More Vietnamese people go cashless: Visa study Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has provided its insights into Vietnam’s payment landscape with its latest Consumer Payment Attitudes study that highlights the surge in cashless transactions among Vietnamese consumers. 14:20 | 25/03/2024
Breakthrough visa policies needed to boost tourism: insiders More breakthrough, open and facilitating visa policies are needed to attract foreign tourists, thus fulfilling the target set for this year, insiders have said. 15:05 | 25/03/2024
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake reported in Hanoi’s outlying district An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 occurred in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on March 25 morning, said the Institute of Geophysics (IGP) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. 15:05 | 25/03/2024
Vietnam remains world's second largest smartphone exporter Vietnam has remained the world's second largest smartphone exporter. 14:05 | 12/03/2024
Forestry exports up 47% in Jan-Feb Vietnam earned 2.68 billion USD from forestry exports in the first two months of 2024, up 47.4% year-on-year, according to the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 08:00 | 11/03/2024
PM meets with Vietnamese community in New Zealand Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with the Vietnamese Embassy staff and the Vietnamese community in New Zealand on March 10 as part of his official trip to the country. 08:16 | 11/03/2024
Vietnam hopes to intensify cooperation in natural sciences with UNESCO Vietnam always identifies science and technology as a top national policy and an important driving force for the country's rapid and sustainable development, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO has told UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Lidia Arthur Brito. 08:18 | 11/03/2024
Hanoi kicks off series of culture and tourism events in 2024 The capital Hanoi held the “Get on Hanoi 2024” event on March 9 as the opening to more than 50 cultural and tourism events in 2024, with the highlight being a drone light show over the West Lake. 08:21 | 11/03/2024
Song Mun festival features the unique cuture of Dao Thanh Y people The festival of Song Mun held between March 10 and 11 in Quang Duc commune, Hai Ha district attracted plenty of locals and tourists. 08:44 | 11/03/2024
Viet Nam’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals increase by 2.4% The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in Viet Nam with net assets of US$30 million or more increased by 2.4 percent to 752 in 2023. 09:05 | 11/03/2024
