Many jewelry stores in Ho Chi Minh City have shuttered temporarily in the last two weeks as authorities began an inspection of the market to weed out fake and smuggled gold.
The government has decided to prioritize the construction of two high-speed railroad lines in the north before 2030, including one connecting with China.
Outnumbered by older voters, under-represented in parliament, ignored on the campaign trail: South Korea's young say the political system is failing them, and some are fighting back before Wednesday's election.
The Ministry of Transport wants the proposed 350 kph high-speed rail to be used for passenger transport, leaving the existing line to exclusively carry freight.
China has introduced guidelines to phase out U.S. microprocessors from Intel and AMD from government personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalized the drug in 2022.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on global investors to look at Vietnam’s AI, auto and semiconductor industries, saying they are guaranteed government support.
Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents show.
Some fuel retailers fudged their sales figures for years to avoid paying environmental tax while others owe large amounts in back taxes, according to the Government Inspectorate.
The cut in value-added tax from 10% to 8% will remain in force through the first half of next year for most industries, according to a new government decree.
A Vietnamese professor in Canada has been named one of 34 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs) and granted a fund of CAD$8 million (US$5.89 million) for his research.
