VIETNAM TODAY

Singapore’s GIC has agreed to buy a 7.7 per cent stake in Vietcombank, one of Vietnam’s biggest commercial banks, in the latest indication of the sovereign wealth fund’s appetite for emerging markets.

The Vietnamese government has many times vowed to boost the equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), but the process has remained sluggish.

Twenty most outstanding youths in following late President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 29.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet on August 29 announced the opening of two international routes connecting Hanoi with Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City with Kaohsiung (Taiwan) as part of its network expansion plan.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has submitted to the government a plan to lower the corporate income tax (CIT) rate to 17% for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Cases of diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and Japanese encephalitis still occur in several poor and remote localities and areas with ethnic minorities because residents did not receive the vaccination.

President Tran Dai Quang has affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of treasuring and fostering the Strategic Partnership with Singapore to make the ties more trustworthy and effective.

Authorities in southern China say 10 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus overturned on a highway.

The Ministry Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Health will jointly take samples of the massive frozen fish inventories in the central region to test for unsafe products.

A father in Nam Dinh Province is in need of help for three of his sons who are all suffering from haemophilia, a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn't clot properly.

The population explosion and rapid urbanisation have exerted pressure on HCM City’s environment, experts have said at a seminar held last week on the environmental problems facing the city in the last five years.

Vietnam, the world’s second-largest coffee producer after Brazil, exported 1.5 million tonnes of coffee during the 2015-16 period, with a revenue of US$3 billion, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA).

Do My Linh, a 20-year-old student at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University, was named Miss Vietnam 2016 at the finale in Ho Chi Minh City in the evening of August 28.

The Ministry of Finance said that it would be difficult to finish drafting a decree on preventing transfer pricing within only a few months.

One man was killed by a falling tree during heavy rain on August 28.

Defense Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich, leading a high-ranking Vietnamese defense delegation, left Hanoi on August 28 for a three-day official visit to the People's Republic of China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Senior Lieutenant General Chang Wanquan.

Vietnam’s engagement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will better protect its workers by addressing issues relating to strikes, said an expert.

Foreigners can now call (+84) 0511 1022 for information on best places to go to in Danang.

President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Singapore on August 28 afternoon to begin his three-day State visit at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam.