The shares of HDBank will list on the HCM City Stock Exchange (HoSE) on January 5, making it the first bank to go public in 2018.

 The total revenue from retail sales and services reached 3.93 quadrillion VND (174.85 billion USD) in 2017, surging 10.9 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 The State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) of Russia is willing to cooperate with Vietnam in developing mobile mini hydroelectric plants using environmentally friendly technology.

 Vietnam’s industrial production index grew 9.4 percent in 2017, well above the growth of 7.4 percent in the previous year, driven by strong expansion in manufacturing-processing (14.5 percent).

 2017 is one of the most successful years of Vietnam’s diplomacy, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent article. 

 Fruit and vegetables have surpassed traditional farm produce such as rice, rubber, tea, and cashew nuts to become a major foreign currency earner in the agricultural sector. 

HCM City People’s Committee this year will focus on carrying out National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special policies on land management, investment, finance and the state budget for the city. 

 The northern province of Quang Ninh has made thorough preparations as host of the National Tourism Year 2018, planning at least 51 cultural, sports and tourism events.

 The unique colours of Khmer culture are part of the rich variety among the 54 nationalities who live in Vietnam, said Dang Hung, head of the Bac Lieu province’s Union of Associations for Literature and Arts.

 Another AI system is looking for signs of lung cancer. It searches for large clumps of cells called nodules. Doctors can't tell whether these clumps are harmless or will go on to become cancerous 

 The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) will organise 15 auctions to offload 559 million shares in January.

 Foreign traders not present in Vietnam will have the right to export or import under Vietnamese law and international treaties that the country has signed.

 The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi has indicted five Colombian nationals accused of “property theft” in accordance with Article 138 of the Penal Code. 

 An explosion reportedly killed at least two children and injured eight people early Wednesday morning at a scrap warehouse in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Quan Do Village in Yen Phong District.

 Vietnam’s top ten athletes in 2017

 A tropical pressure in the East Sea has developed into a storm, with it set to be the first storm to hit Vietnam this year. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh launched the Year of Traffic Safety 2018 during a ceremony in Hanoi on January 3. 

 Ten infectious diseases are entitled to compulsory vaccination under an expanded national vaccination programme (NEVP) that started on January 1.

 Vietnam Center was officially launched in March, 2017 by three young Vietnamese living in Sydney with a goal to introduce Vietnamese culture abroad.

 Stocks ended the first trading day of 2018 in the green on the two national stock exchanges, reflecting investors’ optimism about the market outlook this year.

 Vietnam’s strongest male badminton players will compete at the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters which is scheduled for January 9-14 in Bangkok.

As of December 31, 2017, the total assets of the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) reached VND1.05 quadrillion ($46 billion).

It was a positive end for the Vietnamese manufacturing sector in 2017 with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising to 52.5 in December from November’s 51.4.

Ha Long Bay is one of the world's most famous natural wonders, featuring a system of breathtaking caves and islands associated with a lot of legends.

The growth rate of co-working space has been 53 percent globally over the last five years, while in Vietnam, co-working space supply has been growing 58 percent per year.