Resort tourism in Hanoi’s suburbs and neighbouring areas has seen potential for higher growth, experts said.

Vietnam remained the smallest local currency bond market among nine economies of emerging East Asia, according to the latest edition of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asia Bond Monitor.

Vietnam will promote education on tobacco prevention at schools, propose a higher tax rate on cigarettes, raise serious reports on smoking-related diseases and impose strict punishments on violations in smoke-free areas.

Vu Thi Thanh Hanh, general manager of Learth Vietnam Co Ltd, said sales of her company’s VietJoy leaf tea products were very good three months after they entered the Singaporean market. 

Businesses expect to see quicker actions from State management agencies in the enforcement of the Government’s Resolutions No 19 and 35 to boost reforms and promote business development.

Bronze casting in Che Dong village in the central province of Thanh Hoa has officially received a certification recognising it as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it the seventh local heritage to receive the title in the country.

The movie The Third Wife by director Nguyen Phuong Anh (Ash Mayfair) has won the Best Film title at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival in India.

Foreign-invested companies in the southern region are speeding up investments and preparing for opportunities as Vietnam is poised to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tran-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Vietnam will meet Myanmar in their third match of Group A in the AFF Suzuki Cup at Thuwanna YTC Stadium in Yangon on November 20.

One of the main achievements of Vietnam’s agricultural restructuring plan over the last five years is the formation of three product categories – national key products, local key products and those under the programme “one village, one product”.