Vietnam’s rapidly evolving fintech sector has been largely driven the country’s young, digitally-savvy population, the high mobile phone and Internet penetration rate and the government’s push to curb cash usage and promote digital payments.

 Vietnam has not calculated the detailed cost for hosting the recent North Korea – US summit but it is 'not much', according to Mai Tien Dung, minister and chairman of the Government Office.

As the proportion of FDI inflow to Vietnam’s total development investment capital is proposed to be capped at 20-25 percent next time, experts are concerned the policy can prevent the country from luring the inflow, especially high quality one.

 One of Hanoi`s strengths is its peaceful environment and a variety of cultural heritages.

 The Danang International Airport will see the T3 terminal, with a capacity of 30 million passengers per year, being put into operation this year.

 Up to 100 types of traditional cakes will be featured at 200 booths at the eighth Southern Traditional Cakes Festival in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho next month, heard a press conference in HCMC today, March 5.

 Discovery Networks Asia Pacific continues to expand its lifestyle footprint in Southeast Asia with the launch of its popular home and lifestyle channel HGTV in Vietnam on March 4.

 Following the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), both local and foreign airlines have opened a range of new air routes to tourist destinations across Vietnam with low-cost air tickets priced from VND149,000.

The improved business performance of Vietnamese banks and a Government regulation to require local banks to meet stricter capital regulations is spelling the start of a wave of foreign investment into the country’s finance and banking sector.

Trung Nguyen may not be held for much longer for Vietnamese customers' taste for filter coffee, as competitors are breaking into the segment, adding to the headwind created by the prolonged divorce of chairman Dang Le Nguyen Vu and his wife.

Vietnam’s seafood sector is facing a severe shortage of input material, which will affect the industry’s goal to export US$10.5 billion worth of seafood this year, up US$1 billion against the figure seen in 2018.

The Ministry of Public Security has proposed formal charges against four former executives of Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) for abusing their positions and power to appropriate assets. 

Many Japanese firms active in Vietnam expect to expand their business in the country, Takimoto Koji, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in HCMC, told a press briefing held in the city on March 4.

Asia's largest low-cost airline group AirAsia on March 4 announced that it would permanently withdraw tickets for its flights from online tourism platform Traveloka.

After many years of research, Phan Hoang Hiep and his colleagues have developed the 1-trocar endoscopic thyroid surgical method, the first of its kind in the world.

 Vietnam and North Korea have similar background in national protection. But how they responded has set them on different paths after decades.

ADB and the Vietnamese government on Tuesday signed a $188 million loan for a project to improve the road connectivity between the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway and northwestern provinces.

 Karaoke bars and night clubs will have to close before 2 am and placed at least 200 metres away from schools and some government agencies according to a draft decree by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Although Vietnam is a leading exporter of cashew nut, the country’s export value remains modest as many enterprises are still dependent on imported materials.

 The Hanoi High-Level People’s Court opened an appeal trial on an online gambling case involving former senior police officers and trillions of dong in the northern province of Phu Tho on March 5.