Vingroup CEO keeps position on billionaire list

Pham Nhat Vuong, founder and chairman of the Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, remains Vietnam's sole billionaire, US business magazine Forbes announced on March 3.

Gallery offers sneak peek at Hong Kong-bound artworks

The Craig Thomas gallery will offer a three-hour preview of selected works by 10 artists that are headed for an art exhibition in Hong Kong later this month. The preview will be held at the gallery on March 7.

New bamboo bicycle celebrates cycle of life

It has been an unusual meeting of minds and skills for local craftsman Vo Anh Tan and partner Axel Lukassen from the Netherlands.

Hospital conducts country's first double-organ transplant

The first double-organ transplant in Viet Nam has been successfully conducted by doctors at Military Hospital 103 in the capital, Associate Professor Hoang Manh An, a hospital director, told a press conference on Monday.

State to inspect dairy firms after price hike

The ministries of Finance and of Industry and Trade are to set up delegations to inspect dairy production and trading companies as required by the Government after those companies submitted proposals on increasing the price of their products, an official of the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.