation to the Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) of the bloc and ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting in Bangkok from May 28-29.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and a high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation left Hanoi on May 30 for Singapore to attend the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue slated for May 31-June 2.

Cu Lao Cham – Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has celebrated its 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition as a world biosphere reserve for its rich biodiversity.

A workshop on tò he - small, colourful figurines made from glutinous rice powder, and traditional art will be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre on June 9.

Close to 54,000 enterprises have registered to begin operations in the first five months of 2019, up 3.2 percent on-year, also the highest number recorded in the period in the past five years.

The trip to Russia, Norway and Sweden from May 20-28 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is a success as it had specific outcomes, cemented traditional bonds, and opened up new cooperation prospects for Vietnam and the countries.

Vietnam’s largest ceramics and tile producer Viglacera Corporation (Viglacera) debuted on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on May 29.

The average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in 2018 improved slightly to 4.04/5, or 80.8 percent of their expectation, compared to 3.98/5 and 79.6 percent in 2017.

Vietnam’s milk supply is falling short of domestic demand, leading to a rise in imports and a race to expand production among local firms.

The project to clean up To Lich River in Hanoi using the Japanese bio-nanotechnology would be infeasible if wastewater is still directly discharged into the river, said a senior expert in water pollution treatment.

Owners of orchards and farmers from 19 localities in the southern region will showcase hundreds of varieties of fruits at the Southern Fruit Festival to be held from June 1 to August 31 at the Suoi Tien Theme Park in HCM City.

The administrative boundaries of six communes in Long Thanh District, the southern province of Dong Nai, will be officially changed starting next month to make space for the planned construction of Long Thanh International Airport.