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Vietnam considers buying electricity from Laos to ease reliance on China
Vietnam may import electricity from Laos to minimize the risks from relying on Chinese imports and to offset supply shortages caused by cutting off power sources which pollute the environment.
PetroVietnam anticipates it will have to cover Nghi Son losses
The national oil & gas group PetroVietnam may have to spend more than US$2 billion, or VND40 trillion, to cover losses from the Nghi Son petrochemistry and refinery complex.
My Son Holy Land, site of the Champa culture
Champa culture had great influences on Vietnam’s cultural values of significance. The former capital of the Champa Kingdom from 4th to 15th century was My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province, central Vietnam.
Vietnam seeks ways to earn more from tourists
Vietnam should learn from the tourism industry of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore or China, says Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.
Vietnamese keen on traveling abroad
Vietnam, with increasingly high income per capita, has become an attractive market targeted by foreign travel firms.
Each Vietnamese to bear additional US$180 of public debt by year end
From now until the end of the year, total public debt could reach VND3,000,000 billion (US$134.5 billion) and each Vietnamese will shoulder an additional VND4 million (nearly US$180) of public debt.
Rare photos of wartime in North Vietnam
Below are color and black and white photographs selected from hundreds of photos taken in northern Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and the 1979 border war by German war correspondent Thomas Billhardt.
Coffee chains crushed in retail premise war
Rents of hundreds of millions of dong a month have forced many coffee chains to leave the market.
Agricultural seed market worth billions of dollars
Considered a lucrative market with value worth of up to billions of dollars, the seed market can only attract five to six Vietnamese companies, leaving openings for foreign seed companies.
Hanoi houses submerged after typhoon Dianmu
Five days after typhoon Dianmu went through Hanoi, many houses in Tu Lien Ward in Tay Ho District are still flooded.