Vietnam's 16th National Assembly appoints six Vice Presidents, finalizes key leadership posts

Guidelines for using the electronic social security book and the electronic health insurance card

The Social Insurance Agency in Vietnam has issued guidance on how participants can receive and use the electronic social security book and the electronic health insurance card through the National Digital Identification application (VNeID) level 2, the Social Insurance Number app (VssID), or via an email inbox. Electronic social security…

Four defendants charged in accounting violations at Bao Tin Minh Chau Co., Ltd.

The Hanoi City Police Investigation Department has issued a decision to prosecute and indicted four defendants in a case involving alleged violations of accounting regulations causing serious consequences at Bao Tin Minh Chau Co., Ltd. The company operates in the production, purchase, and sale of gold and jewelry. Vu Minh…

Oil shock weighs on Gen Z as fuel prices rise amid geopolitical tensions

Since the pandemic, the mindset of living for the moment has become more pronounced among many young people, as uncertainty about life has encouraged higher spending on travel, dining, beauty, technology and entertainment. However, the current oil shock is expected to place particular pressure on Gen Z. For those trying…

Gen Z adopts value-driven spending to live more purposefully

The growth of the economy and society is gradually reshaping how young people view money. According to McKinsey’s The State of the Consumer 2025, based on surveys of more than 25,000 consumers in 18 countries, younger generations are forming more selective spending habits and have higher expectations for each transaction,…

Bitcoin ETFs pull $22.34 million in fresh inflows last week amid market volatility

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted $22.34 million in fresh inflows last week, despite brutal market volatility and a shortened trading period that left many investors cautious about near-term direction. Bitcoin inflows led by BlackRock’s IBIT The inflows were driven primarily by BlackRock’s IBIT fund, which captured the largest share of…

Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE Security Program for DeFi Protocols Following Drift Incident

Solana Foundation Debuts STRIDE to Protect DeFi Protocols With Tiered Security The program, which stands for Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises, moves away from the traditional model of one-off audits and replaces it with continuous, foundation-funded protection scaled to each protocol’s size and risk profile. STRIDE is…

Solana Foundation launches STRIDE and SIRN DeFi security programs

Solana Foundation has launched a broader security expansion for its DeFi ecosystem, introducing STRIDE and the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN) as part of a wider effort to strengthen protocol standards, monitoring, and crisis response across the network. What STRIDE and SIRN are designed to do Solana Foundation says the…

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…