Honda Vietnam posted an 8.9-percent increase in retail sales of automobiles but a 16.9-percent drop in that of motorbikes in June, the firm announced recently.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on July 13 announced an additional grant of 1 million doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam, raising the total Japan has donated to the country to 3 million doses.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 13 received Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
Per capita monthly income of Vietnamese people was averaged at 4.2 million VND (183 USD) in 2020, down 1 percent year-on-year, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office.
A 100-metre-long wall on Vu Trong Khanh street in Hanoi's Ha Dong district, is now painted with colorful images that spread a message of fighting COVID-19. It is a work by the Hanoi Youth Union.
The southern province of Kien Giang has lured over 1 trillion VND (43.4 million USD) worth of investment in tourism projects spanning over 21 hectares in the first half of this year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.
Imagine if Hanoi had no place to bury its garbage. How would the huge amount of waste collected every day be handled? Such questions, however, will no longer be a concern, as a plant generating electricity from waste, with a capacity of 4,000 tons a day, will begin operations in the capital in September.
The “Travel to love” series of videos released by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism have gone viral worldwide and attracted millions of views on YouTube.
Hanoi authorities suspended outdoor sport activities and physical exercise on July 8 until further notice due to the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong led a high-ranking delegation of the CPV to attend the virtual summit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and world political parties on July 6.
The social customs and beliefs of the Phong Luu Khau Vai Market in Khau Vai commune, Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province have been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Vietnam harvests 1.3 to 1.4 billion coconuts each year but by-products have posed a major challenge to the environment. A Belgium-based tech giant has therefore planned to help the country in turning the coconut coir into charcoal for export.