Society

The seventh Japan-Vietnam Festival has been opened at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 with a host of activities.

After two years of implementing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the use of the deal to generate benefits for the economy and businesses has remained modest, according to insiders.

The third COVID-19 resurgence has weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020 and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment, according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Colombia is viewed as a potential market and ranks fifth among the largest Vietnamese export markets in Latin America, with two-way trade turnover increasing from US$42.95 million in 2007 to US$509 million in 2019.

National team goalkeeper Dang Van Lam concluded two weeks of quarantine in Japan on April 17 and is set to be presented to fans of J-League 1 side Cerezo Osaka Club on April 18.

Ajay Singh Yadav only managed a final video call with Raj Karan before his close friend became the latest of an alarming number of young Indians, including children, falling victim to the new coronavirus wave sweeping the country.

The northern province of Phu Tho has planned to organise a high-range fireworks display to celebrate the Hung Kings' Temple Festival.

HCM City’s new Mien Dong bus station, the most modern of its kind in Vietnam, has remained deserted after more than five months put into operation.

Two elderly women from the Khmer ethnic group in An Giang Province are still having to work to earn their living and take care of grandchildren who are abandoned by their parents.

Eight Vietnamese people who recently returned from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,781, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.

Citigroup – the parent firm of Citibank – has announced that it would withdraw its retail banking division from 13 markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including Vietnam.

In the face of the global spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam's strategic partnership with Germany has shown strong growth across a range of fields, including politics, the economy, development co-operation, education, training, science and technology, along with security and defence.

Dam Trau on Con Dao Islands has been listed among the world's 25 best beaches by the US travel site Travel+Leisure.

Former boxing champion Trương Đình Hoàng and his young teammate Vương Thị Vỹ have set their sights on SEA Games gold medals.

The US Treasury has removed Vietnam and Switzerland from the list of countries labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision of the administration under President Trump last December.

Authorities of the southern province of Kien Giang are seeking the Ministry of Health’s permission for building a field hospital due to the high risk of Covid-19 outbreak.

At least three people have been reported dead or missing after a flash flood hit the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai early Saturday morning.

The central city of Danang is expected to welcome around 15,367 tourists by air for the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday.

A man who has heart and kidney disease in Quang Tri Province is in need of financial support after losing his parents and brother.