Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vietnam's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) at ‘BB-' with a stable outlook.

Many products in Vietnam are facing the risk of their market shares and revenues narrowing down due to anti-dumping investigations and lawsuits.

The Ministry of Health has warned about the risk of diphtheria outbreaks spreading from Laos through the border area into Vietnam.

Value for money" is always the touchstone for national infrastructure development, a British expert told a workshop that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2.

Malaysia's Immigration Department has informed the management board of Vietnamese workers in Malaysia that employers have to be responsible for receiving overseas workers in that country.

Use of banned substances in animal breeding has reached an alarming level and preventive measures are urgently needed, delegates said at a seminar held in HCM City on November 1.

Vietnam should publish books, video of tuong (classic drama), and host forums, talks, symposiums and shows at schools for students in order to preserve and promote traditional theatre that has existed for thousands of years, said Chua Soo Pong, a researcher of traditional art performance from Singapore and member of International Theatre Institute, in a talk with Vietnamese artists in Danang.

Vietnam has three masters among the top three in the World Youth and Cadets Chess Championships after six rounds in Greece.

Demand for Vietnamese forestry products, excluding wood, has increased on the world market, though these products need to improve their quality to meet strict international manufacturing standards.

The government has approved the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plan to amend Decree 36/2014/ND-CP to resolve difficulties of management offices, enterprises and farmers in implementing the decree over the past one year.