Japanese retailers such as Aeon, Takashimaya, 7-Eleven and FujiMart are expanding operations in Vietnam and changing local consumption habits. 

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has called for more efforts to push aquatic product export turnover to 10 billion USD in 2019. 

 Vietnam attracted 35.46 billion USD in total foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, equivalent to 98.8 percent of the previous year’s figure.

 People from Hanoi have Vietnam’s longest life expectancy, estimated at more than 75 years old, 1.6 years higher than the national average, according to the Hanoi Population and Family Planning branch.

Tre Viet, Buu Long and Thuy Chau eco-tourism sites across Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces are among some of the top destinations near tor HCM City that are perfect for a visit over the New Year period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Vietnamese fashion designer Do Manh Cuong will hold a “Mix & Match” fashion show in HCM City’s District 7, with participation of 100 models, on Thursday (December 27).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The growing production, import and trade of dietary supplements should be managed to avoid potential threats to users, 

The concert version of a Broadway-style musical play based on a book by noted writer To Hoai will be performed at HCM City’s Opera House at 8pm on December 29, while the completed show will debut in June 2019.

Vietnam has sent 11 beauties over the years to compete at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, including Thuy Lam and H’Hen Nie in Top 15 and Top 5 this year, respectively.

 Scientists in Cambridge have built a virtual reality (VR) 3D model of cancer, providing a new way to look at the disease.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five writers were honoured recently at the National Writing Competition 2018 for Young Writers, organised by HCM City Writers’ Association in co-operation with its partners in HCM City.

 Vietnam earned about US$9 billion from exports of aquatic products in 2018, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, said Acting Director General of Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai.

 A 40-year-old brain-dead patient from the northern province of Ninh Binh donated six organs, including his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, to save five patients suffering critical illness or diseases. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors from the Ha Noi-based Viet Duc Hospital on Monday announced to successfully conduct the first transplant of two lungs from a brain-dead donor on a cancer patient.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities in HCM City have unveiled new enrollment plans for the next academic year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the addition of a multi-purpose entertainment complex–horse racing course project into Hanoi’s master plan on socio-economic development by 2020.

 In 2018, Vietnam welcomes 15.5 - 15.6 million foreign visitors and caters to 80 million domestic tourists, earning total revenue of VND620 trillion (US$26.6 billion).

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been warned of a brain drain as Japan has applied a new policy which allows foreigners to work for a long time and live with their families in the country.

 The North-South high-speed railway, which is designed to connect the capital city of Hanoi and the southern metropolis HCMC, will travel at a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour and take some five hours to cover the entire route.

The HCMC Superior People’s Court yesterday handed down a prison sentence of 20 years to Pham Cong Danh, 53, former chairman of Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB), following an appeal for his economic mismanagement.

 A significant wave of private investment is flying into aviation infrastructure on the back of improvements in long-term development planning for the sector in Vietnam.

Disbursed foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in 2018 hit 19.1 billion USD, an increase of 9.1 percent over the previous year. 

 The Prime Minister has signed a decision to designate 22 valuable items as “national treasures”, the seventh batch earning recognition this year.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Department of Tourism has just displayed 11 most beautiful photos featuring the locality’s tourism.

 Tori, a five-year-old black mongrel with an expressive, happy face, has enjoyed a rags-to-riches change of fortune.