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Lai Vung kumquat garden attracts visitors as Tet approaches

 Kumquat gardens located in the Mekong Delta region of Dong Thap province have seen large numbers of visitors as Tet draws near. The price of an entrance ticket costs VND50,000 each.

How can Vietnam save pig farming?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is among the countries which have the highest pork prices in the world.

HCMC to shutter old slaughterhouses

 The HCMC government will shut down all the old slaughterhouses in the city, except for Trung Tuyen in Can Gio District, by September 30 and replace them with modern ones to ensure food hygiene and safety.

Made-in-Vietnam bikes, phones, cars set imprints with foreign support

 The blueprint has been in place for years to establish Vietnam`s full-fledged domestic production by 2020.

Stock market unpredictable in 2019, say experts

 The local stock market is expected to have unpredictable moves in 2019 as global developments have become complicated, causing challenges to economic management in the country, said securities experts.

Malicious code attacks Vietnam more than 800,000 times per day

 Regarding the detection of infections which are constantly updated every second, Vietnam has always been among the three most infected countries.

Vietnam spends 5.8% of GDP on education

 The Vietnamese government has also approved 530 joint training programs between local and foreign universities.

Seven worrying problems for HCMC’s real estate market in 2019

VietNamNet Bridge - The property market is worried about ‘land fever’ amid a shortage of available land.

Indonesia opens Darmasiswa Scholarship 2019-2020 program

 2019-2020 program to present 650 scholarships to students to study the Indonesian language, culture and arts.

H’Hen Nie among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam by Global Beauties

 H’Hen Nie has been named as the only Vietnamese representative among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam as selected by Global Beauties.

ANZ staff charged with appropriation of VND91 billion

 The former head of the Customer Relations Department at ANZ’s South Sai Gon branch, Nguyen Pham Gia Tho, abused his position to appropriate over VND91 billion ($3.95 million).

GrabFood heats up food delivery market

 Speed and technology have become potent ingredients in Vietnam's sizzling food delivery market.

Ancient sua tree in Hanoi to be felled to stop theft

 Authorities in Hanoi's Chuong My District have decided to fell a valuable 130-year-old sua tree so that local people can earn money from the tree rather than it possibly being stolen.

Nearly $900 million injected in Vietnamese startups in 2018

 Vietnamese startups were invested in to the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

PM arrives in Switzerland, starting activities at WEF Davos 2019

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Zurich International Airport, Switzerland at 7am on January 23 and immediately moved to Davos for scheduled activities within the framework of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum.

Traffic police strengthen checks on drivers nationwide

 Increased measures are being taken to detect and penalize the drivers of trucks and coaches who abuse drugs and alcohol while driving, following deadly accidents recently caused by such drivers.

Go-Viet drivers quit due to higher commission rate

 Many partner-drivers of the ride-hailing brand Go-Viet, a unit of Indonesian firm Go-Jek, have voiced their opposition to a new policy of Go-Viet to increase the commission rate to 20% from the current 0%. 

Three million Vietnamese children face amblyopia

 Around 15-20% of children aged between 3 and 5 in the world suffer from eye diseases, including three million facing amblyopia in Vietnam.

Vietnamese woman arrested in Paris on drug charges pleads not guilty

A Vietnamese woman named Pham Thi Tuyet Mai was arrested in Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France last month, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

Three tourists fall to their deaths at Khanh Hoa waterfall

 Three tourists died after falling from Ta Gu Waterfall in Khanh Hoa Province on January 22.