The first “Vietnam Outbound Tourism – Opportunities and Challenges” forum will be held within the framework of the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2019 scheduled for March 27-30 in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro No.1 project will receive strong support from local authorities so that it can soon be put into operation, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 13 stressed.

The Vietnam Social Security has directed its branches in cities and provinces nationwide to collect compulsory social insurance premiums of foreign employees in the country.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi Hoang Trung Hai has asked the city’s tourism sector to invest further in the development of tourism products and infrastructure in order to promote the city’s image and attract more tourists.

The central city of Hue is making its first attempt to tidy the look of urban places busy with tourists in an attempt to reduce complaints about the messy environment.

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club handed over 115 scholarships to needy students in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu at a ceremony on March 13.

The action month on food safety will take place from April 15 till May 15, focusing on the fight against low-quality counterfeit food to protect consumers.

Vietnam has made strides in ensuring gender equality, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which is taking place in New York from March 11-22.

An Indian billionaire couple has had a four-day luxurious wedding on Phu Quoc island, inviting about 700 guests.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has decided to invest nearly 1.9 trillion VND (82 million USD) into a project on rural industry development through 2025.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), Vietnam Airlines and several local tour and hotel operators have been taking part in the 2019 Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MIIT), running in the Russian capital from March 12 to 14.

The Vietnamese language teaching and Vietnamese studies have made significant contributions to the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Russia, heard a forum held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia on March 12.

The Government Office held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 12 to launch the National E-Document Exchange Platform, a move towards a digital government and economy.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will move all its operations in Moscow from Domodedovo Airport to Sheremetyevo Airport as from July 2, 2019.

The Hanoi-based High-Level People’s Court has decided to reduce the imprisonment penalties for 13 defendants that were involved in an online gambling ring, considered the biggest of its kind uncovered in Vietnam so far.

The 2019 International Francophone Day entitled “Couleurs Francophones” (Francophone Colours) will offer a range of interesting activities, heard a press conference on the event held in Hanoi on March 12.

Ces derniers temps, de nombreuses mesures ont été déployées par les autorités de la province de Dak Lak pour promouvoir le développement de l'écosystème entrepreneurial local.

Pegatron, un partenaire important de Microsoft, d’Apple et de Sony, prévoit d'injecter un milliard de dollars dans des projets au Vietnam.

The central province of Thanh Hoa aims to send 10,000 labourers to work abroad in 2019 and following years, according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The northwestern province of Dien Bien, most famous for the Dien Bien Phu victory against French colonists, is preparing for its peak tourism season.