The Latest Breaking News from Hanoi

HANOI: Vietnam's second-biggest listed developer, No Va Land, is firing staff and seeking urgent asset sales, company and industry sources said, as it struggles to pay creditors in the latest sign of distress in the country's real estate sector.

Hanoi (AFP) - Despite Vietnam's solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy is struggling to quit dirty energy -- leaving one of the world's biggest coal power programmes largely intact.

HANOI; Vietnam's central bank is willing to provide liquidity to the local banking system, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said on Sunday, as lenders face pressure from higher interest rates and tightening credit conditions.

Morale in Beijing, which is weary of American influence in Taiwan and the South China Sea, will be boosted by Vietnam's refusal to host foreign bases on its soil, analysts said as Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong concluded his four-day visit to China.

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HANOI: Some gas stations in Vietnam's two biggest cities and adjoining districts have shut or limited sales this week, witnesses and state media said on Tuesday, amid concerns about a fuel supply crunch spreading in the Southeast Asian country.

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HANOI: Vietnam is preparing to loosen its tight leash on the dong currency, including possibly widening its trading band with the US dollar again, in order to conserve its shrinking currency reserves, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

A sniffer dog found 9 kilogrammes of pork sausages in a passenger's suitcase that arrived on a flight from Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday.

HANOI: A “new wave of repression” in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.

Hanoi (AFP) - A "new wave of repression" in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told UN chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.