VN’s FDI attraction is expected to make a leap, especially in quality, in 2019 as more foreign investors, including big names, in the world’s high-tech manufacturing and services industries are choosing the country as their destination.

 Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung directed the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) and network operators to stop the supply of pre-activated SIM cards.

 Viet Nam continues to be one of the countries with the highest number of detected online infections, according to Kaspersky Security Network data.

 The country’s biggest renewable energy project – including solar and wind power plants with total design capacity of 350 Megawatts (MW) – will be put into operation in the coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 30.

 The increase of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of the year has contributed to a better performance of listed industrial park developers.

As blockchain disrupts the banking and finance industry, experts urged caution was needed in its application together with a proper legal framework to limit risks and ensure development is on the right track.

VietNamNet Bridge - Roads and airports are overloaded in Vietnam, while hotel room rates are higher than Thailand’s. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prof. Nguyen Huu Duc from Ha Noi National University talks to Dân Trí (People’s Education) newspaper about the country’s plan to develop smart universities for the fourth industrial revolution.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is keeping a close watch of the pork market and will promptly take measures to ensure supply amidst concerns about possible shortage due to outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in northern localities.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for clarifying a capital mobilization plan for a project on synchronously upgrading items at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. 

 They have criticized an upcoming surge in the average retail electricity tariff for hindering enterprises from restraining production costs.

 About 190 foreign investors were granted securities trading codes in February, bringing the total number of foreign investors participating in Vietnam’s securities market to 29,454.

 The authorities in Quang Nam Province have destroyed over 5,000 chickens at two households to prevent the spreading of A/H5N6 flu.

 Dr. John Hwang, chief plastic surgeon of the Korean Beauty Center of Hanoi, talked with VIR’s Phuong Hao about how the Vietnamese health and beauty system needs to be improved to  guarantee customer satisfaction.

 The Hanoi Green Trees Park Company is asking local authorities to help identify the people who stole flower pots which have been placed along Kim Ma Street since the North Korea-US Summit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, speaks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on his ministry’s role in ensuring all BOT projects fulfill their assigned missions.

 Scientists have found over a dozen Guar or Indian Bison in the central province of Quang Binh at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park through photographic traps.

 Ha Duc Chinh ended his eight-month goal drought with an equaliser in SHB Da Nang’s 2-2 draw against Quang Nam in the latest match of the Wake-up 274 V.League 1 on Thursday.

 Many overseas Vietnamese football players have expressed their hope of playing for Viet Nam’s national team following its recent successes.

A group exhibition of fantastical works by six artists from the northern province of Hai Duong will open on March 14 in Hà Nội.