To attract investment in the renewable energy sector, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed that a mechanism to allow businesses to buy power at competitive prices from renewable energy generators will be piloted in 2018.

Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Chairman of the NA Committee on Science, Technology, and Environment, sheds some light on how to prevent Vietnam from becoming a dumping ground for the world’s obsolete technology and equipment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) is working on a project to set up the first centre in the country to use proton radiation therapy to treat cancer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National football clubs have made moves to prepare for the coming tournaments in 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A voyager who dares to dream, dares to make dreams come true, who owns true patience and keeps to his chosen path.

 With hefty experience in distribution and retail, Mobile World, FPT Retail, Digiworld, and Nguyen Kim have been entering pharmaceutical retail, but who will seize control?

Professor Dr Le Quoc Ly, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, speaks to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about the Party’s resolve to step up the fight against corruption.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A forest of trees covering several hundred hectares at the foot of Hoanh Son Mountain in central Ha Tinh Province has come back to life, thanks to the efforts of one man.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of small securities companies changed hands in 2017. The buyers were mostly from China and South Korea. 

 The eastern gate to the city centre is among the worst traffic hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of vehicles passing by every day.

The Central Bus Terminal, the most modern bus infrastructure worth roughly VND100 billion (US$4,400) in this central province, has failed to attract passengers after four months of operation.

Ngo Truong Thi, Director General-Chief of the National Office for Poverty Reduction under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to Dai Doan Ket (Great Unity) newspaper 

 The year is 2018. Music is changing fast, but can the humans keep up? Here's a handful of possible outcomes. Go boldly everybody.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An amended higher education law should create a clear legal environment for public universities to become autonomous, representatives of universities have urged.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After hearing about its discreet charm and tranquility, we were eager to visit Pho Bang old town in Dong Van District in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

 The mirror house at Thong Nhat Park has a new unique “coat” of colorful ceramic pieces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite important trade agreements and commercial commitments between Vietnam and China, local enterprises are not reaping expected gains. 

The Vietnam Private Sector Forum (VPSF) will try to create a space for businesses to voice out their proposals. 

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the fourth quarter of 2017, 44.8 per cent of firms reported better business performance in Q4 than Q3.

After a strong rally of 30 per cent in stock price over the past four months, Mobile World Group (ticker MWG) saw back-to-back divestments from numerous of foreign funds.

Vietnamese firms were urged to increase their focus on intangible assets to strengthen brand value at a recent conference jointly held by Brand Finance and its local representative Mibrand Vietnam in Hanoi.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially extended a policy allowing exporters to take loans in foreign currencies for another year instead of stopping it on December 31 as planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education Phung Xuan Nha, said that it was high time pedagogy schools stop the oversupplying of teachers in many provinces and cities.

Beginning next year, districts will be responsible for managing parks and trees, and the HCM City People’s Committee will invite competitive bids from the districts to explain how they would maintain green spaces. 

Vietnam needs about VND9-15 trillion to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years, while funding for the following decade will be about VND20-22 trillion.