For Viet Nam to reach its goals set out in its 2016-2020 plan, robust economic growth will be needed for the next two years, experts have said.

 Vietnam still have a chance to advance to the knockout stage at the Asian Cup 2019 if they win three points against Yemen in the last match of the group stage and score as many goals as possible. 

 Fruit and vegetable exports, which have been growing at around 15 per cent annually for the past five years, are a highly attractive business activity for enterprises, which are increasingly investing in large and modern processing plants.

 Local companies are unable to compete with their foreign rivals in major export-oriented sectors such as electrical, electronics, computers, and machinery accessories manufacturing because of inequitable investment incentives.

A cherry blossom festival took place in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on January 11 – 13, 2019.

40 km from Hai Duong province Cao An Phu Relics Site is an attractive historical and religious tourist destination.

Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017. 

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on January 14 afternoon for the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-27) in Cambodia.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has announced a list of 13 key agricultural products of Vietnam.

The first professional golf tournament of the year, the Heron Lake VPG tournament, as part of the VPG Tour system, will be held at Heron Lake Golf Course and Resort in Vinh Phuc from January 16 to 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Finding rental premises in central business districts for co-working spaces is becoming more and more difficult.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a circular to regulate marine oil spill cleanup and recovery efforts.

 Amateur marathoner Chia-Che Chang, from Chinese Taipei, won the HCM marathon 2019, which concluded yesterday in Phu My Hung, HCM City.

 The health and short-term prospects of the Vietnamese economy will be high on the agenda of the Viet Nam Economic Forum 2019, scheduled to take place from January 16-17.

 The management board of Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City estimate that the airport will serve up to 900 flights a day this Tet Holiday.

 As part of the process, the bank would reduce the state ownership to 65%.

 The high growth would come from stable economic growth and cheap valuation of Vn-Index.

 Vietnam has become an important market for Asahi Group, especially in nutritional products for children, said the group’s executive.

 Experts forecast South Korean investors will continue pouring more into the Vietnamese market by M&A or directly compete with local firms.

 Domestically assembled cars dominated Vietnam’s market in 2018, with sale number reaching 215,704 units in 2018, up 10.6% year-on-year, while imported completely-built-units (CBUs) were 72,979 units, down 6.2%, local media reported.