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Gold no longer glitters in Vietnam as prices fall below global rates
Analysts have reacted to gold prices in Vietnam dipping below global rates for the first time in nearly five years, saying it indicates that the precious metal is no longer a safe haven asset in the country.
Vietnam Airlines shakes hands with local bank to form new carrier
Vietnam’s national airline and a local bank have decided to establish a new carrier based on a current aviation firm.
Vietnam can only afford half of spending planned for 2016-20
The Vietnamese government will need twice as much as it can afford when it comes to spending in the next five years, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said, raising the eyebrows of lawmaking National Assembly members.
Lack of fresh water hits Vietnam’s Mekong Delta provinces
A number of regions in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta have suffered the most serious fresh water shortage in the last 100 years.
Vietnamese woman, her mid-flight baby reunited with British ‘godmother’
A Vietnamese woman who gave birth mid-air has been reunited along with her son with his unlikely ‘godmother,’ the foreign doctor who helped her deliver him during a flight on March 4.
Vietnam woman names son born mid-air after captain
When it came to name her newborn son, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Nga instantly thought of the captain of the flight on which she has delivered the baby some 10,000 meters above the ground.
Dutch architect seeks solutions to climate change issues in Vietnam
In 2009, Dutch architect Joep Janssen quit his job in the Netherlands and moved to Vietnam with his girlfriend to study impacts of climate change on the Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam to take action on dumped coated steel sheet imports from China, Korea
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to carry out an antidumping probe into coated steel sheets imported from China and the Republic of Korea, the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) said on March 4 on its website.
Vietnam gives thumbs down to state oil giant’s bid to monopolize market
Oil and gas behemoth PetroVietnam has demanded that all local fuel businesses be obliged to buy products of its refinery before purchasing from foreign sources, but the demand has been turned down by relevant ministries.
Over 500 critically endangered doucs discovered in Vietnam
A population of 500 gray-shanked doucs, one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates, has been found in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Fauna & Flora International announced on March 3.