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The 23rd ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting and the fifth ASEAN Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting took place in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on April 5 under the chair of Thai Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong and Governor of Thai

Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways said on April 5 that it will start operating charter flights to Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki during the Golden Week in Japan.

Farmers in many localities in the Mekong Delta region are turning their paddy fields or other orchards into Thai jackfruit farms due to high profits in recent years.

Vietnam’s economy will grow at 6.6 percent this year, slightly down from last year’s 7.1 percent, HSBC has forecast in a report it released this week.

A major casino resort on Singapore's waterfront is to get a $3.3 billion expansion, including a new tower featuring luxury rooms and a 15,000-seat arena, its owner said.

There are about 3,000 taxis from other provinces are working illegally in Hanoi, according to Hanoi Taxi Association.

There were 4,423 newly-launched units in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of 2019, a decline of 54 per cent year-on-year, according to CBRE Vietnam, perhaps attributed to the government’s tightening of credit in real estate as

Budget carrier Vietjet Air officially launched a new international route connecting Nha Trang city (Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam) with Taipei (Taiwan, China) on April 3.

Several supermarkets in Hanoi have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables as a way to protect the environment.

Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) was the runner-up in the performance evaluation of Asia's container ports in 2018.

Vietnam’s economy experienced another year of strong growth in 2018, although a weaker external environment could affect the country’s growth outlook for this year and next, according to a new report by the ADB.

The retail prices of petrol and oil have been sharply increased by nearly VND1,500 (6.4 US cents).

Almost half of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro project has been completed, with the line expected to become operational in 2020, five years behind schedule.

The National Assembly (NA) and Government of Vietnam pledged to continue perfecting the legal system in order to create favourable conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from France, to operate in the Southeast Asian country, said the top lawmaker.

The Vietnamese Government will create favourable conditions for Italian enterprises to invest in the Southeast Asian country, helping increase the trade value between the two nations, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Vietnamese catfish is being sold on China’s e-commerce platform Alibaba, a development expected to bring more opportunities for the product in China.

Vietnam may face challenges to achieve GDP growth of 7% this year due to the African swine fever, higher power and petroleum prices.

The Electricity Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) has announced that it plans to invest over VND7.3 trillion (USD317 million ) in a power grid in the central and Central Highland provinces this year.

The first quarter of 2019 saw a peak in the number of newly-registered enterprises and those returning to operations, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).