Auction, gala dinner, run raise funds for kids’ heart surgeries More than 300 business leaders and artists will take part in an annual auction and gala dinner to raise funds for children with congenital heart defects organised in HCM City on November 30 by NGO Heartbeat Vietnam.

For the love of old cassettes Nguyễn Xuân Thuỷ has a passion for cassette players, which he collects. He also displays them in a coffee shop.

Nigerian contemporary art booms and prices soar First there was Tutu, the African Mona Lisa sold last year for US$1.5 million. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October, for $1.4 million.

Công auctions medal for teen with cancer Công is one of Viet Nam's most successful athletes with disabilities and is the world record-holder with a lift of 183.5kg in the men’s 49kg class.

Playback: A return to old school

Many people go crazy for cutting-edge audio-visual devices to keep up with the latest trends, but there are others who remain loyal to the old days.

State Treasury raises VNĐ4 trillion through G-bonds The State Treasury has mobilised VNĐ4 trillion (US$172.38 million) through Government bond auctions on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

Cigarette-burned Kurt Cobain Unplugged cardigan heading to auction A quarter century after grunge's enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobain's iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvana's 1993 Unplugged performance is up for sale.

State Treasury raises VND4 trillion through G-bonds The State Treasury mobilised VND4 trillion (US$172.66 million) through Government bond auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on October 16.

Vietnamese high-quality products fair opens in Cà Mau

A Vietnamese high-quality goods fair opened in Cà Mau Province on October 15 with the participation of 150 domestic enterprises.

Interest rates of G-bonds plunge in 10 years Over the past 10 years, the interest rates of successfully-issued Government bonds (G-bonds) have decreased significantly, saving thousands of billions of dong for the State budget, contributing to regulate and stabilise the macro-economy.