The State-owned Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) will implement automatic non-stop toll collection (ETC) on all five expressways under its management across the country by the third quarter this year. Dau Giay toll station on Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway is invested in by Vietnam Expressway Corporation. (Photo courtesy of VEC) VEC has just reported to the Ministry of...

Hoa Phat Group and four commercial banks of Vietnam have been named in this year’s Forbes list of the world’s 2,000 largest companies (Global 2000). Customers conduct transactions at a branch of Vietcombank in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) In the latest ranking, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) ranks at the 950th position while Vietnam Technological...

The Politburo recently issued Resolution No. 13/NQ-TW on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding in the Mekong Delta until 2030, with a vision to 2045, aiming to make development breakthroughs across the region. Fishing on a flooded field in Vi Thuy district of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang (Photo: VNA) The Mekong Delta comprises...

Budget carrier Vietjet is offering millions of promotional tickets with prices from zero dong (excluding tax and fees) on its international flight on the occasion of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), the biggest regional sports event. A Vietjet plane. (Photo: Vietjetair.com) The promotional airfares are sold during the golden hours from 12:00 to 14:00 from May...

Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan and Marc Mealy, Senior Vice President for Policy at the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), co-chaired a seminar connecting agricultural enterprises of Vietnam and the US on May 13 in Washington D.C. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The event took place on the sidelines of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip...

All countries need to make stronger commitments and take more drastic and effective measures to demonstrate their responsibility for the sustainable development of the ocean economy, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh addressed the International Conference on Sustainable Ocean Economy and Climate Change Adaptation. Many coral reefs in Vietnam should be protected. (Photo: VNA) The conference is being held...

Vietnam views the US as an important partner in the field of agriculture, stated Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan at a working session with representatives from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington D.C. on May 11. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hoan noted that over the past 27 years since Vietnam and the US...

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on May 11 (local time) accompanied Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in many activities in the US, including meetings with US partners operating in the field of energy. A wind power farm in Ben Tre province. (Photo: VNA) US partners are interested in Vietnam's energy development orientations for the next years,...

Mr. Luong Trong Quynh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered the closing speech at the meeting On May 11, Mr. Luong Trong Quynh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired a thematic meeting to review and evaluate the progress of site clearance of key projects and consider solving difficulties and problems in the site clearance...

Vietnamese multi-sector corporation Vingroup aims for net revenue of about 140 trillion VND (6.06 billion USD) this year, an increase of 11.4 percent year on year and after-tax profit of about 6 trillion VND (260 million USD), heard the firm’s annual stakeholders’ meeting held on May 11. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Vingroup plans to use all of its profit...