Duong Bao Ngoc spends some US$35,000 every year on her daughter’s study at a college in the US. She considers it a major investment that will certainly pay off. 

Foreign funds have poured millions of dollars in restaurant chains in Vietnam, where a large population with a growing middle class is expected to provide solid support to the growth of the food and beverages industry.

Apple may invest $1 billion in Vietnam to build a research and development center, most likely to be located in Hanoi, to serve the entire Asian region.

The Ministry of Public Security on June 24 proposed criminal charges against three former officials of a company affiliated to shipping giant Vinashin, and another man for misappropriating nearly US$16 million from 2006-08.

The workers wade in black water every day, running into all kinds of trash.

A Chinese national has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport after allegedly being caught rifling through the luggage of fellow fliers.

A documentary about Vietnam was aired on a French national network last week, promoting Hoi An and the Mekong Delta as well as local people’s smiles.

The planned cuts in luxury tax on cars with small engines are expected to spur demand, encouraging auto manufacturers to expand production.

The State Bank of Vietnam has approved a plan to acquire a stake of 52% in state-controlled PVcombank as part of the ongoing restructuring process at the medium-sized lender, local media reported on June 22.

The environment ministry has suspended the operation of a titanium-zinc mining company whose waste reservoir broke last week, releasing a large amount of toxic sludge into a resort and the sea in the central province of Binh Thuan, VnExpress has reported.