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Typhoon Damrey that has battered Viet Nam is likely to be one of the worst storms to strike the country’s central southern coastal region in years. According to the latest report from Vietnamese authorities, at least 4 children died and 2 are still missing.Keep reading ...

Outlook appears generally positive as Hanoi gears up for the meeting, but uncertainties still remain. Later this week, Vietnam will host regional leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting (APEC) in Danang. Keep reading   ...

The Australian government will invest $33.7 million through the new Aus4Equality programme, focusing on Son La and Lao Cai provinces in the north-west of Vietnam. Aus4Equality will empower local women to better engage in agriculture and tourism activities, as well as enhance women’s voice in decision-making, ...

What is happening due to floods in the North Central and northern provinces show that disasters are more severe in terms of both scale and extent of devastation. Over the past 50 years, extreme weather events such as hot and dry weather and heavy rains ...

Although access to credit is seen as a key factor in ending poverty, just 29 per cent or so rural households have received loans, a new report says. Released on Tuesday, the report, titled  “Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy: Evidence from a 2016 rural household ...

During the APEC 2017 Summit held in Da Nang City, on November 9, the APEC Business Summit 2017 (CEO Summit 2017) entered the second working day.Keep reading ...

A draft law on cyber security requires foreign companies providing internet and telecommunication services in Vietnam to have operation licenses, a representative agency and an open data center in the country . Under the draft law, service providers like Google, Facebook, Viber, Skype, Gmail and Uber ...

Despite growing interest among international groups, Vietnam might have to pivot to domestic investment in developing the eastern spur of the North-South Expressway project amid a lack of a guarantee mechanism for foreign investors.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has a complicated relationship with the social network. Once blocked, and still scrutinized, it has attracted the ire of authorities keen to preserve communist rule while becoming an avenue for budding entrepreneurs since access was restored. The majority of the country’s 95 million use ...

The transition from Việt Nam’s decades-old household residency book system to a new online national database will not take place until 2020, according to the Ministry of Public Security.Keep reading ...