The Vietnamese manufacturing sector continued to record solid growth in December, helping the country show the strongest upturn in ASEAN during the last month of 2018.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular to allow credit institutions and foreign bank branches to extend loans in foreign currencies to some borrowers in 2019, rather than cutting them off at the end of last year as planned.

 The HCM City Real Estate Association has rejected media reports that there has been a surge in the purchase of housing in HCM City by foreigners, with most being from mainland China and Hong Kong.

 Viet Nam’s petroleum industry needs to overcome four big challenges to maintain its position as a leading economic sector.

 Vietnam needs to learn about new forms of investment to raise appropriate policies for attracting foreign money, according to chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises Nguyen Mai.

 The nation’s index of industrial production (IIP) in 2018 experienced an encouraging increase of 10.2 per cent over the previous year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.

 Vietnam’s leading estate developer Sun Group has inaugurated three major transport infrastructure projects in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

Departments, agencies and local authorities have been told to review all approved BT projects and take responsibility for any violations in their execution, based on Resolution 160 issued by the Government at the end of 2018.

This will be a year of ‘breakthroughs’ in all sectors and see all striving towards “the highest achievements,” Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wrote in an article issued on the first day of 2019 that summarised socio-economic development ...

 The Municipal Cultural Center under the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports is holding an exhibition featuring Hanoi’s 12 flower seasons at the Kim Dong Cultural Center in Hoan Kiem District.

 The Government is aiming for a softer gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.8% this year and an inflation ratio of less than 4%.

 The HCMC Tax Department has suspended efforts to coerce Sabeco into paying VND3.14 trillion (US$135.4 million) in special consumption tax and fines for violations of tax laws in the 2007-2015 period.

 2019 is considered a promising year for labour export with a series of potential markets with good jobs and salaries are opening door for Vietnamese workers overseas.

 "Café Saigon", a contemporary dance, will be held from 8pm on January 19 at the HCM City Opera House on 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first major storm of 2019, internationally known as Typhoon Pabuk, is moving west-northwest at a speed of 15km per hour and is expected to cause rough seas and heavy rains in southern localities, 

 The US Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday that the benefits of fluoroquinolone antibiotics do not outweigh the risks -- which include aortic aneurysm -- for certain patients, according to the latest research. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – German band Bad Boys Blue will perform at Hanoi’s Cultural Friendship Palace on Thursday night, as an opening for their activities this year.

 Total retail sales of goods and services in Vietnam reached nearly 4.4 quadrillion VND (191 billion USD) in 2018, representing a rise of 11.7 percent against the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

  If Vietnam is included in the emerging market index of FTSE and MSCI in March 2020, the VN-Index may begin to surge in the fourth quarter of 2019.

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