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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved Thai Binh Economic Zone in the northern province of Thai Binh which includes a casino and a golf course.

The 11th Vietnam Int’l Retail and Franchise Exhibition (VIETRF 2019) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City, on October 31.

A former senior official with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) is to be investigated for bad management.

USD4.3 billion large amount of made-in-China aluminum falsely-labeled as Made-in-Vietnam before heading to the US and other countries belonged to Global Vietnam Aluminum Company in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

Many kinds of lobsters in the Vietnamese market including Alaska and Canadian lobsters are seeing sharp falling prices with the US-China trade war is to blame.

Vietjet Air has officially opened flights connecting the central coastal city of Da Nang with Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport, marking its fifth route between Vietnam and Japan.

Workers at a South Korean-invested company in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have complained about their excessive overtime.

A credit agreement for the construction of Se San 4 solar power plant worth EUR 24.2 million has been inked between the Vietnam Electricity and the French Development Agency.

A Volkswagen Touareg displayed at Vietnam Motor Show 2019 in HCM City had a navigation app containing a map with the Chinese claimed nine-dash line in the East Sea.

On October 29, 2019 in Hanoi, Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) was officially recognized by the State Bank of Vietnam to meet the minimum capital adequacy ratio in accordance with Basel II international standards.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in October picked up 0.59 percent from September, the biggest increase for the same month during the past three years, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on October 29.

Real estate consultancy notes key factors for developers to consider for sustainable integrated developments.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines officially launched a direct route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Indonesia’s Bali on October 27.

Viet Nam’s public debt will fall to 56.1% of GDP by the end of 2019 from 58.4% last year, according to the Government’s latest report.

Farmers on Ly Son District are having big crops this year but prices fell due to over-supply.

The Ministry of Transport, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the Tay Ninh provincial People’s Committee held a conference in HCMC to sign a coordination plan on the construction of the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai highway.

Italian enterprises in the province of Pisa in general and in Tuscany region in general were updated on Vietnam’s investment attraction and incentive policies at an event held by the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa and the Italian Chamber

Many illegally-constructed tourist villas can be found in Nha Trang Bay despite ban and fines from the authorities.

Demand for IT personnel is only growing as Vietnamese tech enterprises constantly expand their business scale.