A former football coach and teacher who was extradited from Vietnam has been jailed for five years for abusing boys. Kenneth Divers abused the children, some as young as 11, at locations including …
Drought dries up Vietnam’s power supplies
Water in the country’s main reservoirs has fallen to an alarming level. Power plants cannot guarantee full operation, negatively impacting manufacturing plants, fishers, and farmers alike. The gov …
Nestlé Vietnam strengthens collaborations in sustainable agriculture
Nestlé Vietnam has signed an agreement with the MARD to support Vietnam’s transition to regenerative and low-emission agriculture.
Foreign investors struggle to conclude fruitful real estate M&A transactions
Foreign investors are growing enthusiastic about Vietnamese real estate, yet there are few successful deals. Jones Lang Lasalle Group (JLL) announced on June 14 that it has effectively advised on the …
Vietnam’s credit growth slow, credit in high-risk sectors under control – central bank
Borrowing in Vietnam’s high-risk sectors remained under control, while credit growth was less than expected despite banks’ abundant liquidity, a deputy governor of the central bank said on …
Persistent global headwinds dampen Vietnam’s economic growth prospect: World Bank
“If global financial conditions tighten more, external demand may weaken further,” the World Bank was cited by Vietnam News Agency as saying on Tuesday. Vietnam’s total exports in the January-May …
Persistent global headwinds dampen Vietnam’s economic growth prospect: World Bank
Vietnam’s total exports in the January-May period dwindled 11.6 percent from a year earlier to 136.17 billion U.S. dollars, while imports dipped 17.9 percent to 126.37 billion dollars, according to …
Vietnam attends New Global Financial Pact Summit
VOV.VN – Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha will attend an international summit for a New Global Financing Pact to be held in Paris, France, on June 22-23.
Japan’s largest warship docks at Cam Ranh Port, starting Vietnam visit
The Izumo, accompanied by destroyer Samidare, is scheduled to stay at the port, in Cam Ranh Bay of Khanh Hoa Province, until Friday. On board the destroyers is a delegation of 559 officers and sailors,
After 57-year delay, A Vietnam War veteran receives US Army Air Medal
George Thomas Keeney, 76, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was due to receive his Air Medal from the U.S. Army on Nov. 6, 1966 — but it never came. On Monday — 57 years later — Keeney, now bedridden, was …