Vietnam’s location with a network of cargo ports, alongside a large domestic market, leaves room for both domestic and foreign logistics firms to expand business and enter logistics M&A deals.
The northern province of Phu Tho launched a daily tour from Hanoi to the land of Hung Kings in early April, allowing tourists to explore traditional Xoan singing. The tour is designed to boost tourism and preserve the local intangible heritage, according to a local official.
Vietnam, a market of 93 million people, is seeing rapidly growing consumer demand for food and beverage (F&B) products, offering ample space for the F&B sector to expand.
A book discussing the green economy for sustainable development amdist climate change was launched in Hanoi on April 12, aiming to provide policymakers with theoretical and practical views of the issues.
Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) aims to produce 9.45 million tonnes of raw coal in the second quarter of 2018, and at the same time, sell 9.54 million tonnes of coal, including 540,000 tonnes for export.
A marine project is underway in the central province of Quang Nam to save sea turtles as part of a local effort to protect the biodiversity in Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) Marine Protected Area (MPA).
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang will disburse 2 billion VND (88,000 USD) to move 95 households living in landslide-prone areas to safe places before the rainy season comes.
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the long-term local-currency bank deposits ratings and local- and foreign-currency issuer ratings of three banks of Vietnam from B2 to B1.
The northern province of Ninh Binh will host various events this year to mark the 1,050th anniversary of the establishment of Dai Co Viet, the first feudal state of Vietnam.
Singaporean-based Asian Scientist Magazine has named two Vietnamese – Professor Phan Thanh Son Nam and Associate Professor Nguyen Sum – in its recently published list of 100 leading scientists in Asia.
The 3rd Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit takes place in Siem Reap, Cambodia from April 2-4, themed “Joint Efforts and Partnership towards Achievement of the SDGs in the Mekong."
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has approved in principle a solar power project, worth 48.4 million USD, in Truc Son commune, Cu Jut district.
An exhibition on technologies of the shrimp sector in Vietnam is scheduled for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu with a view of turning the locality into a national shrimp industry centre.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang visited and offered comfort to 13 Vietnamese who were injured when a fire broke out inside the Ratchathewi Apartment in Bangkok on early April 3.
The Sanskrit inscriptions on steles at the UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province will be translated into Vietnamese and English as part of a joint project between Vietnam and India.
VFF President Tran Thanh Man extended Easter greetings to Catholics and Protestants in Hanoi while visiting the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North).
Vietnam and Mongolia should further intensify partnership through the exchange of visits at all levels, cooperation in personnel training and experience sharing in UN peacekeeping mission.
Vietnam’s manufacturing and processing industry is optimistic for the second quarter of 2018, with 91 percent of enterprises in the industry predicting production volume to expand or stay flat from the first three months of the year
Spouses of leaders of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), who are in Hanoi for the sixth GMS Summit (GMS-6), visited the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in downtown Hanoi on March 31 to learn about the life and cultural heritage of Vietnamese women throughout history.
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