VIETNAM TODAY

The European Union ambassador to China has welcomed its endorsement of free trade in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's promise to restrict imports and appealed to Beijing to lower its own market barriers.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group will finally officially sell Ron 95 which meets European emission level 3 and 4 standards.

Vietnam Airlines transported 20.6 million passengers in 2016, up 19% on-year, putting the airline among the top 4 carriers with the highest passenger throughput in the year.

Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 25 in celebration of the 87th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930).

Vietnam catfish exports to the US market face being shut down this coming September 2, after efforts to abolish a program shifting regulation of catfish producers to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) fails.

DanTri Newspaper gave Tet presents to orphaned children in Can Tho Province named by the newspaper’s editor-in-chief Pham Huy Hoan.

“Half of online FMCG purchases in urban 4 key cities are for beauty products, in which Make-up and Facial Care are the top picks,” Mr. Fabrice Carrasco, Managing Director of Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, said.

Officials are deeply concerned about the “serious degradation” of water quality in the Đồng Nai River basin.

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP).

Samsung this week revealed what caused the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that eventually led to a global recall, saying that one of the immediate side effects of the battery disaster is the Galaxy S8’s launch delay.

A Taiwanese wholly-invested company in the northern province of Quang Ninh has closed, leaving 2,274 unemployed.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed on HCM City’s proposal to build a flyover road to help ease traffic congestion for Tan Son Nhat International Airport, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong.

As demand for cash spikes as the Tet holiday nears, many ATMs in Hanoi are either running out of cash or reporting technical problems.

As registering business online is now completely free of charge and easier than ever, the number of firms engaged in online registration is expected to reach 30 per cent of the total this year.

One or two large foreign banks will increase their existing stakes or take on new holdings in Vietnamese banks after the relaxation of foreign ownership in domestic lenders, according to VinaCapital’s latest market commentary report.

Microsoft and Vietnet Information Technology and Communication Center (Vietnet-ICT) have announced a “Minecraft” coding tutorial for students and educators, created especially for the third-annual Hour of Code, a campaign to broaden global participation in computer science.

State media cite a senior Chinese official as saying China and the Philippines have agreed on $3.7 billion worth of projects to boost cooperation.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with a number of related ministries and agencies to make a draft decree on virtual money (expected to be completed in December 2017) and a draft decree

Hospitals have raised warning against rising cases of streptococcus suis infections due to people continuing to eat blood soup and constant contact with raw meat.