It may take Viet Nam two years to get upgraded to emerging market level from the current frontier market classification, VNDirect Securities Corporation said in its 2020 outlook.

The number of investors opening new accounts in 2019 fell from the previous year, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD).

An economics expert has said e-wallet firms are breaking out promotions to try and win large chunks of the high potential market in Vietnam.

With 50 five-star hotels and 68 four-star hotels being built last year, the luxury segment now has 466 hotels with 97,098 rooms.

The supporting industry boosted the development of Việt Nam's industrial real estate market last year, according to CBRE Viet Nam Co, Ltd.

Since the government is pursuing a consistent policy not to sacrifice the environment for economic development, coal-fired thermopower projects will no longer be developed.

 While there are few, if any, signs of the real estate bubble bursting in 2020, the Ministry of Construction said that land prices could increase in some areas.

 The Government supports the policy of allowing four State-owned banks to raise charter capital, said Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) Le Minh Hung.

The deal is expected to be worth about 15 billion Japanese yen (US$139 million).

Viet Nam’s cement industry in 2019 continued gain of billions of US dollars in export value, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam is earmarking environmentally friendly, high tech investment to best serve the sustainable growth of the country.

The wood processing industry has set an export goal of US$20 billion by 2025.

Entering the food and beverage sector in 2012 and opening a series of cafes, Phuc Long once caught the special attention when stating that it would compete with Starbucks, which set foot in Vietnam in 2013.

Head of the General Office for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health, Nguyen Doan Tu, talks to Nhân Dân (The People) newspaper about Vietnam’s population strategy.

Seven artists from the Sai Gon Ceramic Arts Group are showing 170 ceramic sculptures depicting life, people and love in at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Students supplementing college with part-time jobs could miss out on studies while they work.

Batteries made from rice husks created by a group of students from the HCM City University of Natural Sciences help minimize pollution, opening a new future for the manufacture of lithium-iron batteries.

The Embassy of the US in Vietnam launched a blood donation campaign on January 10.

Many foreign businesses have expressed their hope for better business and investment environment in Vietnam, especially consistent policies on economic development.

The Government will develop an innovative and business-centred ecosystem, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at the Vietnam Business Forum 2019 in Hanoi on January 10.

Former governor of Gyeongsangbuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Kwan-yong on January 10 was honoured with the third-class Labour Order of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched on January 10 a propaganda poster contest on Vietnam’s 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship.

The National Assembly Standing Committee approved the rearrangement of communal- and district-level administrative units for the 2019 – 2021 period and the establishment of several urban administrative units for 18 cities and provinces.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Politburo’s meeting in Hanoi on January 10 on disciplinary actions against two Party officials.

Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo on January 10 said the ministry has affirmed a rioter who died resisting on-duty officers is Mr. Le Dinh Kinh.