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The Ministry of Industry and Trade says electricity prices will go up 8.36 percent starting this month to cover rapidly rising costs. While a ministry spokesman did not specify the date of increase, he said the plan has been approved by the Prime Minister.Keep reading ...

Several businesses operating in Vietnam have the intention to build tracks for racing animals and vehicles across the country in ambitious projects collectively worth over US$1 billion.Keep reading ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed relevant ministries and agencies to improve the efficiency of a programme to treat drug addiction by methadone therapy.[]According to the MoLISA, there are about 222,580 drug addicts nationwide, most of them under 35. Of that, 8 percent started ...

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong on February 27 held talks with US President Donald Trump, who is in Hanoi for the second DPRK-USA summit. The two leaders discussed various concerned regional and international issues, including ...

Vietnam ranked the second in Southeast Asia and 23th in the world in terms of power capacity at the end of 2018, according to a report of the Elecitricity of Vietnam (EVN).Keep reading  ...

The upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be an unprecedented event held in Vietnam, demonstrating the country’s willingness to contribute to dialogue towards maintaining peace, security and stability on the Korean Peninsula as well as in the region and the world.Keep reading ...

Nearly the entire Mekong Delta region of Vietnam – an area that makes up 50 percent of the national rice output, 65 percent of seafood, and 70 percent of fruit – could sink underwater by the year 2100, scientists from the Netherlands’ Utrecht University have ...

Việt Nam faces a possible return to a trade deficit this year after three years of enjoying surpluses, experts said pointing to the sharp rise in imports and increasing difficulties facing exports.Keep reading ...

Việt Nam will continue to hasten efforts to improve the business climate in terms of quality to create favourable conditions for the private sector to play its role as a driver in promoting rapid and sustainable economic growth.Keep reading ...

Vietnam’s demand for highly-skilled workers will continue growing steadily in the wake of increasing foreign investment inflow, causing a severe shortage of highly-qualified human resources in the time to come, expert have warned.Keep reading ...