The volume of second-hand products imported into Vietnam has rocketed in recent times, announced officials at a press conference on the management of waste imports, organized on July 30 by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.  

Starting August 1, the HCM C government will increase the number of hours banning lightweight trucks from entering the downtown area to ease traffic congestion, according to a newly issued decision of the municipal government.

LEGO Education, which is represented by local firm Viet Tinh Anh, and Samsung Vina have launched two STEM robotics competitions – the third First Lego League (FLL) Vietnam and the fifth Robotacon WRO Vietnam.

More business delegations from Canada are visiting Vietnam, and this is just the first step in the potential cooperation between the two countries, according to Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Ping Kitnikone.

The cost of the harm done to society by alcohol consumption in Vietnam is valued at 1.3-3.3% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) reported at a recent group meeting of the Ministry of Health in Hanoi.

One of the deepest hopes clinging to foreign direct investment (FDI) is the transfer of technology to domestic firms with which the national economy expects to enhance its technological strength.

Vietnam’s economy has the highest ratio of exports against the gross domestic product (GDP) in the world.

Vietnam’s leading dairy processor, Vinamilk, has spent nearly US$19.74 million acquiring a 51% stake in Lao–Jagro Development Xiengkhouang Co., Ltd, which is headquartered in Laos’ Xiengkhouang Province, aiming to develop a complex of hi-tech beef-dairy farms.

Alpha King Real Estate Development JSC has launched its brand in the local market, aiming to make Vietnam its main real estate market over the long term.

Professional curator Zhuang Wubin from Singapore will hold a talk on curating photography at DocLab in Tay Ho District, Hanoi on July 29, staring at 3 p.m.