Employers are increasingly looking at working skills and job-hopping probability rather than "competitive salary requirements" when hiring new graduates, a survey has shown.

Power tariffs will be reduced from the current six levels to three or even one level in the future, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said.

An International Exhibition on Plastics, Packaging and Rubber opened at Ho Chi Minh City's Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre on July 23.

The launch of an e-Regulations system is viewed by experts and users as a boost to Vietnam's business and investment environment.

A documentary film on the Vietnam War with English subtitles will begin airing on Vietnam Television this week.

The national women's football team will play two friendly matches in August against Chinese Taipei to prepare for their second round of Olympic qualifiers.

Young overseas Vietnamese will return to Vietnam to compete in the Sao Mai Television Singing Competition from July 26 to August 15.

Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients.

Life skills should be offered as a subject in Vietnam's education curriculum to encourage a more well-rounded development of students, such was the takeaway at an education conference held on July 22.

The steering committees of Vietnam's Northwest, Central Highlands and Southwest border regions discussed the regions' progress on socio-economic development and national defence in 2015 during a conference on July 22 in Can Tho.