Society

Vietnam requires a proper and attractive investment policy and a friendly business climate in order to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI), especially high-quality FDI flows, heard a seminar held on May 15 in Hanoi.

The Government of Canada (GoC) is determined to promote Canadian food products on digital platforms, with the goal of introducing a wide range of high-quality products and enhancing awareness of Canadian food among Vietnamese consumers.

An ethnic teacher in Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai finds many ways to encourage poor ethnic students to overcome difficulties to pursue studying.

The Mekong Delta region, located on the maritime route in the centre of the ASEAN region, has great potential to draw strong investment waves from other countries, especially neighbouring nations.

The severe erosion of a section of Da River which runs through the northern province of Phu Tho’s Tam Nong District is threatening as many as 150 local households.

Ship 20 of Naval Region 3’s Brigade 172 joined a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) to depart the central city of Da Nang on May 14 for international multilateral activities in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The 13th Party Central Committee’s mid-term conference opened in Hanoi on May 15 with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair.

The Government has issued a decree regulating the base salary for civil servants, public employees, and members of the armed forces, stipulating that it will increase from 1.49 million VND to 1.8 million VND per month from July 1, 2023.

Asian markets mostly fell Monday as investors kept a wary eye on the talks to raise the US debt limit to avert a "catastrophic" default.

A man and his two sons were killed in an electric shock in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai's Ia Pa District.

Over 30 dolphins were seen swimming near Dai Lanh Cape in Dong Hoa Town in the southern province of Phu Yen on Sunday.

Amid fluctuations in the global financial market, the exchange rate in Vietnam has remained stable in the first four months of this year, and the Vietnamese đồng is considered one of the most stable currencies in Asia, according to experts.

Vietnamese director Hà Lệ Diễm's film Những Đứa Trẻ Trong Sương (Children of the Mist) has won Best Asian Film at the first Danang Asian Film Festival.

More than 201 Chinese traders have registered to enter Vietnam to purchase lychee in the northern province of Bac Giang between mid-May and July, Trade and Industry Promotion Center of the province has announced.

As one of the few sectors reporting export turnover increase in the first quarter of 2023, Vietnam's vegetable and fruit sector has a bright outlook to earn USD4 billion in export revenue this year.

After more than three years, a project on placing artificial reefs to protect and enrich fishery resources in combination with tourism development off the southernmost province of Ca Mau has recorded initial encouraging results.

The northern port city of Hai Phong on May 13 launched a new tourism product named “Hai Phong – Free Walking” as an effort to fulfil its set target of welcoming 7.5 million visitors this year.

The Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City has been achieved the level “Diamond Status” at the World Stroke Organisation Angels Awards in recognition of improvements in its stroke care quality.