A 2017 survey by Kantar WorldPanel in four large cities and several rural areas found that multinational brands such as Unilever and P&G have been dominant in the personal and home sectors over the last three years. 

Dem Hoa Le (Wonderful Night), a cultural programme that offers cai luong (reformed opera) and hat boi (classical drama) shows, will be staged every week at Cho Lon Theatre in HCM City’s District 5, known as Chinatown. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will auction 5,200 resettlement apartments and land lots out of nearly 14,000 unoccupied apartments and land lots initially designed for resident relocation, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International U19 Football Tournament will begin on March 22-30 instead of March 20-30, the event’s organising board announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy was expected to add more than 150,000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2018, continuing last year’s positive streak of job generation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young women from across the country are encouraged to participate in the national Miss Viet Nam 2018 competition, which has just been launched.

Creating many opportunities during the 90 minute match on home turf, Song Lam Nghe An ended their match empty handed, losing 0-1 to Sanna Khanh Hoa in the second round match of the V.League yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 400-year-old village devastated by a tropical storm last October has gotten a facelift in the form of murals.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the Government to handle the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that failed to disclose their business information in 2017.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi early in the morning March 19, concluding his official visits to New Zealand and Australia where he also attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam finished runner-up at the India F3 Futures tennis tournament on March 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The serious encroachment of sand sediment along Lach Bang Sea Port in Tinh Gia District of central Thanh Hoa Provine has been blocking many cargo ships and fishing vessels as they try to approach the port.

Banks offer preferential credit packages to businesses, State Treasury mobilises nearly US$1.5bn from G-bonds, Vietnamese firms urged to work to win WB, ADB bids, Vietnam Footwear Summit to discuss new growth models      

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s organ transplantation technique is now on equal footing with developed countries, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three giant e-commerce corporations, Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com of China, have arrived in Vietnam. 

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has proposed raising the environmental protection tax to offset the decrease in tax collection caused by tariff cuts under foreign trade agreements (FTAs).

VietNamNet Bridge - The analysis of figures officially made public by the State Professorship Council shows that many problems continue to exist among Vietnamese academic staff.

 Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and almost all members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have surpassed $1 billion annually.

 The availability of credit is an important factor affecting the real estate sector. While the Vietnamese real estate market continues on a positive uptrend, the government has enacted a number of measures to prevent excess from building up.