Though BKAV (Bach Khoa  Anti-virus Center) did not succeed with its BPhone, Viettel plans to develop a ‘made-in-Vietnam’ smartphone, targeting the high-end market with a selling price of over US$1,000, according to Tinhte.vn, a leading hi-tech forum.

Many bankers dream of providing wealth management services, especially in an attractive market like Vietnam.  

Expansion of land limits and accumulation of land for large-scale production are expected to be the foundation for the branding of farm produce.

The Ministry of Education and Training is setting stricter requirements when granting professorship titles.

The movie “Ice and the Sky” (La Glace et le Ciel) (France, 2013, 113’) by director Bertrand Tavernier will be screened at the L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on April 28. 

The average price for imported pork is now US$1.2 per kilo, or VND27,000, while the domestic pork price has dropped dramatically to a 30-year low.

More Vietnamese are buying imported fruit, which have become surprisingly inexpensive.

The ongoing patient overload at state-owned hospitals and the US$2 billion that Vietnamese spend on overseas healthcare services are drawing more investors to hospital projects. 

Saigon is as a small world with a multi-cultural feeling. Besides Pham Ngu Lao and De Tham streets for western backpackers, a Japanese street exists on Le Thanh Ton Street in District 1.

Thanh Cong and Truong Hai are determined to export cars, despite a cut in import tariffs on cars scheduled to take effect in 2018.