Domestic retailers must work to outline rational business strategies to gain a competitive edge over their foreign rivals, especially as the local retail market has become more attractive than ever to foreign investors.

 The ninth Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa Sea Festival is scheduled to take place in the central province of Khanh Hoa from May 11-14, 2019, as an activity to kick-start the National Tourism Year 2019.

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  Vietnam raked in more than 6.7 billion USD from exporting its main forestry products in the first nine months of 2018, up nearly 16 percent year-on-year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was elected as President for the 2016-2021 tenure at a plenum of the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session in Hanoi on October 23. 

 A showroom featuring the “Nghe”, the spiritual animal mascot of Vietnam, has opened at the Hoa Lu cultural space in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

 More than a quarter of meat-free burgers, sausages and mince tested for a study exceed maximum recommended salt levels, a campaign group has warned.

 Positive signals in key Vietnamese markets for tra fish exports like China, the EU and the US, have pushed material and fillet prices to the highest level to date.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of armed robberies have been reported in recent months, raising public concern over security and social order.

The Government did not achieve its budget revenue collection target in January-September, while the country’s public debt burden was getting heavier.

 Tourists taking adventure tours are still facing risks to their lives and health as no clear regulations, especially on insurance coverage, have been issued, hindering the development of this tourism segment.

 The average current pork consumption in Vietnam currently is 33.5 kilograms/person, but by 2020, this figure is expected to be 39 kilogram.

Teachers Nguyen Thi Thuy Huong and her friend Tran Vu Hoang both have a passion for the arts. In honour of this year’s Vietnamese Women’s Day, the artists will be auctioning off some of their works to help women undergoing hemodialysis.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks will find it hard to maintain a high profit growth rate in 2019 as credit  and retail banking services will still be the major driving force for bank growth.

 The driver of the train that crashed in Taiwan on Sunday killing 18 people has said he turned off its speed-control system before the accident.

 HCM City authorities have allowed the operation of tourist river bus and night food street services at Bach Dang Wharf on the Saigon River.

 Lawmakers have decided to raise the environmental tax on a number of commodities from January 1, 2019.

 Many areas in the Long Bien Bridge are being occupied by street vendors who overcharge travellers for snacks.

 An art exhibition with the theme of horses by the renowned Korean contemporary artist Lee Sung-Keun is going to take place on October 26.