Swiss billionaire calls for higher tax on rich
World 16:08 01/12/2025ZURICH - A prominent Swiss billionaire has called for higher taxation of the rich as his country overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce a 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) and above.
Swiss wealth tax proposal to test public appetite for redistribution
World 17:24 28/11/2025Switzerland will vote on a proposed wealth tax on Sunday that will be a litmus test of appetite for wealth redistribution in one of the world's richest countries.
Five skiers found dead on Swiss mountain near Zermatt
World 10:48 26/05/2025Five skiers have been found dead on a Swiss mountain close to the luxury ski resort of Zermatt, after emergency services were alerted to some abandoned skis at 4,000 metres (13,000 feet), the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said on Sunday.
Snow cover of Swiss glaciers below average this year: study
World 10:27 13/05/2025The amount of snow covering Swiss glaciers at the end of the winter this year was 13 percent below the 2010-2020 average, said a group of glacier monitoring experts on Monday.
Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps
World 14:24 18/04/2025More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos.
Coronavirus-stricken internal migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City to receive aid from Oxfam, embassies
Vietnam News 12:46 06/10/2021The agencies have promised cash aid for migrant workers
‘Vietnam Days in Switzerland 2021’ to go online next month
Vietnam Life 17:03 26/09/2021It is held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Switzerland-Vietnam diplomatic relations
Switzerland donates 13 metric tons of medical supplies to Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:18 14/08/2021The relief shipment was sent by the Swiss Humanitarian Aid
G4 ambassadors join Vietnam’s female footballers in empowering Tet message
Vietnam News 09:49 21/01/2020Positive female role models to look up to, and to learn from, make a difference
Vietnamese representatives honored at Swiss film festival Locarno
Travel 15:33 15/08/2019Four Vietnamese filmmakers and producers picked up different prizes at the sidebar program of the August 7 to 17 event
Embassy launches book on Switzerland’s success in HCMC
Economy 16:00 10/01/2014The Embassy of Switzerland in Vietnam, in cooperation with Alpha Books Joint Stock Co, has launched the book “Swiss Made: the untold story behind Switzerland’s success” in HCMC one month after it was introduced in Hanoi
Switzerland to help Vietnam avoid the middle income trap
Economy 12:30 20/09/2013Switzerland will spend more than VND2.8 trillion in grants for projects that are aimed at assisting Vietnamese economic development
