FPT Corporation has reduced its ownership at FPT Retail and FPT Trading to under 50 per cent, the corporation announced on Tuesday.

 Experts are sanguine about the health of the stock market in 2018 even as they acknowledge likely risks and imbalances.

 Only 51 per cent of Vietnamese adults have credit registry coverage, much lower than the approximate 100 per cent in developed countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Host U21 Vietnam and U21 Yokohama of Japan played out a 2-2 draw in yesterday’s match as part of the Thanh Nien Newspaper International U21 Football Tournament.

 Do Quang Hien, chairman of Sai Gon-Ha Noi Bank (SHB)’s management board, is the only entrepreneur from the financial and banking sector to be honoured at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards – APEA 2017.

 Viet Nam’s paint and printing ink industry is expected to enjoy a growth rate of 8 per cent in volume and 10 per cent in value compared to last year, according to the Viet Nam Paint and Printing Ink Association.

17-year-old Tiffany Linh Nguyen defeated veteran Tran Thi Tam Hao in the semi-finals of the women’s singles at the National Best Tennis Players Tournament, Vietravel Cup 2017 yesterday.

President Tran Dai Quang and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith hosted a press conference in Hanoi on December 20.

 Eleven houses in Tien Thanh commune in Phan Thiet city of the south central coastal province of Binh Thuan collapsed on December 20 due to coast erosion triggered by high tide and strong wind.

 Disasters in 2017 caused losses of $306bn (£229bn), according to estimates from insurance giant Swiss Re.

 Pianist Nguyen Duc Anh, who earned a master’s degree at Freiburg Conservatory of Music in German, will hold a free piano concert at the HCM City Museum of Southern Women on December 27.

 HCM City has taken the lead in prenatal and newborn screening, with 80 per cent of total births in the country receiving screening since 2011, according to the city’s Population and Family Planning Division.

 Facebook Messenger is reported to be under attack in recent days by a new virus.

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy has pronounced the second verdict charging former director of Da River Pipeline project Hoang The Trung for “violating construction regulations and cause serious consequences.”

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Charlotte Laursen for her important contributions to the two countries’ relations while receiving the outgoing diplomat in Hanoi on December 20.

 The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) mobilised nearly 306 billion VND (13.5 million USD) to support AO victims in 2017, heard a conference in Hanoi on December 19. 

 The job market in Vietnam is expected to be largely positive next year as the country continues to develop its manufacturing base, recruitment companies said.

 A ceremony took place at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia to bid farewell to outgoing Secretary General Le Luong Minh.

 Vietnam expects to earn more than $212 billion from exports this year, much higher than $176 billion last year.

 6 am - the temperature isonly 9 to 10 Celsius degree. Many people are still curled up in bed. Yet manual labourers in Long Bien wholesale market have been working since midnight.