Hamburg voters punish Merkel party Voters in German city-state Hamburg punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis-racked conservatives in a regional election on Sunday, while the incumbent centre-left held off a challenge from the Greens according to exit polls.

Services sector to promote IT application The restructuring of the services sector would be hastened towards increasing the application of high technologies and artificial intelligence to improve competitiveness.

ACV expects 2020 profit down by VNĐ6 trillion due to disease influence

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) expects profit this year will reach just VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$73.4 million), a decrease of more than VNĐ6 trillion compared to the year’s forecast, due to the effect of the COVID-19.

HCM City considers evening transport of goods to reduce traffic jams

HCM City authorities are considering switching transport of goods from day to night because of traffic congestion during the day.

State-owned Vinalines to divest capital from 13 firms in 2020 The State-owned Việt Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to divest capital from 13 member companies this year.

Mekong Delta town continues to solicit investment Tân Châu town in An Giang will continue to seek investment in several sectors to spearhead socio-economic development in the Củu Long (Mekong) Delta province’s northern part, its leaders have said.

Silver Spirit cruise ship with nearly 200 European tourists visits Đà Nẵng The luxury Silver Spirit cruise ship docked at Chân Mây Port in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Wednesday afternoon, after its 199 passengers from European countries had spent two days in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Tuesday.

Investment funds make more stock purchase despite decling prices Although the novel coronavirus epidemic COVID-19 has been continuously slamming the stock market, sending stock prices down, many investment funds are still actively buying.

UK Royal Navy ship visits Hải Phòng The UK Royal Navy’s survey vessel HMS Enterprise arrived at Tân Vũ Port in the northern city of Hải Phòng on Wednesday, beginning a week-long visit to Việt Nam.

Libya's UN-backed government suspends participation in Geneva talks Libya's unity government announced late Tuesday it would halt its participation in UN talks aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country where a fragile truce has been repeatedly violated.