Ho Chi Minh City plans to treat garbage buried at three non-active landfills, the municipal People’s Committee has said.

Vietnamese start-ups that wish to go global must have a “global mindset” and “decision-making power” and be willing to “take risks” to capitalise on the opportunities for success in the digital economy, experts have said.

After food and beverage and other sectors, it is the turn of convenience stores franchisers to eye the huge Vietnamese market.

Violinists Ruslan Turuntayev from Kazakhstan and Park Gang-hyeon from the Republic of Korea won the Grand Prix at the First Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin and Chamber Music in Hanoi on August 11.

Earlier this month, the Hai Duong People’s Committee granted in-principle approval for seven new projects valued at more than 267 billion VND (11.6 million USD) in total.

Viettel Global posted record pre-tax profit of 1.09 trillion VND (47 million USD) in the second quarter of this year.

Instead of the modest contribution made previously, the insurance business segment, or bancassurance (banks co-operate with insurers to sell insurance products), has now become the main source of income from service activities for many banks.

Vietnam ranked 50th out of 175 countries on the Global Cybersecurity Index (CGI) in 2018, up 50 places from the previous year, according to a report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

The British Council has announced three recipients who will enjoy financial support from the Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth project.

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have escaped poverty by adapting to climate change and shifting from rice to maize or peanut cultivation as well as the breeding of goats and aquatic species.