Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing, China, from April 25-27.

The poor logistics services in the Mekong Delta have pushed up the costs of export goods, especially farm produce, and caused great losses to export firms, it was reported at a workshop held in Can Tho city on April 23.

Vietnam will work closely with the international community in preventing and stamping out sexual violence in conflicts, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN).

A sailing ship of the Vietnam People’s Navy anchored at Changi port on April 23, beginning a four-day visit to Singapore that lasts until April 26.

Only 50 percent of Vietnam’s inland waterway network, measured in kilometers (19,000), is easily navigable, according to the Department of Inland Waterway.

The biennial Hue Traditional Craft Festival has established itself as a big economic and cultural event thanks to the display of unique traditional crafts of not only Vietnam but also other countries.

Instead of carrying out projects themselves, several foreign investors tend to increase investments into Vietnam via capital contribution, share purchase or acquisition.

Artist Nguyen Thuy Hang will present her “Dew Drips, Smog Seeps” sculptural collection at Vin Gallery in District 2, HCMC from April 26 to June 14.

PV Gas reports 16% increase in Q1 profit

Like elsewhere in the world, digitalization or digital transformation is emerging in all fields in Vietnam, from trade and banking and finance to health, education, tourism, and transportation.

As part of its cultural sponsoring, the German company Kärcher cleaned the southern main gateway of the former imperial city of Hue in March 2019.

Ho Chi Minh City on April 24 announced an international competition calling for planning ideas to develop a highly interactive and innovative urban area in the east of the city.

Vietnam is well-positioned to develop industrial property, experts said at the Vietnam Industrial Real Estate Forum 2019 in Hanoi on April 23.

Platinum Victory - a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson - has registered to purchase an additional 17.41 million shares or 1% stake in Vietnam's largest dairy producer Vinamilk.

Since May 2018, imports of scrap plastic have banned at major ports in Vietnam until further notice. In July 2018, the Vietnamese government announced it will no longer issue new license for plastic waste import.

Investors in many solar-powered projects in the country are rushing to complete their projects so that they can be put into commercial service prior to June 30 to benefit from the Government’s attractive solar power prices.

A number of popular Vietnamese products have made their way onto Amazon, the largest e-commerce website in the United States. 

ASEAN economic ministers gathered at the 25th ASEAN Economic Minister Retreat in Thailand today to discuss the conclusion of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the completion of the ASEAN Single Window.

Leading cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Jordan and Lebanon are competing at the 10th Asian Carom Billiards Championship that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 23.

Vietnam’s No. 1 shuttler, Nguyen Tien Minh, has been bundled into the same half of the 2019 Asia Badminton Championships draw as two world-leading players, Kento Momota (Japan) and Chen Long (China).