VietNamNet Bridge - Samsung, Oppo and Apple topped the list of the best selling smartphones in the Vietnamese market in 2017.

 Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) has plans to add new train cars to gradually replace all aging ones by 2021.

Smart environment management systems have been applied in the central city of Da Nang, considered by many expats and locals alike to be the most livable city in Vietnam. 

The non-State sector took the lead in contributing to the State budget (accounting for 46%) in 2017, according to the General Statistics Office. 

 Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee exporter, behind only Brazil. However its coffee export value is much lower than other nations’ as the country only exports raw coffee. 

 Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

 FLC Thanh Hoa won at the preliminary second stage of the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.

 The Chinese Consulate in Viet Nam on January 24 announced a specialised desk for receiving visa applications of Vietnamese citizens to China starting January 24 to 26.

 People living in HCM City are suffering from photochemical smog, a kind of air pollution that’s harmful to human health.

 The Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) decided on Tuesday to set up the Viet Nam Certificate Authority and Digital Transaction Club (VCDC).

 Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank) has registered to sell 7.6 million shares of Vietnam Airlines Corporation, which is listed as HVN on the stock market.

 The Ministry of Construction said on January 23 that  its adjusted construction master plan for the Ho Chi Minh City Zone to 2030 with a vision to 2050 had been approved by the Government last month.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 24 opened the trial for Trinh Xuan Thanh and his accomplices accused of “asset embezzlement” at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land). 

 Local law enforcement forces of the southernmost province of Ca Mau recently uncovered the illegal transportation of 114 pangolins, the Department of Forest Rangers said on January 23.

 Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and Park Hyatt Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, were placed on the 2018 Gold List of the best hotels worldwide by the US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

APPF-26 focused discussions on different aspects of the theme “Parliamentary Partnership for Peace, Innovation and Sustainable Development”, reflected by its efforts to strive for gender equality and promote the implementation of the SDGs.

 President lauds Egyptian ambassador’s contribution to bilateral ties, President hails Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership, Senior officer attends celebration of Royal Thai Armed Forces Day

 WB okays $118 mln for post-disaster reconstruction in central Vietnam, Health facilities call for blood donations for Tết, 2 Lao drug traffickers caught by Ha Tinh police, Experts propose to expand Ho Chi Minh Highway

 Car buyers have withdrawn their deposits due to prices being higher than expected and tougher rules making imports more difficult.

 Vietnam had around 505,000 operational enterprises though the number officially registered was one million as of early last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).