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City officials seek tax on sales via Facebook
HCM City officials are seeking ways to collect taxes from small- and home-based business owners who are selling merchandise on social media, such as Facebook, in a bid to reduce tax losses in the municipal budget.
Vegetable, fruit exports to struggle
The domestic vegetable and fruit industry will face obstacles in maintaining sustainable growth in export value at the current high level, according to the Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association.
An ranks in top 30 in Alpine Skiing event
Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Van An ranked 30th out of 43 athletes in the qualifying round of the men’s slalom of Alpine Skiing, the last sport for Vietnam at the Asian Winter Games which closed in Sapporo, Japan on February 26.
Keeping alive the art of Soong Co folk songs
For the San Diu ethnic group that lives in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, singing is a daily ritual.
Vietnam to recoup US$2.6 billion bad loans
The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) will take drastic measures to recover around VND33 trillion (US$2.6 billion) of non-performing loans (NPLs) this year, VAMC chairman Nguyen Tien Dong said.
Vietnam issues restructuring action programme
The Government has issued an action programme to implement the policies on economic restructuring and building of a new growth model for the period between 2016 and 2020.
Yen, Trang win Chinese chess tournament
Nguyen Hoang Yen of HCM City won the title in the women’s standard category of the National Chinese Chess Championships in Vung Tau City on February 21.
Vietnam strives to up internet oversight
To celebrate Safe Internet Day, authorities held a symposium on digital citizenship toward a safer Internet in Hanoi on February 22.
Vietnam U19s beat Thailand
Vietnam came from behind to defeat Thailand 3-1 in the last match of the 2017 Yunnan-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China on February 22.
A Vietnamologist gave expats advice on living in Vietnam
Vietnamologist Daria Mishukova started pursuing Vietnamese studies and language in 1995, when she was a freshman majoring in Oriental Studies at Far Eastern University, Russia. Two years later, she took her first step into Vietnam.