The Government's report recently submitted to the National Assembly said that Vietnam has opportunities, intertwined advantages and challenges, but has more challenges.

Students are expected to have a busy summer holiday as they have many things to do, including attending summer camps in Vietnam and other countries, taking life skill classes, and attending ‘army semesters’.

Vu Minh Ngoc established the Bach Coc Youth Cooperative, which can produce up to 2,000 litres of vinegar per month. It is expected to be a foundation for a vinegar-making village where locals can benefit from the traditional craft.

The market has witnessed many big M&A deals of retail giants with value of up to billions of US dollars.

Taking leading positions at businesses, the businesswomen have been driving their companies to success, with revenue increasing by trillions of dong each year.

Many tourists complain that they feel bored as Hanoi doesn’t have many attractive activities to enjoy at night. Travel firms admit they find it difficult to schedule night activities for foreign travelers.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has cut some operating interest rates, but has not intervened in ceiling interest rates of 6-month or longer-term deposits, so there are interest rate gaps among commercial banks.

A collection of Vietnamese poetry translated into English to honour the beauty of the Vietnamese language has been published including translations spanning centuries of Vietnamese poems.

Contrary to predictions, Vietnamese beverage manufacturers have not been ousted by foreign giants from the home market, but have been performing well and competing equally with them.

Drinking cold beer on summer afternoons is a habit of many Hanoians. The Australian Prime Minister, when visiting the capital city recently, joined a group of draft beer drinkers and shouted "one, two, three, cheers!" before tasting the popular beer.

Many VietNamNet readers have emailed us, expressing their concern about the increasingly high number of recent merger and acquisition (M&A) deals either being made or still under negotiation.

Because of the short length of service and age of retirement, many employees are choosing a lump-sum social insurance withdrawal, and are then beginning to look for a new job where they will pay social insurance premiums for a second round.

Tram Be, a once-famous tycoon with a takeover deal of Sacombank, has returned to the business world by joining the board of directors at Trieu An Hospital.

Experts have called on to immediately amend the personal income tax (PIT) law which is no longer suited to new circumstances with goods prices increasing sharply.

The traditional craft of check scarf weaving was recognised as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

When visiting the lush Golden Camellia Park in Nho Quan District in Ninh Bình, it is hard to imagine that a few years ago the valley was abandoned with few crops surviving, the local soil deemed too rough to do anything worthwhile.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung says that the portion of the digital economy to GDP by the end of 2023 may reach over 17 percent, and with good solutions to stimulate the economy, the figure may reach 25 percent by 2025.

Nguyen Thuy Hai, nickednamed ’Catwoman’, has found happiness in her life alongside the cats she cares for as if they were her own children.

A ginseng farm in Quảng Nam Province is aiming for the herb to go global while bringing jobs to the local ethnic communities.

Experts discuss preferential policies and favourable treatment to be offered in attracting film crews and promoting Vietnam as a movie destination