Bitcoin has become a focal point globally with prices skyrocketing. On large bitcoin trading floors such as Bittrex, poloniex.com, wex.nz, the number of accesses from Vietnam is in the top 5.

Although he has returned to Vietnam many times, when he put his step back into Hoa Lo prison in Hanoi, the American anti-war prisoner sergeant Robert P. Chenoweth can’t hold back his feeling.

 Both in terms of quantity and quality, 2017 has shaped up to be a landmark year for mergers and acquisitions in the property sector.

A man in the northern province of Hung Yen has spent up to 40 years in breeding Dong Tao chicken which in the past was used as a delicacy offered to kings. 

 Vietnam’s labour productivity has increased more slowly than economic growth, and one of the most effective ways to sort out the problem is to boost foreign-invested and local firm linkages.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spent big money to build a deep-water port but did not build infrastructure for ships to go in and out of the port.

To attract investment in the renewable energy sector, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed that a mechanism to allow businesses to buy power at competitive prices from renewable energy generators will be piloted in 2018.

Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Chairman of the NA Committee on Science, Technology, and Environment, sheds some light on how to prevent Vietnam from becoming a dumping ground for the world’s obsolete technology and equipment.

 With hefty experience in distribution and retail, Mobile World, FPT Retail, Digiworld, and Nguyen Kim have been entering pharmaceutical retail, but who will seize control?

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of small securities companies changed hands in 2017. The buyers were mostly from China and South Korea. 

 The eastern gate to the city centre is among the worst traffic hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of vehicles passing by every day.

 The mirror house at Thong Nhat Park has a new unique “coat” of colorful ceramic pieces.

The Vietnam Private Sector Forum (VPSF) will try to create a space for businesses to voice out their proposals. 

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the fourth quarter of 2017, 44.8 per cent of firms reported better business performance in Q4 than Q3.

After a strong rally of 30 per cent in stock price over the past four months, Mobile World Group (ticker MWG) saw back-to-back divestments from numerous of foreign funds.

Vietnamese firms were urged to increase their focus on intangible assets to strengthen brand value at a recent conference jointly held by Brand Finance and its local representative Mibrand Vietnam in Hanoi.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially extended a policy allowing exporters to take loans in foreign currencies for another year instead of stopping it on December 31 as planned.

Calls for investing in bitcoin are numerous on the internet, with many ‘secret societies’ set up persuading people to deposit bitcoins.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) capital registered to Vietnam topped US$29.68 billion with the impressive return of billion US dollar projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - China is among the four biggest foreign direct investors, and Chinese investors have contributed $280 million worth of capital to 593 projects in Vietnam.