06-03-2024 09:00
While exchange rates have undergone considerable volatility, witnessing a surge which positively influences import-export activities, the domestic scene faces renewed pressure, attributed to the VND-USD interest rate being at negative levels.
23-05-2021 12:41
The election of the 15th National Assembly and all-level people’s councils for the 2021-2026 tenure has kicked off this morning, with 500 high-quality deputies for the legislature expected to take their seats with high responsibility and ethics for national vital issues.
06-07-2020 09:45
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to a new meeting with activists on the social media giant's content policies while vowing to resist pressure from an advertiser boycott, the company said Thursday.
10-02-2019 11:01
International travellers share their unique and memorable experiences in various amazing destinations throughout Vietnam. Thanh Thuy reports.
06-11-2018 14:37
WASHINGTON: The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday (Nov 5), while vowing to be "relentless" in pressuring Tehran.
02-05-2018 09:56
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday (May 1) the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature - while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
04-08-2017 12:42
While vowing to continue removing all business roadblocks and facilitate private enterprises to further engage in existing state-controlled economic sectors, the government has reaffirmed its set target of 6.7 per cent GDP growth this year.
18-05-2017 14:57
WASHINGTON: GE Appliances announced a deal with Google on Wednesday (May 17) enabling the US tech giant's voice control home hub to be used for cooking, cleaning and other functions.
03-03-2017 15:12
AMIENS, France: Two months before France's presidential elections, workers for Whirlpool in the northern French city of Amiens are torn between anger and resignation as the US appliances giant prepares to move their jobs to Poland.
29-01-2017 14:00
Emerging markets are expected to experience great volatility and challenges in 2017, and their banking systems will likely be at the forefront of these difficulties. Yet, as State Bank of Vietnam Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong tells VIR’s Hong Dung, things are brighter than they sound, given her great belief in local credit institutions and their development in 2017.
12-12-2016 10:31
Hanoi is the cradle of ca tru, an ancient genre of chamber music featuring female vocalists. Many talented singers have emerged from Hanoi’s Ca tru clubs.
19-08-2016 10:51
Shares walked a tightrope yesterday under heavy selling pressure by foreign investors while volatile global oil prices pushed oil and gas stocks down.
27-06-2016 14:30
Vietnamese shares slid further in the early session as investor confidence remained low after the British people voted to leave the European Union (EU).
13-01-2016 09:14
Doctors at a hospital in Hanoi are seeking people volunteering to engage in a head-to-body transplant.
10-11-2014 08:45
Spainish Justice Minister Rafael Catala dismissed a symbolic independence referendum held Sunday in Catalonia in which some two million people voted as "fruitless and useless".