The Vietnam Frontier Summit 2018, a one-day conference, will take place in Hanoi on October 6 with the theme ‘Fostering innovation with frontier technologies’.

Traditional lacquer paintings are on display at an exhibition entitled Lam (Deep Blue) in Hanoi.

Over 200 images and objects related to the national hero late General Vo Nguyen Giap will be featured at an exhibition hosted by the Vietnam Military History Museum on October 3.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$5.39 billion in the first nine months of 2018, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a monthly report.

Ho Chi Minh City should learn lessons from major cities in developed countries on how to become a smart city, speakers said at an international conference held in the city on September 28.

Vietnam was one of three countries added onto FTSE Russell’s watch list for a possible future upwards reclassification.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has released the results of an auction for 94,000 tonnes of imported sugar in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s finance and banking sector has reduced its ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) – including both NPLs owned by credit institutions and the Vietnam Asset Management Company – from 17.2% in 2012 to 6.7% at the end of June 2018.

Foreign investors have poured into Vietnam’s e-wallet sector as they see huge growth potential in the market in the wake of the Government’s plan to reduce cash payments to below 10% of the total payment transaction by 2020.

The story of Vietnamese engineers and technicians joining hands to change lives in a remote area of Africa has inspired Discovery Channel filmmakers to make a documentary featuring the hard work of the Vietnamese team and showing the impact they had on local people.