The latest survey by PwC – one of the world’s leading professional services firms – shows a ramp up in consumer preference to avail of digital technology prowess to feed their daily needs.

 Banks have to mobilise long-term capital at high costs by issuing certificates of deposit (CD) in Vietnamese dong with high interest rates to lure depositors, causing concerns about a domino effect on lending rates.

 Twenty-two young leaders representing Australia and Vietnam will take part in the 2019 Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue (AVYLD), which will be held in Hanoi and HCMC from May 26 and 30, the Australia-ASEAN Council has announced.

Despite the great number of water bodies intertwining throughout HCM City, there are many waterfronts being left barren and suffering from landslides.

 Patients testing positive for porcine tapeworms do not need to undergo immediate medical treatment, the local media reported, citing Nguyen Thanh Phong, director of the Department of Food Safety under the Ministry of Health.

 Three new accident-prone sites have been included in a list of sites in HCMC that have witnessed frequent traffic accidents, taking the total number to 19, the local media reported, citing the HCMC Department of Transport.

 The government should increase the rate of return on infrastructure investment in a bid to attract more foreign investors in the industry, experts said.

 The annual event aims to introduce the beauty of French cuisine, a culinary art has been declared a “world intangible heritage” by the UNESCO.

 African swine fever (ASF) has continued to spread nationwide, with ASF outbreaks detected in 19 localities as of March 18, noted Le Trung Hoang, deputy head of Can Tho’s animal health agency.

VietNamNet Bridge - E-commerce in the near future could be controlled globally by several powerful multinational groups, analysts say.

 Technology remains driving force for ecommerce growth: officials, Korean Sourcing Fair 2019 to link Vietnam and S.Korea companies, Ministry forecasts changes in market tendency,

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s catfish farmers have been warned of difficulties ahead as the country is no longer the only big catfish exporter.

 From expansive caves to towering waterfalls, the countries of Southeast Asia truly demonstrate the power of Mother Nature.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Tran Dinh Thien, former director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, talks to Thanh Niên newspaper about the role transparency could play in the country’s unobserved economy.

 Hanoi's Department of Transport said it would launch a campaign to eliminate illegal parking areas in the city.

 Thirteen projects received first prizes in the annual National Science and Technology Contest for high school students in the southern region at an awards ceremony at Tôn Đức Thắng University in HCM City on Tuesday.

 Dalat’s newly-announced city centre construction plan has raised public concern, saying that this would affect local historic sites.

 Around 18,377 Vietnamese were contracted to work abroad in the first two months of this year, including 6,141 women.

 The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and HR Wallingford company on March 19 launched a pioneering dengue forecasting system in Vietnam, hoping to curb the spread of this disease in the country.

 The investigation police on March 19 prosecuted two more persons on the charge of “violations of regulations on the management and use of public capital causing losses and wastefulness”, under expanded investigation into the case of Phan Van Anh Vu.