Pham Ngoc, a reporter from Lao Động Cuối Tuần (Weekend Labour) interviews musician Kim Ngoc, director of Đom Đóm — the Hub for Experimental Art & Music, which is helping run the Future of Tradition project on traditional and contemporary art.

After rapid expansion, the franchising market in Vietnam is expected to continue upwards over the next few years with its increased involvement in free trade agreements. 

Many people in Ho Chi Minh City are paying very little for their monthly electricity bills in recent times.

The real estate market has slowed in the first months of 2019, which experts attributed to limited bank credit sources for the market.

After facing a relegation battle last season, HCM City FC now lead the V.League 1, largely thanks to South Korean coach Chung Hae-soung.

Over the past four decades, Vietnam has received tremendous support from the UN and its members and demonstrated its responsible member of the United Nations (UN) since joining the int'l; community.

Improved water management can help Vietnam tackle the threat of climate change, Belgium Ambassador to Vietnam Paul Jansen said at a workshop held in Hanoi on May 28.

The foreign exchange market has heated up when the daily reference exchange rate set by the State Bank of Vietnam continuously climbed to new record levels and the VND/USD rates listed at commercial banks also surged.

The Ministry of Public Security is exerting efforts to stop drugs from entering Vietnam.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has instructed authorities in 12 provinces and one city in the Mekong Delta region to increase expenditures from their local education budgets to pay for facilities and equipment.

Vietnam plans to purchase more electricity from China and Laos in the coming years as the domestic power supply is running out, an official has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on May 29, concluding visits to Russia, Norway and Sweden from May 20 – 28.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan discussed measures to bolster Vietnam-Czech Republic economic cooperation with President of the Czech Confederation of Industry and Transport Jaroslav Hanak.

A seminar on ending violence and harassment in the workplace was held yesterday in Hanoi the International Labour Organisation, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and CARE International in Vietnam.

Ten years ago, Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An was recognised by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve. 

Vietnam has presented its Labour, Independence and Friendship Orders and Medals to two collectives and 23 individuals of Russia in recognition of their contributions to the maintenance of President Ho Chi Minh’s remains.

With its fast-growing tech industry and young, educated workforce, Vietnam is emerging as an innovation and technology hub in Southeast Asia, EETimes Asia has reported.

The HCM City Department of Planning and Architecture and Spain's Idom Ingenieria Consultoria S.A. plan to work together to open more pedestrian streets and shopping malls in District 1.

A play on money and love adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel Eugénie Grandet by female director Viet Linh will be staged on June 14 at the HCM City Opera House as part of a theatre project launched by the theatre and its partner,

Various cultural and entertainment events for children will be held in Hanoi to celebrate International Children’s Day (June 1).