Deadline set for updating and completing the database on the organizational structure of ministries, departments, and localities

Tax threshold for household businesses proposed to start at 2 billion dong.

On April 20, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, held a session to discuss draft laws amending and supplementing provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law, the Value-Added Tax Law, the Corporate Income Tax Law, and the Excise Tax Law. Proposed excise tax policy…

Lessons from the Flame malware: Google and Cloudflare race to shore up Internet security before 2029

Around 2010, the sophisticated Flame malware reportedly hijacked Microsoft’s Windows update distribution system, targeting Iran’s government internal network. The incident is widely cited as an example of how weaknesses in widely used security mechanisms can be exploited at scale, with potentially catastrophic consequences if similar attacks were deployed more broadly.…

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO after 15 years; John Ternus named successor

Apple CEO Tim Cook will resign on September 1, ending nearly 15 years in the role. He will be succeeded by John Ternus, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering. Leadership transition and new role for Cook Cook will not leave Apple entirely. He will move to the role of…

Apple to appoint John Ternus as CEO on September 1 as Tim Cook steps down

Despite being one of Apple’s most important leaders for more than two decades, John Ternus has remained largely unknown to the public. Tim Cook will officially step down as CEO on September 1, closing one of the company’s most rapid growth phases in its history. Ternus will assume the role…

Careful preparation and rapid execution accelerate Savan 1 in Vietnam–Laos energy cooperation

This is not just the story of a single wind plant. Behind the milestone is the investor’s organizational capability and its ability to control the full project chain—an increasingly differentiating factor in the energy sector. The approach reflects a guiding principle in project execution: thorough preparation from the outset to…

Q1 2026 financial results update as of April 21: LPBank reports pre-tax profit above 2.826 trillion dong; steelmaker posts 37x year-ago profit

LPBank posted pre-tax profit of 2.826 trillion dong, down 11%. Vicasa-VNSteel reported profit of about 1.7 billion dong, up 3,633% versus a base of about 45 million in Q1 2025. Securities firms: sharp rebounds and mixed results TP Securities (ORS) posted pre-tax profit of 42 billion dong, up 1,961% from…

Vietnam Beverage, Sabeco’s parent, to pay $860,000 fine to the United States for North Korea-related exports

Vietnam Beverage Co., Ltd., the company that holds 53.59% of Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (Sabeco), agreed to pay a civil penalty of $860,000 to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for violations by its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries exported beer and spirits to the Democratic People’s…

At around 5:30 PM on May 5, about a day after facing significant criticism over its recruitment campaign, Oatside Vietnam issued an official reply on its Facebook page, which has about 14K followers. The company said it acknowledged discussions surrounding the recent CMO recruitment and admitted that the campaign deployment…