Credit in 2018 is seen expanding less than 16%, the lowest in four years, VnEconomy news site reported, citing State Bank of Vietnam Governor Le Minh Hung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese players from the AFF Cup winning team have made it to the tournament’s Best XI.

 Vietnam’s tra fish export value has exceeded US$2 billion for the first time, with the figure hitting $2.05 billion in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 27.4 per cent, according to the General Department of Customs.

 Lilama 69-1 JSC, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Machinery Installation Corporation – JSC, has completed a project to manufacture seven sets of fired heaters in a contract with Kirchner Italia S.p.A of Italy to export to Uzbekistan. 

 Fujimart Vietnam Retail, a joint venture between Japanese trading house Sumitomo and local retail and real estate conglomerate BRG Group, will open its first Vietnamese supermarket in Hanoi this month.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong on December 17. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will play Myanmar in the final of the Thanh Niên Newspaper International U21 Football Tournament on Tuesday in Hue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Park Hang-Seoul has called up six new players to add to his current squad to prepare for the Asian Cup early next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling more than 22 kilogrammes of endangered elephant tusks in Thailand on Sunday, 

 In the moment of winter, Nhan Dan Online Newspaper introduce a series of images “Coming winter” selected from works participating in the photo contest, themed 'The Beauty of Vietnam".

 Every year, HCM City loses more heritage buildings to poor urban planning and a lack of awareness about their economic value. The issue was mentioned at a seminar on the city’s heritage preservation recently.

 The management board of the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Church held a ceremony to start its first academic year for a batch of students of its Christian Bible College in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17.

 It is now in the hands of the VCC to decide whether the M&A between Grab and Uber violates Vietnamese competition law.

 The Prime Minister has approved a decision to establish a state-owned tourism development fund.

 Vietnamese forward Nguyen Quang Hai has been named among the 10 most anticipated young stars at the 2019 Asian Cup, which is set to run from January 5 to February 1 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 Many firms in HCM City are having to deal with an insufficient number of workers as increasing numbers of people enrol with app-based services.

 An article published by US magazine Forbes has recently considered Vietnam as the hottest investment destination in Asia.

 With only days left before Santa Claus hits Ho Chi Minh City, the festive atmosphere is starting to warm up the city’s streets.

The use of remote sensing technology and GIS (geographic information system) in monitoring, forecasting, and giving alerts to disasters and the impact of climate change has brought encouraging results.

VietNamNet Bridge - A survey of 294 students conducted by Ngo Thi Ngoc Hanh from the HCM City Food Industry University found alarming problems in teaching English.