20 of Vietnam and Australia’s brightest young leaders representing the arts, finance, technology, philanthropy, business, start-up, education and healthcare industries have converged in Sydney, sharing ideas and innovation for the inaugural ​Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue (AVYLD).

Quang Nam and Kon Tum Province have started a VND9trn (US$397m) project to grow and make Ngoc Linh ginseng a major product.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has submitted five solutions to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to help the pig-farming industry in the context of a sharp fall in pork prices.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the Government Inspectorate to investigate a giant pulp project in Nghe An Province which has been left idle for years.

Hanoi authorities have agreed on piloting the operation of ordinary buses in the lane currently reserved for the bus rapid transit (BRT).

Several experts in Ho Chi Minh City have blamed motorbikes for causing congestion and proposed plans to ban motorbikes in the city.

Vietnamese beer consumption is predicted to reach 4 billion litres in 2017, up from 3.78 billion litres in 2016.

A local government inter-department inspection team has discovered many construction planning and land use violations at 50 real estate projects in Hanoi.

The number of cars imported from India and Indonesia into Vietnam increased sharply in the first three months of this year, while car imports from the UK and Germany fell considerably.

The studio where film Kong: Skull Island was shot in the northern province of Ninh Binh has just been restored and will open to tourists on Saturday, according to local authorities.