Imported meat forecast to flood Vietnamese market, HCM City guarantees loans for SMEs, Da Nang, Japanese bank ink agreement, Facebook touted as business development tool, Construction ministry warns against resort real estate glut

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy officially filed charges on December 23 against the former Chairman of Ocean Bank, Ha Van Tham, and 47 accomplices for serious violations during their time in charge of the bank.

 The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) recorded high growth in 2016 compared to 2015, according to figures released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC).

 Viet Nam’s stock market has kept its nose ahead in 2016 despite several negative impacts of international events. The 10 biggest events on the securities market in 2016 were announced yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has agreed in principle to build an underground shopping centre in downtown HCM City along side the city’s first metro line project.

 The insurance market in Viet Nam is poised for robust growth in 2017, bolstered by the anticipated improved economic outlook, along with the Government’s policies of promoting the services market.

 Nguyen Anh Tu brought home a gold medal in the men’s singles category at the 10th SEA Table Tennis Championships 2016, which wrapped up in Indonesia on Saturday.

 The famed mountain town of  Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province kicked off its first Snow Festival on Saturday, with the barometer showing 9 degrees Celsius.

 It's not the fault of the Ministry of Education and Training in the high number of university graduates being unable to find a job recently, according to a local education expert.

For many years not, the HCM City administration, which governs the nation’s largest city with a population of more than 8.5 million people that is forecast to increase rapidly, has been grappling with the problem of traffic congestion.

 'Banh trang nuong' (Grilled rice paper with egg), dubbed as Vietnamese pizza, is one of the most popular street snacks for students and teenagers in Vietnam.

British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in England on Sunday.

 Affordable housing is expected to take the lead in the local property market next year, on account of rising demand.

 Vietnam estimated to gain US$7.3 billion from the export value of wood and wooden products this year, a slight increase of 1% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s General Department of Forestry.

 A population of three gold apple trees (known scientifically as Diospyros decandra) in Tien Chau village, Thang Binh district of the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as national heritage trees.

 A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board,

Hanoi Police discover goods trafficking cases, VNRC campaign to help the poor, AO victims, Man receives life sentence for trafficking heroin, Vietnamese cultural and historical figure honoured

 The year-end stocks rally on the heels of the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was built on expectations of reduced regulations, big tax cuts and a large fiscal stimulus.

VietNamNet Bridge - Property projects in the southern and eastern parts of HCMC have attracted buyers from the north thanks to modern infrastructure items.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Getting to the top of Chieu Lau Thi Mountain is hard, dangerous and scary, but the reward is memories for a lifetime. Thanh Nga recounts the experience.

VietNamNet Bridge - MOIT has said that it could not find exact statistics about the annual consumption of petroleum products in Vietnam when it was drafting the program on the crude oil and petroleum product storage system.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have found connections between climate change and the appearance of new diseases, especially vector borne diseases, including dengue fever and malaria.

VietNamNet Bridge -  As the number of enrichment training classes have been increasing, class organisers are making big profits. But students are losing money.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nokia plans to target the mid-tier and low-cost market segments, which analysts believe will threaten the dominance of Oppo in the Vietnamese market.

 Vietnam is one of the countries worst hit by climate change. In 2016, the national climate change strategy has received strong support from the international community.