The southern province of Binh Duong hopes to attract US$1.6-1.7 billion in foreign direct investment this year, People's Committee's Chairman Le Thanh Cung has said.

A plan is being studied to establish a one-stop food street for vendors in the Old Quarter area of Hanoi.

Nguyen Trong Khoi, an overseas Vietnamese living in Boston, the US, is showing 20 of his oil paintings at the Cam Xuc Dai Ngan (Sylvan Sentiments) exhibition at Tu Do Gallery in HCM City.

Travel experts from Japan have said that more discount programmes could help stem the slight decline in the number of Japanese tourists to the city.

Vietnamese banks are likely to promote lending programmes that hopefully will help them to either unleash idle capital or boost the sluggish credit growth toward the end of the year.

This central city's Culture, Sport and Tourism Department has launched its latest online tourism information portal following an eight-month trial period to further boost its tourism industry.

An exhibition of etched paintings from artists of Vietnam and Belgium has opened at the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics in Verviers City.

The Mekong Delta targets reaching tra fish export turnover of US$2-2.5 billion in 2016, according to a master plan for tra fishbreeding and processing in the region.

A lack of a master retail plan has caused insecurity and confusion in the local retail sector, leaving many of them losing market share to their foreign rivals, independent market analysts have said.

A film that warns about the impact of climate change on humans will be screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) in the US.