Mong Phu temple was classified by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national historical-cultural vestige in 1984.

 The implementation of the commitments in the CPTPP will further promote transparency and institutional modernization.

 The Van Don Economic Zone (EZ) in northern Quang Ninh province needs $70.2 billion by 2050 to meet its investment needs, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the provincial people’s committee as saying.

 Some young people have made video clips in which they dismount from their bikes while waiting at the red lights due to safety fears.

 The northern province of Phu Tho will launch a short film in Vietnamese and English to introduce and popularise the Hung King Temple and traditional Vietnamese beliefs.

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 41st session of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi on January 6. 

Korean banks are increasing their presence in Vietnam, betting on the growth potential of the emerging market, especially when and if limits on foreign ownership ratio are removed.

 Vietnam has been attracting a great deal of foreign direct investment (FDI), with a further surge on the horizon thanks to new free trade agreements. 

In 2018, the automobile market was affected by Decree 116, which regulates manufacture, assembly and importing of cars. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In just three years under the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, spearheaded by the Pol Pot, Cambodia was pushed to the brink of extinction with nearly three million people killed.

 The growth of the Vietnamese automobile industry has had a positive impact on industrial real estate.

 Vietnam is set to reform its policies to attract more renewable energy investment in the time to come. 

 2019 will be a busy year for ministries looking to cut business prerequisites, and firms should contribute to making the process more efficient, said Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

 Son Doong, the world’s largest known cave located in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh, has been ranked third among the worldwide bucket-list trips for 2019 by Lonely Planet, a prestigious travel guide magazine. 

 Vietnam’s U16 team gathered in Hanoi on January 5 to kick off their nearly-two-month training for the second qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s U16 Championship.

 Ho Chi Minh City collects more for State budget in 2018, 2,200 new agricultural firms formed in 2018, Ministry tightens price control, market management, Quang Tri attracts strategic investors to wind power projects

 Tet gifts offered to impoverished child patients, Ministry builds process to support identification of martyrs’ remains, Ha Tien boosts cooperation with Cambodian border localities

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned banks, all with huge capital, continued to show their strength in 2018.

 Dragon Capital, a Ho Chi Minh City-based fund management company, has become a major shareholder in Vietnam’s three biggest securities firms.

 Vietnamese filmmaker Linh Nga’s ‘Inside This Peace’ has won the prize for the Best Feature Documentary at the California Women’s Film Festival.