Residents in the Mekong Delta are witnessing the 2018 flood season with complicated developments. Early floods and high water level have made impacts on local residents’ production and lives.
Around one thousand plastic bottles have been turned into colourful toys and useful teaching tools under a social project recently initiated by Vietnamese architect students.
A company has proposed to the authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang a plan to develop tourism at the local famous Nga Bay floating market, Nga Bay town, at a cost of more than 700 billion VND (nearly 30 million USD).
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam surpassed 1.32 million in August, up 11.3 percent month-on-month, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on August 29.
With its high economic growth rate and population of over 90 million, Vietnam is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for international franchising businesses, especially in the food and beverages sector.
Localities in the western region of the Mekong Delta need to foster regional cooperation to create highly competitive tourism products, officials have said.
Chairman of the People Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong received entrepreneurs from some multinational groups on August 24 to brief them on investment promotion opportunities in the city.
Japan ICT Day 2018 themed “Vietnam – Japan IT Cooperation in the 4th Industrial Revolution” will take place in Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang from August 28-31.
With around a month to go for the Mid-Autumn festival, moon cake producers have unveiled many traditional and new varieties.
The vegetarian food segment has been attracting a great deal of attention from businesses in recent years and gradually satisfied the tastes of customers.
Tra fish exports to the European Union (EU) have recovered following incorrect news published by overseas media, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on August 15 published an article on its website saying inaccurate information about Vietnamese tra fish on several Romanian websites could affect Vietnam’s tra fish exports to this market.
The Hanoi Transport Service Company (Transerco) has just introduced a lower price ticket for its hop-on hop-off bus service in Hanoi in an effort to attract more passengers.
US News has listed Vietnam as one of the 30 best solo travel destinations alongside its neighbours Singapore and Thailand.
The embassies of Asian countries in Slovakia and the authority of Bratislava held Asia Weekends in the capital city on July 27-28 to promote the diversity of Asian cultures, including Vietnamese culture.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade is striving to push the export of organic products in the international market to be able to make its contribution towards the increase in the non-oil and gas export target at 11 percent in 2018.
Vietnamese cuisine and culture will be nudged closer to Thai people through standout dishes introduced at the Vietnamese food week, which is underway in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has been awarded the “Mobile Banking Initiative of the Year” title by the Asian Banking & Finance (ABF) magazine.
