The Vietnamese government has approved a national digital transformation programme, aiming to have digital economy account for 20 per cent of the country’s GDP by 2025 and make 5G mobile network …
Vietnam fails to implement plan to have 1 million businesses
Nguyen Bich Lam, director general of the General Statistics Office (GSO), said at the launch of the White Book that Vietnam would have about 900,000 businesses by the end of the year. Because of Covid …
Vietnam pension system world’s 57th best: report
Placed 57th out of 70 economies in a global ranking of pension system development, Vietnam lags most of its Southeast Asian peers.
Can Vietnam could take advantage of new foreign investment strategies?
Over the past few decades, many companies worldwide have come to China, seeking a place to set up production bases and do business as they were lured by the country’s low labour costs and enormous …
This mountainous region of Vietnam produces some of the best cheese in Asia
When thinking of the world’s top cheese producers, Asia doesn’t really come to mind. But a factory outside of Dalat, a mountainous region in the Central Highlands of southern Vietnam, is handcraftting …
Spike Lee takes on Vietnam and the turmoil of the Trump era in Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
In his new Netflix film ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Spike Lee serves up a timely look at the ways America’s racial wounds have continued to fester.
Stamping out counterfeits from Vietnam’s ecommerce space
Vietnam’s geographical proximity to China, the world’s largest counterfeit hub, means that such goods can be smuggled into its warehouses, repackaged as legitimate products, and then shipped to …
Patrick Tadina, Vietnam War’s Longest Continuously Serving Ranger, Dies at 77
Army veteran who was the longest continuously serving Ranger in Vietnam and one of the war’s most decorated enlisted soldiers has died. Patrick Gavin Tadina served in Vietnam for over five years …
Numerous SOEs under special financial supervision
Several of Vietnam’s largest SOEs were put under special financial supervision by the State Auditor General A report submitted by the State Auditor General to the National Assembly has pointed out …
Vietnam War veteran earns Hometown Hero Award
Raymond “Chip” Lynch of Nassau, a highly decorated 101st Airborne Division soldier in the Vietnam War, has been selected to receive this year’s Rev. Francis A. Kelley Hometown Hero Award. Lynch will …