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Photography festival captures Vietnam's beauty

A photography festival connecting Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City officially opened in Hanoi on May 29.

Forbes Global 2000 list has four Vietnamese firms

Four Vietnamese firms have been named in this year’s Global 2000 list by Forbes, an annual ranking of the world’s biggest and most powerful public companies.

Enough textbooks for new school curriculum, assures education ministry

Since last year the Vietnam Education Publishing House has been researching and compiling the textbooks and has even published some first grade textbooks to trial them, an act that has come in for some criticism in the media.

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Conference looks to strengthen cyber security for public, financial-banking sectors

 

Local, foreign investors welcome new decree outlining fresh approach to planning in Vietnam

The long-awaited new decree guiding to the Law on Planning is expected to open a wider business development space for businesses to venture further into projects in Vietnam in the months ahead.

 

Sudden increase of China's FDI inflows into Vietnam a worry: experts

Amid a sudden increase in foreign direct investment inflows from China, experts are calling for the creation of “filter tools” for FDI with the aim of fostering high value manufacturing and sustainable development.

 

Vietnam's Ministry of Finance proposes to slash business costs

Household businesses in Vietnam may be exempted from paying fees for enterprise registration and first-time provision of information needed to become an enterprise.

 

85 percent of Vietnam's enterprises remain outside of Industry 4.0: report

As many as 85 percent of industrial enterprises in Vietnam still lag behind the fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), and only 13 per cent are at the beginner level, one official has warned.

 

19 State-owned groups in Vietnam to be under financial supervision

The Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) this year will oversee the finance of 19 State-owned groups and corporations.

 

Vietnam emerges as top electronics manufacturer: Singapore's DBS bank

Vietnam is poised to become a leading electronics powerhouse in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in the coming years if it sustains its current pace of growth, according to a report from Singapore’s DBS Bank.

 

In Vietnam, women find numbers rising in politics but not status

Although the number of women in politics continues to rise, the ratio of women in high positions remains low.

Vietnam treasures values of peace, stability: Deputy PM Minh

Vietnam always treasures and maintains values of peace and stability, said Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh while addressing the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo today.

 

Contemporary concert features new works by int’l and Vietnamese composers

A contemporary music concert introducing new works by international and Vietnamese composers will take place at Manzi Art Space on Sunday.

Vietnam, Japan agree to expand economic bond

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.

 

Masterchef Australia 2010 winner set for Vietnam visit

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.

 

Three arrested for poisoning pine forests in Lam Dong province

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.

Vietnam economic yearbook points out two scenarios

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.

 

Vietnam attends ASEAN senior officials' meetings in Thailand

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.

 

VN Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich to attend 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore

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 - first biosphere reserve in Vietnam says no to plastic bags

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.