The Australian Consulate General in HCMC will organize a public Australian Food and Wine Journey from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 at the Park Hyatt Saigon as part of the Taste of Australia program.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will put up for auction more than 600 tons of melted coins at a starting price of over VND48 billion (US$2.1 million).

A reduction in the number of procedures and that of imports and exports subject to specialized inspections requires further reviews to facilitate trade, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Four database centers that are expected to help turn HCMC into a smart city have been launched after over one year of construction and set-up, stated officials on May 12.

The State Bank of Vietnam today revised down the central reference rate between the dong and the U.S. dollar after the greenback had appreciated sharply the previous week.

Bitel, a Peru-based subsidiary of military-run telecom group Viettel, has signed a deal worth US$27 million with the Ministry of Education in Peru to provide IT infrastructure for over 1,800 schools in Peru.

Matchday 9 of the 2019 V.League saw reigning champions Hanoi FC concede their first defeat of the season at Thanh Hoa FC, while HAGL continued their sweet run under new manager Lee Tae-hoon.

Total premiums collected by insurance companies in Vietnam in the first four months of 2019 reached VND44.3 trillion (US$1.89 billion), up 17% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Vietnamese athletes have won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Para Swimming World Series which took place in Singapore on May 10 - 12.

Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Bui Cong Duy, has just claimed that the British trombonist Christopher Trinnaman is not working at the academy.

The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 wrapped up at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district, northern Ha Nam province, on May 14, with the adoption of the Ha Nam Declaration.

Transaction limits for e-wallets should be set at appropriate levels to encourage cashless payment amidst an anticipated boom of e-commerce in Vietnam, experts have said.

The floral lantern release during the Vesak 2019 has been held at Tam Chuc Pagoda with the attendance of 50,000 people on May 13.

Over the last two months, Chinese traders have only bought durians stamped with codes of origin traceability.

Ta Xua commune in Son La province, has risen to become an attractive tourist destination for adventure lovers by offering a breath-taking conquest of “the dinosaur spine” on the top of Ta Xua peak.

Recruitment demand of Ho Chi Minh City continues to increase in May, needing about 30,000 workers, according to the city’s Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

Vietnam has destroyed over 1.2 million pigs while the African swine fever is still spreading according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Singaporean tourists injured in a traffic accident in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have recovered, according to the Hue General Hospital.

The northern and northern central regions have been forecasted to see the hot weather with temperatures of up to 40 degrees centigrade in the days to come.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is making a strategy on mariculture development until 2030 with a vision to 2050 to submit to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval.