With general optimism well-founded for Vietnam’s stock market building in the past year, there is now significant anticipation for 2021 with the arrival of a new entity to run the country’s exchanges.

Phan Thanh Mien is one of the 14 Inspiring Characters honored by VietNamNet’s readers in 2020. However, he could not be present at the campaign medal awards ceremony because he passed away after his great flood relief efforts earlier this year.

Vietnam is likely to meet its target of reining in inflation at a rate of below 4% in 2021, although experts warn that unfavourable factors could impact market fluctuations.

The consultancy cost for the second metro line project in HCMC has been revised up by 12.6 million euros (US$14.7 million) as the project has been delayed for years.

The Vietnamese national futsal team could be selected to compete at the Futsal World Cup which will get underway in Lithuania in September, in the event that the AFC Futsal Championship is cancelled

Regarding the Ministry of Public Security’s proposal to install cameras and impose fines for traffic violations on highways, experts said this should have been done a long time ago.

Vietnamese forward Van Toan of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) FC has been named among the players with the most assists in domestic ASEAN leagues during 2020.

Nikkei Asia, the world’s largest financial newspaper published by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., has named Vietnam among the Asian trio that has succeeded in limiting the local transmission rate of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to almost zero.

The first-instance trial for ex-Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and nine accomplices, slated for on July 7, was postponed due to the absence of three defendants and many people with related interests and obligations.

2020 was a difficult year for the global economy including Viet Nam, but some Vietnamese billionaires still saw their net asset value increase.

The night of music and talks will bring an extraordinary experience of the native culture of the Central Highlands to the public of Hanoi.

The disbursement of public investment was estimated at VND398 trillion as of the end of December, meeting 82.8 per cent of the Government’s plan – the highest rate in the 2016-20 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A film screening of the comic opera Così fan tutte (All Women Do the Same), staged by the UK’s Royal Opera House in 2010, will be held at Culture Café Salon on January 10.

Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has advised residents to stay indoors as air pollution worsened on January 6.

Players of the national women’s football team have gathered for a training camp ahead of a busy 2021, which will end with an effort to defend their SEA Games title.

Hoang Tuan Anh, the creator of the ‘rice ATM’ which dispensed rice to the poor to help them survive the Covid-19 pandemic, is one of the 14 people nominated by VietNamNet as Inspiring Characters.

Police in the central province of Nghe An are hunting four Chinese people who illegally entered Vietnam.

The regulatory sandbox for financial technology (fintech) which is expected to be created this year, coupled with efforts to promote the use of digital financial services, are expected to accelerate the development of fintech in Vietnam.

The Hanoi’s People’s Committee has sent a team of inspectors to investigate the operation of Minh Quan High Technology Development and Investment JSC following a recent environmental workers’ strike.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has requested provinces and cities thoroughly handle hotspots of air pollution and exhaust gas emissions.

In the first 11 months of this year dragonfruit exports fell by 10 per cent because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still dominated Vietnamese fruit exports with shipments of more than US$1 billion.

The human trial of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine will begin on January 21-22, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has stated.

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted investment flow into Vietnam’s startups, but for venture funds, Vietnam is still considered a priority market in Southeast Asia in 2021.

Ex-Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and nine accomplices are set to be brought to trial on January 7 for violations at the ministry and in Ho Chi Minh City that caused losses of some $118 million.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on January 6 to mark the 15th anniversary of the Government Portal (VGP).