03-03-2016 09:07
Bizsofa, the furniture company that is the exclusive distributor of furniture for the UK embassy in Hanoi and some high-end suppliers in Ho Chi Minh City, has won the highest prize in the competition ‘Make your start-up amazing with Intel’.
29-02-2016 10:34
Mercer, a consulting and market research firm in the UK, has announced the rankings of quality of life of 230 cities around the world. Hanoi and HCM City are ranked 152nd and 155th respectively.
26-12-2015 09:59
The Ukrainian parliament on Friday (Dec 25) adopted a budget for next year with a deficit of 3.7 per cent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much needed aid from the IMF and Western countries.
19-12-2015 11:02
EU member states agreed Friday to roll over for another six months damaging economic sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, EU sources said.
26-11-2015 10:35
UEFA on Wednesday ordered Dynamo Kiev to play their next three European matches behind closed doors and fined the Ukrainian team €100,000 (US$106,280) for their fans' racist behaviour during a match against Chelsea.
25-11-2015 15:17
The UK newspaper The Independent has named Vietnam among six once-dangerous countries that are now safe holiday destinations.
26-10-2015 09:01
Travel operators attending the recently-concluded International Trade Show for Asian Travel Market (ITB Asia) hailed Vietnam’s 15-day visa exemption for tourists from Italy, Spain, the UK, France, Germany and Belarus.
26-09-2015 11:27
Russia agreed to resume gas supplies to Ukraine over the winter under a deal clinched late Friday (Sep 25) with the EU, capping months of difficult talks overshadowed by the Ukrainian crisis.
14-09-2015 08:52
High-ranking visits are expected to create a new impetus for Vietnam’s co-operation with the UK, Switzerland, the EU, and China.
10-09-2015 15:04
Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh met with Lord Puttnam, the UK PM's Trade and Culture Envoy in London on September 9 (Ha Noi time).
06-08-2015 16:10
Vietnam Airlines on Tuesday launched a promotion programme for passengers who travel on the new-generation Boeing 787-9 on flights from Ha Noi or HCM City to London, the UK.
05-08-2015 17:40
The Vietnamese Government has unilaterally decided that holders of passports from the UK, Italy, Germany, Spain and France will be waived off Vietnamese visas from the 1st July, 2015 to 30th June, 2016.
01-08-2015 10:04
The Party leader of Ho Chi Minh City, Le Thanh Hai, has said the city welcomes British firms to invest in areas where both Vietnam and the UK have advantages, especially in infrastructure and finance.
30-07-2015 15:44
Viet Nam and the UK issued a joint statement following the talks between PM Nguyen Tan Dung and the visiting UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Ha Noi on July 29. Following is the full text of the joint statement:
30-07-2015 09:40
Life insurance giant Prudential Vietnam yesterday officially sealed a deal with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for a VND3.2 trillion (GBP 100 million) long-term investment of 20-year government bonds (G-Bond) in the presence of the UK’s Prime Ministers David Cameron and his Vietnamese colleague Nguyen Tan Dung.