Representatives of the HCM City Football Federation (HFF) and Olympique Lyonnais signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on co-operation between the two sides in France on January 10.

The agricultural and rural development sector expects to gain US$39-40 billion in total farming, forestry and fishery products by 2020, according to officials.

The impact of El Nino in 2016 will likely surpass last year's record to become strongest ever in history, according to experts.

From July next year ODA (official development assistance) funds received by the country will only be allocated to provinces facing difficulties and for programmes to improve public welfare and eliminate hunger and poverty rather than for large infrastructure projects, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications and the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Korea Communications Commission (KCC) agreed to co-operate in-depth in the television field in Hanoi recently.

The central province of Nghe An attracted a positive investment flow totaling VND150 trillion (more than US$6.6 billion) during the 2010-15 period.

The HCM City tax department has told Uber that it must declare and pay taxes as the ride-sharing service provider has consistently refused to do so, according to a tax official.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung said in an interview on VTV on January 10 that one of the key tasks that his ministry will fulfill this year is to balance the state budget.

A 10-day exhibition showcasing 300 covers and pages of Vietnamese newspapers published in the last 150 years has opened to the public in HCM City.

Voluntary social insurance participants will enjoy more benefits including government subsidies of up to 30 per cent of premiums, more choices in payment terms, and no age limit on participants, said a Government resolution.