A credit-based education program will be applied at secondary and high schools in HCMC on a trial basis from the 2019-2020 academic year, if the city’s proposals on an open policy for education receives approval.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2017 was a good year for Vietnam’s banking sector with big profits for many banks and a decreased bad debt ratio.

VietNamNet Bridge - This annual selection was compiled by Tin Moi Truong, a member of the Vietnam Association for Nature and Environmental Protection, and journalists.

The application of stem cells in agricultural development, especially in the selection and conservation of rare genetic resources, is an important topic in countries with a developed livestock industry. 

 Viet Nam is expected to achieve Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.81 per cent this year, surpassing the Government’s target of 6.7 per cent.

 Processing, manufacturing firms expect better business in 2018 Q1, Viettel earns nearly 2 billion USD profit in 2017, Dong Nai calls for high-tech, environmentally-friendly FDI projects

 Efforts scaled up to prevent winter-spring diseases, Transport ministry needs focus on BOT, traffic safety this year, Beltway No 3 to help HCM City reduce traffic congestion, New bus terminal opens in downtown HCM City

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved direct flights between Vietnam and key markets, including the US.

The Xe Dang ethnic minority in Cu M'Gar district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, hold the New Rice ceremony in the early days of the year.

 Local police from the northern province of Bac Ninh has officially decided to prosecute Nguyen Van Tien, the owner of scrap that exploded on Wednesday morning, killing two children and injuring nine people in Yen Phong District’s Quan Do Village.

 The English Champion 2018, an English competition for students this year, was officially launched on Wednesday in Hanoi.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre’s Con Bung area in Thanh Hai commune, Thanh Phu district has suffered from serious erosion that causes heavy land loss and seriously affects the living conditions and production of locals. 

 The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Son Tay town on the outskirt of Hanoi will introduce the traditional New Year festivals of ethnic minority groups in mountainous regions through a range of events throughout January. 

 For the first time, domestic tax collection hit the VND1 quadrillion (US$43.9 billion) milestone this year, according to statistics of the General Department of Taxation.

 Five richest families have seen their wealth swell in early 2018 thanks to the boom of Viet Nam’s stock market.

The Vietnam ICT Press Club announced the top 10 ICT events in 2017 on Thursday. This is the result voted for by more than 50 journalists in the information technology sector, from some 40 media agencies nationwide.

 Verisign’s Q3 2017 DDoS Trends report showed that 29 per cent of attacks in Q3 2017 employed five or more attack types.

 Scientists in Rome have unveiled the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory.

 Credit growth will be 18 per cent in 2018 and the good growth rate will have positive impact on the business result of the entire banking sector, Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS) forecast.

 Viet Nam holds great potential for organic farming as more consumers, particularly those with high incomes, have demand for such products, experts have said.

 Viet Nam received a record 12.9 million foreign visitors in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 29.1 per cent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The nation’s index of industrial production (IIP) in 2017 experienced a significant year-on-year increase of 9.4 per cent, much higher than 7.4 per cent rise seen in the previous year.

Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) will make its initial public offering by the end of the first quarter of the year, after completing issuing shares to increase its charter capital by 15 percent to VND6.71 trillion.

Disbursed FDI (foreign direct investment) capital in 2017 reached a record high of $36 billion, a twofold increase compared with four years ago. 

 Doan Thai Son, general director of the Legal Department of the State Bank of Viet Nam, has been appointed deputy governor of SBV, according to a prime ministerial decision.