A group of artists have put the finishing touches to a mural featuring the flowers of Hanoi’s four seasons on a 40-metre-long and 2.2-metre-high dyke wall along Pho Duc Chinh Street near Truc Bach Lake.

Foreign investors pledged to pour US$27.9 billion into Vietnam in the first ten months of 2018, down 1.2% compared with the same period of last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

Catfish exports are flourishing, but trade protectionism and unfavourable information campaigns also make the industry unstable. Maintaining the quality and facilitating brand building for catfish is a sustainable and long-term direction for the industry, experts have suggested.

A smart tourism information portal called VTV Travel will be launched this December, with the aim of providing a variety of smart tourism experiences for visitors during their time in Vietnam.

A delegation of the Da Nang Tourism Department will attend Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific, scheduled to take place from October 23-25 in Shanghai, China, to introduce the city’s cruise tourism.

The Cau Vang (Golden Bridge) has been honoured among the Top 5 special awards of the year under the Guide Awards 2018.

Although full-year inflation will probably be contained at less than 4%, the average consumer price index (CPI) in the first nine months of 2018 was already 3.57%, putting the efforts to curb inflation in the remainder of the year under even greater pressure.

Found in the list of the must-try street food in Saigon, Pha Lau is also supposed to be a specialty you should taste when coming to Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese jazz lovers will have a chance to enjoy two concerts performed by renowned musicians including Steve Houben, Grégory Houben, Quentin Líegeois and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse.

A new multifunctional bus terminal was inaugurated recently in the resort town of Sa Pa, covering over 4,000 square metres with the capacity to accommodate nearly 300 buses.