VOV.VN - From early morning on May 31, wet markets in Hanoi have been bustling with sellers and buyers preparing for the pest-killing festival, the popular and best-selling items on this day are sticky rice wine, black glutinous rice, fresh fruits, and ash cakes.

A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security led by Minister General Luong Tam Quang attended the plenary session of the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow on May 28.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is committed to creating a transparent, investor-friendly environment and is open to a new wave of high-tech investment from France, one of its key economic partners, said Nguyen Van Dung, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

Vietnamese industrial conglomerate Truong Hai Group Corporation (Truong Hai Group) has submitted a formal proposal to the Prime Minister to invest more than VND1.56 trillion (some US$61.35 billion) in the country’s high-speed railway linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Two foreign airlines - Malaysia’s AirAsia and Singapore’s Scoot - have recently increased flight frequencies to Phu Quoc, a popular island destination in Southern Vietnam, in an effort to meeting rising travel demand.

To achieve its ambitious goal of high-income status by 2045, Vietnam needs to deepen the sweeping institutional reforms that are underway and promote greener development, according to two new World Bank reports released on May 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnam can fully realise its goal of becoming a high-income country by 2045, provided it stays committed to pursuing two strategic drivers - institutional reform and green development, according to the World Bank (WB).

VOV.VN - A large number of experts, policy makers and representatives of leading technology enterprises from Vietnam and Austria attended a forum on high technology and innovation cooperation in Vienna on May 16.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception on May 14 for Chen Sichang, General Manager of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), a subsidiary of the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC).

VinSpeed High-Speed Rail Investment and Development JSC on May 14 officially announced its registration to invest in Vietnam’s North–South high-speed railway project, with an estimated investment of VND1.562 quadrillion (or US$61.35 billion), excluding costs related to compensation, relocation support.