Vietnamese turn frugal as prices soar
Nguyen Thu Trang has been going to the supermarket late at night for the last month knowing meat and vegetables are cheaper then. The Hanoi housewife of four …
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Vietnamese buy Bitcoin in hope it has bottomed
Many investors are buying Bitcoin after the cryptocurrency’s price fell to US$20,000, its lowest level since December 2020. Thanh Binh of HCMC says he turned …
HCMC wants to relocate 23 families from dilapidated apartment tower
Authorities have told 23 families living in a ramshackle apartment block in HCMC’s District 5 the building could collapse and to move to a skyscraper a few …
Stock trading value hits 1.5-year low
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 1.68 percent to 1,188.88 points Thursday, with trading value plunging to the lowest since December 2020. The index closed …
Mass biodiversity loss would slash global credit ratings, report warns
Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more than half of the world’s sovereign credit …
VN-Index hits 14-month low
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dipped 0.27 percent to 1,169.27 points Wednesday, the lowest since last March, but with 15 blue chips gaining. The index closed …
Hue festival returns, expects to attract 200,000 visitors
After being canceled in 2020 due to Covid-19, the biennial Hue festival returns from June 25 to 30 and is expected to attract 200,000 visitors. The festival in …
Vietnam to speed up foreign currency selling
The State Bank of Vietnam is set to increase the frequency of currency selling amid rising U.S. interest rates, which have strengthened the greenback. With a …
Crippling heat wave descends over Hanoi
Hanoi recorded temperatures at around 39 degrees Celsius for the second day in a row Tuesday, with some locations two to four degrees higher depending on …
Saudi lifts Covid-19 travel restrictions to Vietnam
Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus travel restrictions on Monday on its citizens traveling to Ethiopia, India, Turkey and Vietnam, the state news agency SPA …