Vietnamese businesses should take advantage of e-commerce to export to global markets, experts said at a conference on e-commerce and international exports via Alibaba.com held in HCM City yesterday.

The government has so far advanced USD97 million to pay debts for the Phuong Nam Pulp Mill which is one among 12 loss-making projects of the Ministry of Indsutry and Trade.

Vietnam should take advantage of the next wave of digital technologies such as blockchain, AI, IoT and cloud-based services to become Asia’s next high-performing economy and improve the living standards of its residents, experts said.

A fire destroyed a sticky-tape making factory covering nearly 2,000 square metres in Viet Huong Industrial Zone in Thuan An Town in the southern province of Binh Duong on Wednesday.

Two people died and 17 were injured after a coach flipped on its side on National Highway 1A in Long Khanh Town in the southern province of Dong Nai on Wednesday evening.

A film screening in the project Landscape will take place on Saturday at the Heritage Space.

A circus with an environmental message opens in Hanoi this week. Its aim is to entertain and educate youngsters to mark International Children’s Day on June 1.

Nearly 6,000 civil servants and public employees had failed to complete their tasks in 2018, according to a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Vietnam treasures its relations with the US and is ready to discuss measures to deepen the comprehensive partnership on the basis of respecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political systems in each nation.

Local authorities need to learn more about the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and offer solutions to reduce the poverty rate in Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vo Thi Dung said.

Paintings and photos of Russian and Vietnamese cultures, landscapes and people are on display at an exhibition that opened on May 22 in Moscow.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the Vietnam-Russia Business Forum in Moscow on May 22 as part of his official visit to Russia.

Vietnam won five gold medals at the 2019 Thailand Open Track and Field Championships which ended on May 21.

A book on the late President Ho Chi Minh, the first to be published in Thailand in both Vietnamese and Thai, was launched at a ceremony in the Thai northern province of Lampang on May 22.

A facility providing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – PrEP for HIV prevention was inaugurated at the Hanoi Medical University Hospital at No.1 Ton That Tung Street, Hanoi, on May 22.

Hai Dang Tay Ninh triumphed at the National Tennis Team Championships which ended yesterday in Tay Ninh Province.

Vietnam will compete at the Men’s Elite Road Race PRUride PH 2019 in the Philippines from May 24-26.

HCM City is home to thousands of migrant labourers working in industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs), but its housing projects meet only a fraction of the demand for stable accommodations.

Vietnam’s top leaders have asserted the strategic role of the domestic private sector in some statements as many privately-run conglomerates have shown their superiority to state-owned ones.

Despite their young age and modest experiences, Bui Phuong Vy and Bui Quoc Khanh, 11th graders, have created a set of games to teach children about sexual abuse prevention.