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Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) has opened a branch in Ho Chi Minh City with an aim of linking trade and investment network with the Southeast Asian country.

Many medical workers quit their jobs in State facilities and moved to private health centres, especially in HCM City and Hanoi, leaving a big challenge for the health sector.

The "Vietnamese lychees go global" forum was held on June 16 to promote lychee exports and take the brand name of the Vietnamese fruit to the next level. - VnExpress International

Price increases will likely continue even though consumer purchasing power has reduced by 20 percent

Tran Van Dung, 57, was sacked for ‘having committed serious violations and wrongdoings’

Many toll stations on roads built under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts in the southern region, including HCM City, are improperly located, frustrating the public,

A Vietnamese activist has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of propaganda against the state, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Hanoi court imprisons Le Van Dung for posting videos, articles to social media on corruption and land confiscations 

Le Van Dung, a freelance reporter, was sentenced to five years in prison for conducting propaganda against the ruling Socialist Republic of Vietnam on March 23. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for the immediate release of Le Van Dung and an end to the ongoing persecution of journalists in Vietnam.

A court jailed a prominent social commentator for five years yesterday for anti-state activities, his lawyer and state media said, among dozens of activists that rights groups say are being persecuted for criticising the government.