VOV.VN - Local businesses have been advised to swiftly prove their ownership of the Vietnamese rice ST25, the world’s best rice, for trademark protection in the United States, after four foreign firms registered to protect this trademark in the US.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty inspected preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th legislature and People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19.

The set of postage stamps shows images of a lighthouse illegally built by Taiwan on Ba Binh (Itu Aba) Island belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

VOV.VN - The Tourism Department of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, southern Vietnam, has signed a deal with BBC Global News in order to advertise the region’s tourism industry to foreign travelers into the post-novel coronavirus (COVID-19) period.

VOV.VN - Globally-renowned business magazine Forbes has just released its annual list of the world’s billionaires, including six billionaires from Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The first-ever version of the Ba Den Mountain Marathon is due to be held in Tay Ninh province from April 24 to April 25, drawing the participation of approximately 3,000 athletes.

VOV.VN - Lilies can be typically considered as a symbol of April in the capital with street vendors putting them on sale on many roads throughout the city.

Vietnamese lensman Tran Tuan Viet won the Readers’ Choice Award in this year’s Smithsonian photo contest with a shot from a colorful hot air balloon festival in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Moody’s Investors Service raised its outlook for Vietnam to positive from negative and affirmed the country’s long-term credit rating at Ba3, citing fiscal consolidation and an improving economy.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to conduct a test run of the elevated section of metro line No.1 connecting Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien in late 2021 and commercially operate the whole system in 2022.