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U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper enjoyed com tam (broken rice), a popular Saigonese dish, during a working trip to Ho Chi Minh City. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi last weekend shared a video on its Facebook page, showing the U.S. ambassador and food blogger Thuyen Vo trying the broken …

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are identified as priorities for many business leaders to ensure sustainable operations. ESG is a set of standards to measure factors related to sustainable development and the impact of businesses on the community, which consumers are paying more attention to. They want their shopping …

Several Vietnamese tourists flying from Singapore to South Korea’s Jeju Island on Scoot Airlines had their tickets canceled saying they had no visa. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, 34 and her friends had their tickets from Singapore to Jeju Island canceled on August 9 because they did not have visas. The …

French designer Philippe Starck has constantly transformed the hotel industry by creating exquisite living spaces filled with experiences. With over 10,000 completed or forthcoming creations, Starck is renowned for his diverse spectrum of styles, which span from speakers to chandeliers, motorcycles to mega-yachts. Since his earliest hotel designs in the …

All four brands that Jollibee Foods Corp of the Philippines operates in Vietnam, including coffee chain Highlands Coffee, posted losses last year. The corporation, founded by Filipino billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong, established its first company in the country, Jollibee Vietnam, in 2005, as a fast food operator. Since then it …

Seven fuel distributors have had their import license revoked from 1-2 months for violating safety and minimum stockpiling regulations, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced. The decision was taken in July but only announced in August, so many merchants had been doing business with the distributors as usual …

Lai Chau Province has sought a domestic airport that can handle half a million visitors a year to serve its development. The province, 380 kilometers to the northwest of Hanoi, said some investors have expressed interest in building the airport. It will be built under public-private partnership, the province People’s …

Leading semiconductor manufacturers are increasingly expanding their operations in Vietnam as a global race heats up. The country has stepped into the spotlight after Samsung, one of the top manufacturers, announced plans to start producing ball grid array products at its plant in the northern Thai Nguyen Province in July …

Bamboo Airways on Saturday appointed Nguyen Ngoc Trong who has worked for the airline since the early days of establishment as its new chairman. Trong, 65, took the new position after his predecessor Dang Tat Thang resigned as chairman and general director. Trong served as the first deputy general director …

The image of a bridge appearing in The Sandman, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic series, was inspired from the Golden Bridge in Da Nang, the moviemaker has confirmed. Ian Markiewicz, a visual effects supervisor, told VnExpress that Vietnam’s Golden Bridge was the source of inspiration for the design of …