The reduction of working hours from 48 hours per week to 44 hours will create difficulties for textile and garments enterprises, according to one leading expert.

The Mekong Delta, the country’s rice granary, will see summer – autumn rice output increase by 150,000 tonnes this year, the Plant Cultivation Department has estimated.  

Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau on September 2 signed a one-year loan contract with top Dutch side SC Heerenveen on the last day of the summer transfer window in Europe.

Handicraft products made by craft villages in Hanoi are currently very similar in design, impacting competitiveness.

Three leading travel agencies in Vietnam, which own a range of luxury hotels, look set to equitise by the end of next year.

Almost 20 years ago, Vu Tri Long, now 50 years old, was listed as a poor man in Village 5, Song Cau Town, Dong Hy District in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen.

An international workshop, titled ‘Climate Change and Agriculture: Status, Impact, Adaptation, Insurance in Vietnam and Taiwan’ has been held in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to spend hundreds of billions of VND on building more than 100 reservoirs to store rainwater and control flooding by 2020 under a flood-control programme.

Vietnam's total rooftop solar power capacity is expected to reach around 2,000 MW by the end of 2020, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

Redefining children as those under the age of 18 is key to helping younger people access child protection services before they are legally classed as an adult.