VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that following a stable year, the real estate market will continue to develop well, with no bubbles, in 2019.

Solar power investors have poured big money into 332 solar power projects with total capacity of 26,000 MW, but they have been told that up to 90 percent of capacity may be dismissed because of limited transmission capacity.

At least one Vietnamese technology firm is making preparation for the deployment of 5G after the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) said a license for testing 5G would be granted in 2019.

 The capital city of Hanoi is welcoming New Year’s Eve 2019 with a wide range of art shows.

Vietnam’s first privately-owned airport went into operation with the first commercial flight at Van Don Airport in Quang Ninh Province on December 30.

 The HCM City housing market showed signs of unsustainability in 2018 due to an imbalance between supply and demand, a property industry business group said.

 Nine land areas in HCM City will be used for new low-cost apartment buildings on a total area of six hectares, the city’s People’s Committee has said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The assets of Ho Hung Anh and Nguyen Dang Quang are difficult to analyze, but CafeF has named them as the newest US dollar billionaires in Vietnam.

All data including articles, photos and research works would be stored on a blockchain platform, providing evidence to prove the authors’ ownership of the works, under a project developed by Dam Thi Thien Nhi, a student at FPT University. 

 The Ha Nhi ethnic minority group is one among 19 groups residing in the northern province of Dien Bien. Many Ha Nhi people live in Muong Nhe District.

 The Ha Noi Stock exchange (HNX) has improved its share, bond and derivatives markets considerably in 2018 and will continue to enhance the markets’ operation next year.

Vietnam’s sportsmen and women had an outstanding 2018 at home and abroad. Vietnam News looks at the 10 most outstanding events of the year.

The Securities Journalists Club on Thursday announced the top 10 biggest events for Viet Nam’s stock market in 2018.

 Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index ended 2018 on a negative note due to cautious market sentiment, which increased selling pressure over the last 30 minutes of the day.

Commercial banks have consecutively lowered the value of the US dollar against the Vietnamese dong during the final days of 2018, helping the USD/VND exchange rate close the year under control.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the launch of the Van Don International Airport, Ha Long International Passenger Terminal, and Ha Long-Van Don Expressway in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 30.

 Vietnam’s exports have become more sophisticated with an impressive diversification of exports and increases in higher-value manufacturing exports, according to a recent World Bank (WB) report.

 Three members of a family in Suoi Cat commune, Khanh Hoa province died on December 30 in a house collapse caused by a landslide which was triggered by continuous rains.

 The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 4 on December 30 brought four Philippine sailors, who were injured while working onboard a foreign vessel to Nha Trang port for treatment.

 Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) landscape site in the central city of Da Nang has been recognised as a national Special Relic, one of the 16 approved by the Prime Minister recently.