To mark the New Year, a replica market of ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous region will be open from December 29 to January 1 at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.

 As many as 27% of asked employees said they would switch jobs if they were not satisfied with Tet bonuses, according to the report on welfare and bonus payment on 2019 Tet in Vietnam conducted by Vietnam Works.

 The Government plans to drastically boost the improvement of the business environment, targeting to put Vietnam's business environment and competitiveness into the ASEAN top 4.

Passengers who take flights to newly-opened Van Don International Airport will be offered free tickets to local tourist sites, including Ha Long Bay, from December 30.

 HCM City Youth Union honoured nine outstanding citizens including a 13-year-old girl who is praised for her effort in rubbish recycling.

 The HCM City court on Friday ordered ride-hailing firm Grab to pay VNĐ4.8 billion (US$210,300) worth of compensation to local taxi firm Vinasun.

 An art performance will light up Nha Trang in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on December 31 to celebrate New Year’s Eve and announce the National Tourism Year 2019.

 Japan took the lead among 112 countries and territories invested in Vietnam in 2018, with 8.59 billion USD, making up 24 percent of the nation’s total FDI.

 Inspection units will be established in all cities and provinces nationwide to conduct regular inspections on the quality of water supplied to households from June next year, the Ministry of Health has said.

 Taiwan will suspend online visa application incentives for Vietnamese citizens following the absconding of 152 Vietnamese in the country.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allowed Hanoi to build houses on 20 riverbanks, but experts have warned about the risks of doing so.

The ‘Facebook kill service’ was launched in December and the demand is unexpectedly high. The users are those who want to purge or retaliate against others on Facebook.

VietNamNet Bridge - After December 31, 2018, Samsung’s hand-held devices will no longer be produced in Tianjin, China, where its second largest factory operates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite lacking a college or university education, farmer Pham Van Nhut in Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has made great contributions to agricultural development in his community.

 Vietnamese companies are depending too much on bank loans, and when the number of companies increases, it will reduce their chance of receiving financing from financial institutions.

 Organ transplantation in Vietnam, despite difficulties, has recorded numerous achievements this year, giving hope to thousands of patients nationwide.

 Foreign investment has continued to be poured into Vietnam recently, creating a driving force for industrial property development in 2019, said insiders. 

 Tra fish exports posted an impressive growth rate of 26.4 percent this year to hit a record of 2.26 billion USD, according to the Directorate of Fisheries of Vietnam.

 Three Vietnamese tourists were killed in Egypt when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus near the country’s world-famous Giza pyramids at 18:15 of December 28 (local time), affirmed the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Bich Lam, Director General of the Government Statistics Office (GSO), talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) magazine on the need to have more investment in agriculture.