VietNamNet Bridge - Truong Trong Nghia, a NA Deputy, at the working session with the HCMC People’s Committee, warned that the two banks of Sai Gon River are being ‘privatized’.

Some of the proposals on Education n reform include: raising salaries for teachers, changing the Vietnamese script, removing district education sub-departments, and removing ‘Chi Pheo’ from textbooks.

 The Japanese labour export market is seen as the most successful employment market for Vietnamese guest workers as it offers diverse industries suitable for all working classes.

 Over the past few months, foreign funds have been ceaselessly selling a hefty volume of stocks worth up to $100 million during the year-end season of stock market launches, whilst actively seeking investment opportunities in the country.

 Many entertainment venues across the city are busy and crowded these days with fun and exciting activities, and entertainment programs to welcome the New Year.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has been asked to explain to the National Assembly why ODA (official development assistance) loans have reached a total of VND600 trillion, twice as much as the amount approved by the NA.

 Viet Nam needs to develop a supply chain for clean and safe farm produce, an important step to increase sales, prevent price slumps and promote safe agricultural production, experts say.

 The insurance sector is set to reach a 22 per cent growth rate in premium volume in 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge - The real estate market continues to be bustling, with a series of M&A deals in 2007 and to be made in 2018.

 With 13 socioeconomic development targets accomplished and a GDP growth of 6.7 per cent—the highest in the last ten years—2017 is considered a special year for the Vietnamese economy.

Vietnam’s GDP grew 6.81 per cent in 2017, a six-year high and surpassing the initial target of 6.7 per cent, driven by a recovery in agricultural production and a pickup in both industrial output and services.

 Driftwood from the Cai River is being washed up on Nha Trang Beach after two days of heavy rains.

 A babysitter in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has been found for mistreating a two-year-old local boy.

 Up to 24,439 minibuses and trucks with expired registrations will be banned on streets from January 1, 2018, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

 All contact has been lost with a fishing vessel operating in the waters off Tri Ton island of Truong Sa archipelago since December 20.

 A Russian tourist have been found drowned while his three friends rescued after being washed away by strong waves on a beach in Nha Trang City.

 The Securities Journalists Club on Wednesday announced the top 10 biggest events on Viet Nam’s stock market in 2017.

 Viet Nam’s benchmark VN Index increased for a fourth straight session on Wednesday on investor confidence in both the corporate sector and the country’s overall economy in the fourth quarter.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has allowed Viet Phat Company in the northern province of Lao Cai to export 200,000 tonnes of limonite ore to ease the company’s financial burden.

 The People’s Committee of the north-eastern Quang Ninh Province is calling for an investment of VND15 trillion (US$660.8 million) into five projects.