Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Japan is considering hiking its ownership at Eximbank if the restructuring of Eximbank is successful, said Yutaka Moriwaki, an Eximbank board member.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran musician and writer Vu Duc Sao Bien’s latest book, Oi Cai Tuoi Trang Tron (Hello Teenage), was released in HCM City last week.  

Hundreds of fish died en masse after an industrial waste tank cracked open in the He Muong Commune in the northern province of Dien Bien on Monday. 

 Nguyen Ngoc Phat beat nearly 40 rivals to triumph at the Viet Nam – Ford Freestyle Football Championship 2018, which wrapped up in Hanoi over the weekend.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment will submit a scheme on informal economic statistics to the Prime Minister for approval this year.

 Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) said on Monday it received formal registrations from foreign investors to buy 36 per cent charter capital at the Power Generation Corporation 3 (Genco 3).

 The Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has announced reference interest rates applied in the first quarter of 2018 on bad debts it had purchased.

 Princess Cruises, a five-star premium cruise line, on Tuesday announced that it would bring 80,000 international tourists to Viet Nam this year, 40 per cent more than last year.

 With huge investment, commodities suiting all tastes, ages and income levels, and round-the-clock services, convenience stores could make a splash in the Vietnamese food and beverage market.

 The body of Nguyen Xuan Dinh, who died in an accident in a construction site in Algeria, was brought home on January 15 at the request of his family.

 The use of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Vietnam in 2017 grew by 200 percent from 2016, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Internet Centre under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in Hanoi on January 16. 

Xo Dang-Xo Teng ethnic people in Tu Mrong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, celebrate many traditional festivals throughout a year, including water pipe building festival.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has given the Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) the green light to sell shares to foreign investors, according to Vietcombank chairman Nghiem Xuan Thanh.

 Operators of local tours still have to place a VND100 million deposit while the deposit requirement for firms organizing local, inbound and outbound tours is kept at VND500 million under the 2017 tourism law, which went into force this month.

 The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) and the ASEAN Travel Expo (TRAVEX) will be organized in the northern province of Quang Ninh in January 2019. 

 The PM has approved the preparation plan for joining the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in the 2018-2021 period. 

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum creates an opportunity to strengthen the bilateral diplomatic relations between the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and other nations’ parliaments.

Fire destroys thousand sq. meter wood factory in Dong Nai, HCM City ensures traffic safety for Tet, Small-scale coffee farmers get helping hand, Kids’ Dash marathon attracts 220 participants

 Construction material maker Viglacera’s profits hit VND1 trillion for first time, Japanese escalator manufacturer makes foray into Vietnamese market, Tax on imported sugar to remain at 5%

 The HCMC government has again proposed the Construction Ministry issue a set of national technical criteria for apartments, including the minimum area of commercial apartments at 45 square meters, Thanh Nien newspaper reports.

 The Hanoi People’s Court will hear a graft case at the PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land) involving Trinh Xuan Thanh on January 24.

 A sixteen-stringed zither (dan tranh) art performance will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Culture Palace on January 27.

 HCMC entrance gateways have been overloaded and traffic jam has regularly occurred partly because infrastructure has failed to catch up with population increase and fast urbanization speed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Forecasts about the real estate market in 2018 are all inclined towards optimism. 

 Painter Nguyen Thu Thuy had a talk on January 15 with members of the Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) about the renovated Mirror House in central Hanoi’s Thong Nhat Park and her other ceramics projects.