VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s economy needs to pick up pace to achieve this year’s growth targets, a meeting held yesterday to review socio-economic development in the first nine months heard.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events that will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from October 1 to 7.

 Local food is among the key tourism attractions for any destination. Most people like to enjoy traditional and special dishes at restaurants. Many others choose to join local cooking classes to make food themselves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bánh nếp nhân trứng kiến, glutinous rice cakes filled with ant eggs, are a specialty of the Tay, an ethnic group that has existed for hundreds of years in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

 There`s a banh mi stand on almost every corner in Hoi An, an ancient town in central Vietnam, but which are the best of the best?

 On the World Tourism Day (September 27), Cutacut decided to make a list of budget-friendly destinations you can travel to without drilling a hole through your pocket.

 There remain six challenges to Vietnam`s economy in its quest of rapid and sustainable development.

 Competition in the country’s credit card market has become stiffer as more big players join large domestic banks and finance companies in the race to gain shares in the potential market.

 Consumer financing is expected to grow at a double-digit rate for the next three years as households increase their spending.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has considered proposing a demerit point system to tackle driving offences.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Pham Ngoc Kien won gold at the third World Taijiquan Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi police on Monday announced the launch of an investigation into an alleged parking racket that might involve tens of billions dong at the city’s biggest wholesale market of Long Bien.

 E-invoicing will be compulsory for all enterprises from November 1st 2020 following Decree 119/2018/ND-CP approved by the Government on September 12.

  Retail giant AEON has terminated its tie-up with Ha Noi-based Fivimart after four years of co-operation due to losses.

 Vietnam has built a system of policies and laws on seas and islands during the 10-year implementation of the Maritime Strategy. 

 Vietnamese movie Nguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) has received the RTVE - Another Look Award at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival.

 Foreign banks` restructuring process is aimed at refocusing resources on their remaining business activities and increase efficiency in Vietnam`s market.

 State budget revenues as of September 15 reached VND898.3 trillion (US$38.24 billion), equivalent to 68.1% of the year`s estimate.

 Vietnam should further promote the transparency if it wants to attract more FDI inflow from the world’s leading investors, especially those from the US and EU, into high-tech and modern services sectors, experts suggested.

 The move is necessary for Vietnam Electricity to cover an incurred cost of VND20.73 trillion (US$892.18 million) in the 2018 - 2019 period, stated the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on its website.

Small banks and finance companies are now rushing to issue credit cards and compete with big banks as they believe the development potential of the credit card market remains great.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will host the first Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA 15) on October 16-17.

 A series of policies on business registration, rice export business, management of foreign exchange for border trade activities between Viet Nam and China come into force in October. 

 Viettel FC has officially been promoted to Vietnam’s top-tier football league, V.League, after beating Binh Phuoc 2-0 at home in the penultimate round of the 2018 First Division tournament to confirm themselves as the champions with one game in hand.

 While Korea, Japan, and Singapore are the largest foreign investors in Vietnam, investment flows the US and Europe also promise to pick up.