Nam Tien Craft Village Industrial Cluster in Hanoi’s outlying district of Phu Xuyen will be built with a total investment capital of VND623 billion (about US$254 million), according to the municipal People’s Committee.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Vietnam needs between 100,000 and 350,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations over the next 15 years – roughly one for every ten EVs – to keep pace with demand.

Thousands of vacancies were available at a job fair jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Employment Service Centre (YES Centre) and the Industrial University of HCM City (IUH) on April 18.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet had a meeting with Sean Kotaro O’Neill, Senior Bureau Official for the Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the US, in Hanoi on April 18, which also saw the attendance of US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper.

The World Bank (WB) remains strongly committed to supporting infrastructure development in Vietnam, particularly in the field of transport, said Mariam Sherman, WB Country Director for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao, during a working session with Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh in Hanoi on April 18.

A commemorative event has been organised by the Communist Party of Argentina (PCA) in Buenos Aires to honour the significance of Vietnam’s victory on April 30, 1975, a pivotal moment that marked the liberation of the South and national reunification.

Vietnam Airlines has officially introduced a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with a special livery featuring the chim Lac (Lac bird) – a sacred symbol of the Vietnamese culture that is deeply connected to the nation’s origins and embodies aspirations for growth and longevity.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification on April 30 with a spectacular lineup of events, headlined by a world-record attempt featuring 10,500 drones in a stunning light show.

Working in different fields, two Vietnamese Americans -Professor Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde in California and entrepreneur Katherine Lam in Oregon- share a common goal of preserving the Vietnamese language and promoting a modern image of Vietnam to international friends.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City maintained a positive growth rate in the first three months of 2025, reaching over US$2.41 billion, accounted for 25.3% of the total for the entire year 2024 and marking an increase of 19.6% compared to the previous quarter.