The State Bank of Vietnam will auction an additional 16,800 taels of SJC-branded gold bars to businesses at 9am on May 3, it said in a statement released on May 2.

The southern province of Dong Nai and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeongnam province signed a series of agreements on May 2 to deepen collaboration in labour and human resources training.

Vietnam has expressed its hope that Cambodia will soon provide information on Cambodia’s Funan-Techo canal project and join hands in assessing its impacts and seeking solutions to them.

Travelling by train is currently a new trend, as rising prices of domestic air tickets are leading to an increase of 10-15% in tour prices.

The national youth chess championship will be held in Bac Giang from May 24 to June 5, with the northern province freshly issuing a plan on the organisation of the event.

The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, an annual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovations for humankind, has officially closed its nomination portal with a record of 1,469 submissions.

Nearly 55,800 tonnes of agricultural products were exported via border gates in the northern province of Lang Son during the recent five-day holidays starting April 27.

Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) on May 2 held a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine valued at over US$200,000 to Indonesia - a Halal market.

The elevation of the stock market to "emerging" status can help Vietnam attract an additional US$10 billion in both direct and indirect investment, KB Vietnam Securities JSC (KBSV) reported, citing the World Bank (WB).

Luxury brands are looking for high-quality retail space in District 1 - the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City, according to Savills Vietnam.