Enterprises operating in Việt Nam paid very high salaries ranging from nearly VNĐ200 million (US$8,500) to VNĐ800 million ($34,000) per month to management cadre foreigners in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by recruitment service provider Navigos Group.

Việt Nam announced 6,068 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

The first helicopter tours took off over Ho Chi Minh City on April 29, carrying 30 passengers.

A controversial proposal to replace street vendors with vending machines has been met with anger by those who rely on the trade.

A series of special cultural and art programmes themed on victory and peace will be organized in HCM City to celebrate the 47th  National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day.  

April international arrivals in Vietnam soared 2.4 times from March and 5.2 percent from the same period last year thanks to the country’s tourism reopening and international flight resumption, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Products from craft villages in Hà Nội will be featured at the Tourism Gift Festival 2022, which will be held in the pedestrian zone surrounding Hoàn Kiếm Lake this weekend.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism and travel agency Hanoitourist on April 29 launched a cycling tour to Bat Trang pottery village in the outskirts of the capital city. It is among a variety of exploration tours designed for visitors to Hanoi during the upcoming SEA Games 31.

Graduates in certain disciplines should be allowed to start teaching and get their pedagogy qualifications later, within a specified time frame, HCM City officials suggest.

April 30, 1975, started a new era of Vietnam – that of independence and socialism for the whole country with the liberation of the south and the reunification of the nation.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a friendship gathering with Uzbekistan friends via video teleconference on April 28 to mark the 30th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (1992 - 2022).

The State Bank of Vietnam has released the second draft of a decree on regulatory sandbox for financial technology operations in the field of banking which is expected to foster innovation, creativity and modernization of the sector.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to focus on growth model reform and economic restructuring, in combination with environmental protection and sustainable development.

In a small yard of An Viên Ashram in a deep zigzagging alley in HCM City, Monk Minh repairs and upgrades old wheelchairs.

While many people are excited about the opening of pedestrian zones in Hà Nội, others are still sceptical about the effectiveness of such zones, especially when Hà Nội is planning to open several pedestrian streets additionally.

Further exploitation and conservation have been planned for wild tea from Pú Tra Mountain in the northern province of Lai Châu, to build the tea into a cultural icon of the province.

Artist Nguyễn Thu Thủy and her colleagues at New Hanoi Company have completed an artwork dedicated to eminent composer Trịnh Công Sơn at Hà Nội’s Trịnh Công Sơn pedestrian zone.

A book collection on HCM City, dealing with its history and developments between 1945-2015, has been published by the National Political Publishing House to mark the 47th National Reunification Day (April 30.)