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Vietnam Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Heathrow Airport in London, marking the first international destination served by the national flag carrier’s new-generation plane.

More Thai retail companies have entered Vietnam over the past two years and are proving popular with consumers, while asking questions of less competitive local rivals.

Fishermen from central coastal provinces are still facing losses despite big catches as they are being squeezed by unscrupulous traders.

Vietnamese living abroad remitted around US$330 million in August, bringing the total remittances in 8 months this year to US$2.75 billion, 13.2% higher than last year’s same period.

Sales of moon cakes, the Mid-Autumn Festival’s iconic speciality, may have increased, but the quality remains a big concern for Hanoi authorities.

State President Truong Tan Sang reiterated Vietnam's desire to deepen ties with Venezuela to benefit both countries during talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros in Hanoi.

Vietnam should be rightly proud of its record in promoting economic growth and poverty reduction, said United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta.

Pleiku Airport in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai will be reopened from 12am on September 1 as stipulated in Decision No. 3106 of the Ministry of Transport.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros will pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 30 to September 1 to foster bilateral relations between the two nations.

The UK’s Foster Wheeler has been hired to outline a master design for the project to expand and upgrade the Dung Quat oil refinery in Quang Ngai Province.

Vietnamese economists believe that increasing the number of operating firms by at least two million will help solve the country's business competitiveness.

The public is increasingly favouring new and modern taxi services including Uber and Grab taxis due to their better quality services.

Vietnam attracted 13.33 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of this year, an annual increase of 30.4 percent, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

The Prime Minister has given a nod to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to invest in Long Thanh International Airport.

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has completed divestment from three real estate companies, while reducing its capital at EVN Finance Company to 16.5 percent of its original charter capital.

Many Vietnamese workers are upset by the meagre 10 per cent suggested pay increase proposed by the VCCI for next year's national minimum wage.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said he does not expect recent turmoil in global markets to trigger a change in the government's macro economic targets.

The State Bank of Vietnam will not make any further adjustment to the Vietnam Dong/US Dollar exchange rate this year, SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said.

Travel agents are holding low expectations for the industry’s growth despite various discount programmes as people only have one day off for National Day on September 2.