PetroVietnam is the trading name of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group. PetroVietnam has developed rapidly since it was established in 1977, and its activities, through its various companies and wholly owned subsidiaries, now cover all the operations from oil and gas exploration and production to storage, processing, transportation, distribution and services. Wholly owned by the Vietnamese central government, it is responsible for all oil and gas resources in the country and has become its country's largest oil producer and second-largest power producer.
Đặng Minh is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors. He began making documentary films around 1965 and is the first Vietnamese person to be awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture, in 1999. His films have won several prizes at international film festivals.
Nguyễn Xuân Minh is the Executive Chairman of Techcom Securities, a subsidiary of Techcombank – a leading joint stock bank in Vietnam. Techcom Securities (TCBS) is the leading Wealthtech company and is the largest securities company in Vietnam in terms of profit and brand value. TCBS helps domestic companies raise in aggregate more than U$3 billion per year via Debt and Equity Capital Markets in Vietnam. It also has more than 80% market share in trading of local listed corporate bonds in Vietnam. Consecutively, Techcom Securities was named the Best Bond House in Vietnam for 2007–2016, 2008–2017 and 2009–2018 by Alpha Southeast Asia and the Best Debt Capital Markets House for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in Vietnam by FinanceAsia.
The Hanoi Metro is a rapid transit system in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Owned by Vietnam Railways and operated by Hanoi Metro Company (HMC), it is the first operational rapid transit system in Vietnam. The first line opened to service on 6 November 2021.
Vũ Thị Hoàng My is a Vietnamese beauty queen, athlete, humanitarian activist, and filmmaker. She is the first Vietnamese beauty pageant titleholder to be chosen to represent the 2 biggest beauty pageants in the world: Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2012 and was the strongest representative of Vietnam (2011). Hoang My is considered an icon of healthy lifestyle, and has had success as a model, host, copywriter, and dancer. She consults for beauty pageants, sports projects, NGO organisations and film projects. As a filmmaker, she produces both fiction and documentary features. She speaks Vietnamese and English fluently. Hoang My was one of the 7 main judges of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 and 2022.
Dragon Capital Group is an integrated investment platform focused on Vietnam and other Southeast Asian emerging markets.
Topica Edtech Group is a multinational educational technology company. It provides online education including bachelor's degree programs, English speech tutoring courses and technology platform for massive online open courses in a variety of fields (Edumall).
Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê is a Vietnamese supermodel, judge programs and beauty queen. Lan Khuê rose to prominence in 2013 as she won the gold award in the Vietnam supermodel 2013, and became one of the most sought-after models in Vietnam. In 2014, she joined the Miss Aodai Vietnam pageant and won title. Then, she represented Vietnam in Miss World 2015 and was placed top 11. She shoot to fame when she got invited as one of 3 mentors in the reality show The Face Vietnam. Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê is the CEO of Elite Model Management and Elite Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nguyen Van Quy was a Vietnamese composer and musician. He started as composer under the artist name Đỗ Quyên, and was later given the nicknames "Quỳ Sonate" and "Vietnamese Beethoven". He is known for having written nine sonatas for violin and piano, but also for several songs. He was a member of the French music copyright association.
Lê Minh Hưng is a Vietnamese politician. He is currently the Chief of Office of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In 2016, after being appointed at the age of 46, he became the youngest Governor in the history of the State Bank of Vietnam, a position he held until 2020. He holds a master's degree in economics from Saitama University, Japan.
VinaCapital is one of the largest investment management firms in Vietnam. As of 2023, the firm has more than $3.9 billion in assets under management.
Bamboo Airways JSC is a Vietnamese airline founded in 2017. Commencing operations in January 2019, this carrier declared that it would be following the "hybrid airline" model. Bamboo Airways operates a mixed fleet of narrowbody and widebody aircraft, having hubs at Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport alongside its registered base, Phu Cat Airport.
The STL-1A rifle is an assault rifle made in Vietnam. It is produced at the Z111 Factory. The rifle is an improved copy of the AKM rifle, but is commonly compared to an AK-103. The rifle is chambered in 7.62x39mm.
The Expressway network of Vietnam is a recent addition to the transport network of Vietnam. The first expressways were opened in the early-2000s, by 2020, the expressway network is expected to stretch 1,276 kilometres (793 mi) and plans are for over 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) of expressway by 2030.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,623,571 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world. Hanoi is the most affected locale with 1,649,654 confirmed cases and 1,238 deaths, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 628,736 cases and 20,476 deaths; however, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has estimated that the real number of cases may be four to five times higher.
Trần Tiểu Vy is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Vietnam 2018. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2018 pageant.
Ngô Bá Khá, better known by his pseudonym Khá Bảnh, is a Vietnamese YouTuber, internet personality and amateur actor. He is known primarily for posting videos with controversial statements and content, as well as "múa quạt", which became a youth trend in Vietnam.
During the Nguyễn dynasty period (1802–1945) of Vietnamese history its Ministry of Education was reformed a number of times, in its first iteration it was called the Học Bộ, which was established during the reign of the Duy Tân Emperor (1907–1916) and took over a number of functions of the Lễ Bộ, one of the Lục Bộ. The Governor-General of French Indochina wished to introduce more education reforms, the Nguyễn court in Huế sent Cao Xuân Dục and Huỳnh Côn, the Thượng thư of the Hộ Bộ, to French Cochinchina to discuss these reforms with the French authorities. After their return the Học Bộ was established in the year Duy Tân 1 (1907) with Cao Xuân Dục being appointed to be its first Thượng thư (minister). Despite nominally being a Nguyễn dynasty institution, actual control over the ministry fell in the hands of the French Council for the Improvement of Indigenous Education in Annam.
