The Government plans to provide wide-ranging assistance to the domestic supporting industry so that they can increase supplies of parts and components to both local and foreign firms and better participate in the global production chain.

More than 60% of Japanese firms operating in Vietnam have intentions to expand their business here to cash in on the improved investment climate, a survey by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has revealed.

Dalat Victory Challenge, a mountain bike race, will be organised on March 24-26 in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province.

The National Women’s Tennis Championship will be organised on March 17-24 in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province.

Love is in the air, with products wrapped and presented on store shelves, waiting to be bought by love birds for their significant others. 

Two Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the International Chess Festival -- Aeroflot Open -- in Moscow, Russia, from February 20 to March 3.

Cuttlefish and octopus exports this year are expected to increase by 4% from last year to reach US$470 million, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP).

Vietnam’s insurance sector is predicted to grow 20% this year thanks to a change in Government policies, experts said.

Young Vietnamese karatedo martial artists have set a target of earning four gold medals, and a third-place spot in the team rankings, at the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Thailand’s plan to sell all its rice reserves of about eight million tonnes this year has sparked concerns that this move will undermine Vietnam’s rice exports.