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Positive step / Foreign tourists upbeat as minister seeks visa waiver expansion

Guide / An Giang: cultural abundance rooted in spiritual diversity

Outdoor / Hanoi, HCMC fail to provide their kids with public places to play

Up and up / Fuel prices down but Vietnamese feel inflation pinch

Unrewarding / Low pay drives civil servants away in droves

Policies / Make it easier to live and work in Vietnam, expats urge

Hanoians happy to spend big bucks on pet day care

Hanoians happy to spend big bucks on pet day care

Hanoian families do not mind spending a lot of money to send their pets to day-care centers, many of which offer top-class services.

Two Vietnamese universities among world top 1,000

Two Vietnamese universities among world top 1,000

Ton Duc Thang and Duy Tan universities are ranked among the 1,000 best in the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

Woman in Da Nang gets jail for leasing house to foreigner staying illegally

Woman in Da Nang gets jail for leasing house to foreigner staying illegally

A Da Nang woman has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for illegally providing accommodation for a South Korean man without a passport or visa.

Long wait times at Hanoi hospitals as patients arrive en masse post-Covid

Long wait times at Hanoi hospitals as patients arrive en masse post-Covid

Many people who put off treatment for various ailments during the Covid-19 pandemic are now making a beeline to major hospitals, overwhelming them with their sheer numbers.

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News

Heavy rain to lash HCMC until weekend

Heavy rain to lash HCMC until weekend

South Korea to hire more foreign workers, relax qualification requirements

South Korea to hire more foreign workers, relax qualification requirements

South Korea is set to take in more foreign workers, including from Vietnam, and ease qualification requirements for them, the Vietnamese labor ministry has said.

Germany to issue visas for new Vietnamese passports with added information

Germany to issue visas for new Vietnamese passports with added information

Germany has announced that it will issue visas for holders of the new Vietnamese passport that has added information about the holder's place of birth.

Crushed: family mourns husband, son killed in UK fire

Crushed: family mourns husband, son killed in UK fire

Holding two children aged 6 and 8 in her arms, the mother broke down Sunday afternoon as she spoke about praying hard for a miracle to save her missing husband.

Vietnam, UK cooperate in fighting illegal immigration

Vietnam, UK cooperate in fighting illegal immigration

The first U.K. – Vietnam migration dialogue was held Monday in Hanoi to improve cooperation and prevent human smuggling.

Business

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Vietnam’s first refinery calls for upgrade incentives

The operator of Dung Quat Refinery, the first of its kind in Vietnam, has asked authorities for tax and lending incentives to fuel expansion.

Viettel to produce chips amidst global shortage

Viettel to produce chips amidst global shortage

Telecommunication giant Viettel has proposed that it produces chips to meet domestic demand and for export in addition to offering e-payment services.

VN-Index heads sideways after surge

VN-Index heads sideways after surge

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.04% to 1,274.69 points Tuesday despite over half of blue chips ending in the red.

Bamboo Airways names new senior advisor amid restructuring

Bamboo Airways names new senior advisor amid restructuring

Sacombank Chairman Duong Cong Minh was appointed senior advisor to the board of directors at Bamboo Airways to support the airline’s restructuring.

ITAP 2022 highlights solutions to expedite Vietnam manufacturing ecosystem

ITAP 2022 highlights solutions to expedite Vietnam manufacturing ecosystem

The Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP 2022) focuses on digitalization, connection, workforce development, and environmental sustainability.

Auto sales rise 20% in July

Auto sales rise 20% in July

Travel

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Vietnam, Qatar seek visa exemption for tourists

Vietnam, Qatar seek visa exemption for tourists

Vietnam and Qatar on Monday agreed to work toward exempting visas for ordinary passport holders to boost tourism between the countries.

Senior British official visits Hanoi's Old Quarter

Senior British official visits Hanoi's Old Quarter

U.K. Home Office Permanent Under-Secretary Matthew Rycroft on Monday visited the Old Quarter, one of Hanoi's most popular tourist attractions, during his two-day visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam, Qatar seek visa exemption for tourists

Vietnam, Qatar seek visa exemption for tourists

Vietnam and Qatar on Monday agreed to work toward exempting visas for ordinary passport holders to boost tourism between the countries.

Da Lat among 6 most romantic places for dating

Da Lat among 6 most romantic places for dating

Dutch online travel agency Booking.com has included Da Lat in the Central Highlands, nicknamed "City of Love," among the world's six most romantic places for dating.

Ha Long Bay one of world's 10 most beautiful places: Canadian magazine

Ha Long Bay one of world's 10 most beautiful places: Canadian magazine

Canadian travel publication The Travel has listed UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam as one of the "world's 10 most beautiful places to visit in 2022."

US envoy tastes Saigon's broken rice

US envoy tastes Saigon's broken rice

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper enjoyed com tam (broken rice), a popular Saigonese dish, during a working trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

Life

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Seniors' struggle to cope without pension or savings

Thu and her husband struggle to cover their living expenses, and she feels embarrassed about borrowing money from her son-in-law.

Former tour guide sets Vietnamese pop music trail ablaze

Former tour guide sets Vietnamese pop music trail ablaze

Singer Tang Duy Tan's "Ben Tren Tang Lau" (rough translation: Upstairs) has gone viral on social media, garnering hundreds of millions of views.

ILA English center marks 25 years of persistence with education, youth nourishment

ILA English center marks 25 years of persistence with education, youth nourishment

After 15 years of operating and guiding ILA to become Vietnam’s top English academy, Tran Xuan Dzu, its CEO, is planning the next steps for the organization.

Dozens jostle for money offered to the deceased in Ghost Month

Dozens jostle for money offered to the deceased in Ghost Month

Dozens, mainly young men, competed for the cash offerings to those in the afterworld during the Hungry Ghost festival on Friday.

ISHCMC graduates find path to flourish

ISHCMC graduates find path to flourish

Through adversity and two years of sheer resilience, every IB Diploma student from International School Ho Chi Minh City's class of 2022 has flourished in their own way.

Sports

Star goalkeeper signs with V. League club, ends spell in Japan

Star goalkeeper signs with V. League club, ends spell in Japan

National goalie Dang Van Lam joined V. League side Binh Dinh on Monday after two years at Japanese club Cerezo Osaka.

FIFA pro referee makes big league game error

FIFA pro referee makes big league game error

Ngo Duy Lan, the only FIFA Elite referee in Vietnam, made a wrong call that directly affected the result of a game in V. League.

Star goalkeeper signs with V. League club, ends spell in Japan

Star goalkeeper signs with V. League club, ends spell in Japan

National goalie Dang Van Lam joined V. League side Binh Dinh on Monday after two years at Japanese club Cerezo Osaka.

Vietnam win int'l freestyle football silver

Vietnam win int'l freestyle football silver

Two Vietnamese pro freestyle footballers won the silver medal at the 2022 Super Ball championship held in the Czech Republic.

VnExpress Marathon Quy Nhon 2023 opens for registration

VnExpress Marathon Quy Nhon 2023 opens for registration

Registration for the fourth VnExpress Marathon Quy Nhon is now open with special discounts for runners participating in previous years and running clubs.

Vietnam tennis team advance to Davis Cup playoff

Vietnam tennis team advance to Davis Cup playoff

Vietnam placed second in Davis Cup Cup Asia-Oceania Group III and advanced to the playoff of Group II.

Nguyen Thuy An

Facing up to some ugly truths about beauty contests

The lotus pond is the priceless pearl – don't cast it before swine

As an expat living in Hanoi, I hesitate giving my opinion on controversial topics that I am perhaps not sufficiently informed about.

Vietnam should just go back to pre-pandemic visas

While readers welcomed a proposal to extend Vietnam's visa exemption as good news, many said they expect the three-month visa more.

Your children are not your trophies

In the U.S. I never saw anyone gossiping about high school and college examinations, simply because they are normal stuff for children over there.

World

China factories ration power as heatwave sends demand soaring

China factories ration power as heatwave sends demand soaring

US, S. Korea, Japan hold missile defense exercise with eye on N. Korea, China

US, S. Korea, Japan hold missile defense exercise with eye on N. Korea, China

The United States, South Korea and Japan participated in a ballistic missile defense exercise off Hawaii's coast last week, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, reviving combined drills with an eye on North Korea as well as China.

Net zero, Russia war driving nascent hydrogen economy

Net zero, Russia war driving nascent hydrogen economy

Kevin Kendall pulls up at the only green hydrogen refuelling station in Birmingham, Britain's second-biggest city, and swiftly fills his sedan with clean gas.

White House plans campaign to highlight policy wins ahead of midterm elections

White House plans campaign to highlight policy wins ahead of midterm elections

The White House is seeking to improve President Joe Biden's low approval ratings by launching a campaign to highlight some of the recent key policy wins by the administration ahead of the November midterm elections.

Global business travel won't see full recovery until 2026: report

Global business travel won't see full recovery until 2026: report

Inflation, supply chain problems and ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are among the factors conspiring to delay a full recovery in business travel to its pre-pandemic level, according to an industry forecast released Monday.

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