The State Bank of VN net injected more than VND47.5 trillion (US$2 billion) into the open market operation last week to support the liquidity of the banking system amid rising capital demands at the end of the year.

 The Vietnamese government will continue provided loans for low-income homebuyers at affordable interest rates in a bid to ensure sufficient housing supply for a large number of people.

 Investor of HappyLand entertainment complex project in Long An on January 29 put into service Vietnamese Culture Zone to serve local residents on the occasion of Lunar New Year, after a long delay due to financial hurdles.

 The number of passengers travelling by air during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays is forecast to rise 11 per cent compared with the same period last year, said Director of Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang.

 Listed companies and public enterprises owned fully or partially by the State are required to start internal audits on April 1, 2019.

 A draft regulation that would require banks to provide details of customers’ accounts to tax authorities which has caused controversy has been removed from the latest version of the draft Law on Tax Management.

 Flower markets in Tao Dan Park, Phu My Hung, and Hiep Phuoc Park in Ho Chi Minh City are set to open in a few days.

 Delivery services, especially items for Tet (Lunar New Year), are working hard to meet the surge in demand in the run-up to the year’s biggest holiday in HCM City.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a project to enhance air connectivity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Linh Giang and her five-year-old son travel nearly 600km from the central province of Quang Tri to Hanoi for periodic eye check-ups.

 Jewellery sales are booming ahead of the Lunar New Year early next month.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) was the largest export market for Vietnamese squid and octopus last year, accounting for 40 per cent of the total value, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

 The mass trade of imitation products and a lack of Geographical Indication (GI) are seen as major reasons behind falling prices for Ly Son garlic, the product known as the ‘King of Garlic.’

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three people have reportedly died of suffocation in the northern province of Thai Binh on Tuesday.

Although not yet a pomelo growing area, in recent years, ornamental pomelo trees planted by farmers in Kim An commune (Hanoi’s Thanh Oai district) have come to customers’ houses on the occasion of the Tet. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in HCM City have tightened control of harmful food additives for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Meeting barriers in export markets, Vietnamese garment companies are trying to return to the domestic market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The YUME Art Project in HCM City has launched Tiếp Bước Trăm Năm (Keep Up With Century Old Tradition) with the aim of introducing a new generation to cải lương (reformed theatre).

The project to broaden Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway – the southern gateway to Hanoi – from four to six lanes has nearly been completed and will be operational before the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2019 Spring Calligraphy Festival kicked off yesterday in Hanoi, providing a space to reflect on ancient culture and feudalism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A male patient remained fully conscious for a large portion of an operation on his brain tumour, the first such procedure in Vietnam.

Disbursement of FDI projects in Vietnam in January jumped to US$1.55 billion, representing an increase of 9.2% year-on-year as the US-China trade spat continue to unnerve global investos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All 19 children under supervision at the Hai Phong Paediatrics Hospital after receiving the Combe Five vaccine were discharged from hospital in a stable condition, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lạp xưởng is a popular dish made across Vietnam, but the best comes from Tay ethnic group in the northern mountain Bac Kan Province. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Volvo World Golf Challenge Vietnam will begin on February 19 in HCM City and February 22 in Hanoi.