2019 – year of breakthrough in development, Viet Nam learns from Germany’s experience in budget, tax management, Sacombank makes QR code strides, PV Power shares jump 4%, HVG posts $387,000 in profit for FY 2017-18          

VietNamNet Bridge - Steel, fiber, household-use products and electronics in Vietnam are vulnerable to anti-dumping and anti-countervailing duties imposed by other countries. 

 Police in Ho Chi Minh City will continue adopting new technologies to reduce crime in 2019.

Many peach trees have begun to grow along Lac Long Quan road in Tay Ho district, Hanoi, signaling the approach of the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

 Online commerce in Vietnam has never seen such a bloom as it is now. 

 As Tet (lunar New Year) festival is approaching, those who love traditional values can easily enjoy bright-coloured Kim Hoang folk paintings and lively applications of the traditional genre of painting in contemporary life. 

 As Netflix is taking the cinema industry by storm across the world, it cannot take over Vietnam, despite being launched for three years.

 Dao Ngoc Thanh, CEO of Vihajico, the investor of Ecopark, and representative of An Quy Hung Co., Ltd., was elected as chairman of Vinaconex.

 The latest announcement of the Ministry of Information and Communications' Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information stated that Facebook has been seriously violating Vietnamese laws related to information management, tax, and advertising.

 The number of patients with measles has been on the rise in HCM City as well as other southern provinces.

 A moderation in Vietnamese banks’ credit growth is a positive for their asset quality and capitalisation, Moody’s Investors Service said in a recent report.

 VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) had the biggest market share out of futures brokerages on the derivatives market in 2018, according to the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

 Runner Vo Van Thom died after collapsing 18 kilometres into the HCM City International Marathon over the weekend. He was 24 years old.

 Football website Fox Sports Asia has named Vietnamese defender Que Ngoc Hai one of the 10 best performers from the second round of matches at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2019.

 Vietnam has been named one of the leading investment destinations in Asia for a second straight year in a recent survey by the major audit firm PwC.

 Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has called on member parliaments of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) to continue with their comprehensive and close cooperation in all spheres.

 The People’s Court of Hanoi has decided to open the first-instance trial on January 28 for two former Deputy Ministers of Public Security.

A painting exhibition, themed “the Year of the Pig”, featuring 60 works by 33 contemporary painters, is taking place in Hanoi from January 15 to 23.

 The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has recently taken effect in Vietnam, which will bring about both opportunities and challenges for many fields, including agriculture. 

 The Road-Railway Traffic Police Division (PC08) under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Police on January 15 launched a breath-testing campaign on drivers in 24 districts of the city.