Numerous activities have so far been carried out to spread and develop reading culture within the community, according to the Library Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A decrease in deposit interest rates has been recorded in a number of banks from the beginning of April.

VOV.VN - The police of central Ha Tinh province have launched criminal proceedings against six Vietnamese individuals for organising the illegal exit of 30 people.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes have taken home eight gold medals and smashed two records at the 11th Asian Age Group Championships, which is currently taking place at New Clark City in Capas in the Philippines.

VOV.VN - An annual Wealth Report released recently by Knight Frank shows that the number of ultra-high net worth individuals with assets of more than US$30 million each in Vietnam is projected to increase considerably in the next five years.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese chess players are set to depart for Houston in Texas of the United States this November to vie for titles at the 18th World Xiangqi Championship.

Though deposit interest rates listed at commercial banks have decreased rapidly after the State Bank of Vietnam's (SBV) policy rate cut, savings of individual customers have kept rising.

Swimmer Tran Hung Nguyen finished first in the men's 200m individual medley final swimming with 2 minutes and 01.28 seconds on May 6 afternoon at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) in Cambodia, begging the first gold medal for the Vietnamese swimming team at the tournament.

Vietnam is among the top five destinations selected by Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI) in Singapore for their real estate investment plans, according to the Wealth Report 2023 released by Knight Frank.

Thanks to increases in savings interest rates, deposits at banks increased strongly in the first two months of this year after declining last year.