Dam Sen Park in HCM City, operated by Phuthotourist, will host a wide range of entertainment events during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), thus becoming a great entertainment destination for revelers in the city to celebrate the Year of the Pig.

In celebration of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the Danang Museum will organize a Tet market session in its garden on January 26, offering visitors, especially foreigners and children, a chance to gain hands-on experience in a traditional wet market in the context of Tet.

Local residents in Hanoi will experience a fifth-generation (5G) network service once it is launched on a trial basis in the first quarter of the year, according to the municipal Department of Information and Communications at a recent meeting, Lao Dong newspaper reported.

Pho Ong do, a street lined with calligraphers’ stands, has been opened at the HCMC Youth Cultural House at the corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Pham Ngoc Thach streets in District 1.

Is rising investment from Chinese enterprises the reason for an increase in land rents at industrial parks in Vietnam? Shortly after the U.S. began raising the tariff for plastic packaging from China to 10% from zero in October 2018, plastic packaging producers in China made their way to Vietnam to seek investment opportunities.

Investment is challenging everywhere. In Vietnam, short-term investment may be more likely to succeed, while long-term investment is a tough job,” said David Duong, president and CEO of Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS).

Under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Vietnam has committed to relaxing its requirements for foreign retailers seeking to expand their operations in Vietnam, according to Thanh Nien Onlinenewspaper.

The prices of automobiles remained high in spite of the import duty on completely-built-up (CBU) cars imported from ASEAN markets falling to zero from 30% in 2017. Customers did not benefit from the reduction, and even paid a high price for CBU automobiles with fewer than nine seats last year.

A report by the General Department of Customs released on January 17, showed that Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$6.8 billion last year. 

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at a seminar in Hanoi on January 17, proposed Vietnam should seek solutions to respond to climate change to ensure its sustainable development, local media reported.