Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed a decision to set up a fund for the prevention of and fight against crimes.

 However, there currently remains a lack of legal framework on transferring the operation rights of expressways in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tobacco smuggling is increasing in the southwestern border region to meet high demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, Vietnam News Agency reported.

 Vietnam’s goalkeeper Dang Van Lam made the third most saves so far at the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to Fox Sports Asia.

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and defender Doan Van Hau have been named among the best U-21 players of the ongoing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2019 by Fox Sports Asia.

 HCMC has been named one of the 12 best cities for culture in 2019 by UK travel website Culture Trip.

 Dioxins/Furan is the most toxic compounds in today`s chemical ones. During the Vietnam War, it was known as Agent Orange and caused sequelae on millions of Vietnamese people during the war and birth defects on children of the next generations.

 Thuong Cung village, 15 kilometers south of downtown Hanoi, has a 400-year-old communal house which is one of the oldest in all of Vietnam. It was recognized as a national relic site in August, 1991.

 Allianz is expected to bring its digital insurance products and services into Vietnam – a key emerging market and one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, said the group’s executive.

 As Tet 2019—the Lunar New Year or the Year of the Pig—is in the air, pottery kilns in Lai Thieu Pottery Village in Binh Duong Province are running in full capacity to fulfill orders for clay piggy banks.

 Quality of lending to real estate sector could be rigorously monitored from 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the most important event of the year in Vietnam, Tet (Lunar New Year) offers many traditional customs, including calligraphy.

While Foxconn did not indicate the move was related to orders for Apple, the Taiwanese manufacturer said it was selling on the Vietnamese land rights to a unit of Hong Kong-listed FIT Hon Teng, an iPhone cable and connector maker Foxconn controls.

 The increase in Vietcombank`s charter capital was funded by issuing shares to Japan’s Mizuho Bank and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A journalist from Vietnam News Agency (VNA) was attacked by a man armed with a rock hammer while reporting on a story in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

 A special porridge of the H'mong ethnic group in Ha Giang Province is made with the roots of the Aconitum fortunei Hemsl plant which are toxic without proper preparation.

 For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year) festival has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 28 this year.

 The first Vietnam Memory Championships 2019 will begin with the preliminary selection round on April 20, announced the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings).

 Unseasonal rains and the bitter cold spell in recent days may result in an outbreak of disease for cashew nut plants in Binh Phuoc province, which is dubbed Vietnam’s cashew capital. 

At least 1.3 million e-transactions are processed through NAPAS, the national payment system, and commerce banks, on average, each day, according to a report.