Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A service launched two years to help drivers find parking lots via an app had fallen short of expectations in Hanoi, reported Kinh Te & Do Thi (Economy & City) newspaper. After 2 years of launching, the iParking service needs to review shortcomings for expansion to all districts (Photo: ktdt.vn) In May 2017, the municipal...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese trade unions have announced plans to support workers during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, especially those who have not returned home in years. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Previously, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) instructed labour unions at all levels to develop their own plans and budgets to take care of...

Hanoi (VNA) - The limit for foreign investors’ ownership in Vietnamese air transport businesses will be increased to 34 percent from the current level of 30 percent, according to the Prime Minister’s decree signed last week. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Decree 89/2019/ND–CP, revised from Decree 92/2016/ND–CP issued in 2016, includes regulations relating to conditional business lines in the fields...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court decided on November 19 to open a first instance trial on the case of the MobiFone’s purchase of 95 percent of shares of the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) on December 16. Former Ministers of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son (L) and Truong Minh Tuan (Photo: Ministry of Public Security)...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - High-tech manufacturing was the top sector in terms of demand for senior managers in the third quarter, according to executive search firm Navigos Search. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) It was followed by fast-moving consumer goods, information technology, banking and finance, and professional services. At the same job level and position, high-tech manufacturing companies paid 2.5...

Hanoi (VNA) – Persisting the viewpoint that education and training is the top national policy and that the training of high-quality human resources is one of the three breakthroughs, the Party and the State have always paid special attention to the investment in and the promulgation of advocates for the cause. NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi KIm Ngan speaks at...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) led by its President Nguyen Chi Linh in Hanoi on November 18. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fourth, right), officials and members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam pose for a photo at the meeting in Hanoi on November...

HCM City (VNA) – The “Ho Chi Minh City – development and integration” festival is due to take place in the southern metropolis from November 29 to December 1 with various activities, a municipal official has said. The “Ho Chi Minh City – development and integration” festival in 2015 (Source: VNA) Tran Phuoc Anh, Deputy Director of the city’s...

Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on November 11 held an annual requiem for the victims who lost their life to traffic accidents in Vietnam this year. At the event (Photo: VNA) The event aims to raise an alarm in the whole society on traffic...

Hong Kong (VNA) – Vietnamese nationals who are pursuing study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on November 16 received support from the Consulate General of Vietnam to return home as the university announced immediate termination of the current term, initially scheduled to end in December, due to widening unrest. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)...