Digitalization has brought numerous changes in Vietnam since the first Internet connection in 1997, enabling the country to obtain a series of socio-economic achievements, mostly the sustainable development goals.

The police of Vietnam and the Philippines have worked together on the trans-national case trafficking 300 kilos of drugs in Vietnam and seized 276 kilos more in the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 72-year-old man died while six members of his family were rescued from a fire at their home in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen Town on Sunday afternoon.

 Boasting 1.8 million hectares of fruit and vegetable plantation, with many various zones applied advanced technologies into production, Vietnam aims to gain 5 billion USD from farm produce exports by 2020.

 In the context of increasingly serious environmental pollution, the development of green technology in the production of cars and motorcycles is the optimal choice to limit fossil fuel consumption and reduce emissions. 

 With its significant financial potential, technology, and customer base,  newcomer Woowa Brothers hopes to break the dominance of GrabFood, Now, and Go-Food in the Vietnamese food delivery market. 

 Vietnamese airlines may have to give up their intentions of purchasing hundreds of Boeing-made aircraft due to the controversy surrounding two recent crashes which killed hundreds of people.

Mac Trung Kien, winner of The Face Vietnam 2018, recently took to the catwalk alongside a number of other foreign models during Seoul Fashion Week, which is currently underway in the Republic of Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Huynh Thanh Hoa, a media executive at an ad firm in Hanoi, has not worked extra hours recently, even though her firm is preparing for a big event to take place in two weeks.

Every year in January and February, Dalat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is blanketed by the pink of sour cherry flowers (Prunus cerasoides), or mai anh dao in Vietnamese, which is a harbinger of spring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has been voted one of the best cities to live in throughout Vietnam. People around the world arrive to walk along its beaches and enjoy the streets of the nearby ancient city of Hoi An. 

 Upon the entry into force of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, great opportunities for Vietnam will usher in export and import market expansion, as well as an ease in rule of origin. 

 Masan lost VND5 trillion ($217.39 million) capitalisation due to a draft introducing new standards for fish sauce, which many producers find impossible to surmount.

Vietnam ride-hailing app FastGo to hit Singapore streets, World city residential index pins hopes on Vietnamese market, HCM City transport authorities, firms discuss problems at dialogue

 Dozens of valuable trees have been illegally logged at a nature reserve in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

 Authorities of the southern-central province of Khanh Hoa have announced a list of 21 hotels guilty of violations.

 Police in HCM City's District 1 worked overnight to deal with illegal parking on March 24-25.

 The Ninh Thuan Grape Festival which will be held from April 26 to May 2 is expected to attract hundreds of visitors and promote the culture and viniculture of Ninh Thuan Province.

Vietnam Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) announced on March 22 that it appointed Luong Thi Cam Tu, a board member of Eximbank, as the new Chairwoman of the Eximbank’s Board of Directors in the 2015-2020 tenure.

 A father in the central province of Nghe An has been arrested after throwing his seven-day-old son into a well which led to the baby's death.

 The central bank is drafting a new circular regulating credit institutions’ trading and handling of non-performing loans (NPL) with the aim of forcing the institutions to focus more on bad debt settlement.

 With trade protectionism increasing, Vietnamese companies should prepare for trade-related lawsuits and disputes but also capitalise on possible opportunities from the ongoing US-China trade war, a top trade remedy official has said.

 HCM City has called on foreign-owned enterprises to further contribute to its development by sharing their experience, ideas and technologies as well as investing in large projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2019 the State Bank of Viet Nam has set a credit growth target for the banking sector of 14 per cent, lower than the rates of 18 per cent in 2017 and 17 per cent in 2018.

The National Strategy on Environment Protection aims to cut plastic bag use in traditional markets in half by 2020. However, the goal is difficult due to numerous factors.