Czech Republic offers truly unique experiences, Ambassador says

On the occasion of the National Day of the Czech Republic (October 28), Ambassador Vitezslav Grepl sends a message to Việt Nam News to celebrate the day and share the country’s potential in economy and tourism.

Populists top Poland vote, expand majority on welfare, family values ticket

Poland's governing right-wing party topped Sunday's general election, an exit poll showed, expanding its majority thanks to a raft of welfare measures coupled with attacks on LGBT rights and Western values.

VN leads ASEAN in women's employment

The rate of Vietnamese women who have a job stayed at about 48.5 per cent in 2016, however this was little changed from 2009.

Google, Facebook, Amazon decry French digital tax as 'discriminatory' American tech giants Amazon, Facebook and Google joined forces on Monday to decry the French digital tax as retroactive and discriminatory.

APEC workshop promotes innovative work skills in the digital age The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies should have an innovative and comprehensive approach and specific co-operation programmes to bolster the inclusive future of work in the digital era, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn.

Government urged to help grow private sector Private Vietnamese firms have asked the Government to push administrative reform and build a favourable trade and investment climate to make Việt Nam one of the best places to do business in ASEAN and meet the standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Việt Nam’s development strategies need multi-dimensional review A leading development expert says Việt Nam needs a multi-dimensional review taking opinions from many sectors to ensure a smooth social economic strategy for the future.

Việt Nam’s steel industry facing nearly 50 anti-dumping and –subsidy investigations

Việt Nam’s steel industry is facing 47 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations from importing countries, accounting for one-third of the total cases of Vietnamese goods, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Trade Defence Department.

French MPs approve digital tax, defying US ire French lawmakers on Monday approved a new tax on digital giants such as Facebook and Apple that has angered the United States, with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire boasting that France was proud to be in the vanguard of such a move.

Festival honors female entrepreneurs in Việt Nam

Facebook, in partnership with the Women’s Initiative for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship (WISE), organised the Women Innovation Festival in Hà Nội on March 30.