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The Securities Journalists Club on Thursday announced the top 10 biggest events for Viet Nam’s stock market in 2018.

 Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index ended 2018 on a negative note due to cautious market sentiment, which increased selling pressure over the last 30 minutes of the day.

Commercial banks have consecutively lowered the value of the US dollar against the Vietnamese dong during the final days of 2018, helping the USD/VND exchange rate close the year under control.

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 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the launch of the Van Don International Airport, Ha Long International Passenger Terminal, and Ha Long-Van Don Expressway in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 30.

 Vietnam’s exports have become more sophisticated with an impressive diversification of exports and increases in higher-value manufacturing exports, according to a recent World Bank (WB) report.

 Three members of a family in Suoi Cat commune, Khanh Hoa province died on December 30 in a house collapse caused by a landslide which was triggered by continuous rains.

 Although the cold chain logistics sector in Vietnam is considered small and fragmented, the market has shown signs of improvement due to the increasing demand for high quality products.

 The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 4 on December 30 brought four Philippine sailors, who were injured while working onboard a foreign vessel to Nha Trang port for treatment.

 Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) landscape site in the central city of Da Nang has been recognised as a national Special Relic, one of the 16 approved by the Prime Minister recently.

Hanoi’s Department of Tourism said it revoked the international travel business licence granted to the Golden Travel, one of the two companies that signed Taiwan tour contracts for 152 tourists who then went missing in Taiwan.

 Hundreds of households in Ho Chi Minh City have been benefiting from homegrown solar power systems.

 The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi city has completed the indictment to prosecute Nguyen Huu Tien, born in 1983, for the charge of violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals under Article 244 of the Criminal Code 2015.

 Until now, cheap labor cost is still one of the factors attracting foreign investors to Vietnam as they still target labor intensive industries that use low-skilled workers.

 In addition to traditional games and performances, the villagers display their unique pottery products in the market, at the center of the village.

 The lenders have cheated borrowers by unlawful lending conditions and assaulted borrowers when taking money back.

 The new 15-MW reactor may be located in Lam Dong or Dong Nai provinces.

 Along with broadcasting the Asian Cup on its channels, FOX Sports will show all of Việt Nam’s matches at the upcoming Asian Cup final round with Vietnamese commentary.

 Top Vietnamese tennis players Lý Hoàng Nam, Trịnh Linh Giang and Lê Quốc Khánh have been awarded wildcard entries to compete in the Việt Nam Tennis Open Đà Nẵng City 2019 in the central city on January 6-12.