Land rents are rising too quickly, according to members of the business community who met in Hanoi at a conference entitled "Property Rights and Enterprise Development".

Vietnam's tea producers should meet Fairtrade International's certification standards to increase the competitive quality of tea products and improve their export value, said experts.

The design for a restroom fused with a garden, constructed in the northern province of Cao Bang by Ha Noi-based H&P Architects, won the Social Good Award at the 2015 AZ Awards hosted by the Canadian architecture magazine Azure.

The disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in the first half of the year reached US$6.3 billion, up 9.6% from a year ago.

China is expected to import more than US$10 trillion in goods and services and invest US$500 billion abroad in the next five years, offering opportunities for Vietnam and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam will play Myanmar in the semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation U14 Girls' Regional Championship for the ASEAN zone on June 27.

It was the beginning of winter in the northern province of Ha Giang. Tran Anh Tu, 30, said he still remembered the fog covering the endless mountain ranges on two sides of the Gam River. They took off on a journey straight out of a fantasy, gliding along in a high-speed boat down the river.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Binh has set a new target to bring down non-performing loans (NPLs) to less than 3% by September.

Nguyen Thi Huyen of Vietnam won gold at the Asian Grand Prix Athletics at Thammasat University Sports Complex near Bangkok, Thailand.

The E De ethnic group's traditional marriage proposal will be staged for the first time at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on June 28.