VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese consumers are getting choosier and are now willing to pay more for safe food.

 Hundreds of metres of Cua Dai Beach in the central province of Quang Nam have been eroded again due to big waves and strong winds.

 The export turnover in 2019 would increase 10% compared to 2018 to US$21.5 billion, accounting for 9% of Vietnam’s total export value.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will attend and co-chair the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on January 5-6 in Hanoi at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The office scene in HCM City is heating up with the presence of high-end tenants from outside of the country, according to data from global real estate consultants JLL.

 The facility is part of the country’s efforts to modernize the weapons and the entire armed forces through 2025 and the years to come.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has set an export revenue target of US$43 billion for this year, up US$3 billion against last year’s result.

 The Operation Center at the State Bank of Vietnam on Wednesday, January 2 unexpectedly raised the purchase price of the U.S. dollar by VND500 to VND23,200, according to a VnExpress news website report.

 The Vietnam Railway Corporation has warned about several websites that are selling online tickets at high prices.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Tax Department of Ho Chi Minh City to hold back on enforcing a tax decision on collecting 3.14 trillion VND (some 136.1 million USD) from Sabeco for violations on special sales tax.

 Vietnam actively contributed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2018, which will serve as the foundation for the country to perform the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020.

 It is highly probable that the government still reaches its targets in inflation control, interest rate and exchange rate stabilizations.

 Hanoi has implemented and approved 57/68 projects, reaching 83% of the planned coverage rate according to the approved number of projects, and 86% of the coverage rate by area.

 Vietnam’s food processing industry has experienced rapid growth over the past five years and further expansion is expected as it eyes additional foreign investment, according to the Singapore-based Food Navigator Asia news.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has warned that foot-and-mouth disease among pigs has spread to six localities.

 Over 520 households living within the boundaries of Hue Citadel will be moved out this year as part of a campaign to restore the royal complex.

 The Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue of the south-central province of Binh Dinh said that a fishing vessel drowned by high waves at sea has been rescued.

 Vietnam is deemed highly likely to curb its inflation below 4 percent in 2019, experts said at a seminar in Hanoi on January 3, which focused on national market and price movements during 2018 and forecasts for 2019. 

 Vietnam will lack from 70,000 to 90,000 information and technology (IT) workers this year despite increasing salary and welfare, according to a TopDev, a recruitment network and ecosystem in mobile and IT, reports on the IT market in Vietnam.

 Hanoi will organize a number of cultural and artistic activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which lasts from February 5-7.