The Government has called for faster than targeted credit growth in pursuit of this year’s GDP goal of 6.7%.

The slow progress of ODA fund and public investment disbursement may result in huge losses for the whole economy, thus, it is necessary to find ways to use these sources of funding efficiently and transparently to spur economic growth.

Green development projects in Vietnam are catching attention of foreign investors on account of the Government’s favourable policies on land, taxes and capital as well as a large number of potential customers in the country.

The recent proposal to increase VAT by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) still contains a number of issues that can potentially cause economic loss and undermine social equity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal administration of HCM City aims to keep the rate of overweight and obese children under five years at less than 12 per cent by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Runner Le Tu Chinh bagged a gold medal for Vietnam on August 22 at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taking every opportunity to reduce prices, Truong Hai and Toyota, the two big automobile manufacturers, are trying to capture every corner of the market.

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 22 grabbed a gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle category at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia. 

Authorities of Tay Ninh Province have submitted a dossier to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, asking for an ancient stone sculpture to be recognised as a national treasure.

Karate athlete Nguyen Thi Hong Anh pocketed the third gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Buddhist Cultural Week, organised to celebrate the Buddha’s 2,561st birth anniversary, kicked off at Pho Quang Pagoda in HCM City on Monday night.

 The Government convened a meeting on law making on August 22, during which Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said many laws still hamper each other.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court in Ha Noị has sentenced four men to death for illegally transporting 75 bricks of heroin.

Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves. The dish is even unfamiliar to many food connoisseurs in Viet Nam, but not for the Muong ethnic group

Speaker of the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia Setya Novanto met with Viet Nam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday in Jakarta, saying his country attaches importance

 VietNamNet Bridge – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim arrived in Ha Noi yesterday, beginning a three-day official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Summer vacation is the time for children to relax and enjoy themselves, but for those who grew up in Binh Minh Commune in the Thang Binh District of the central province of Quang Nam, it’s time to work hard. 

 TD Ameritrade has launched a "chatbot", an automated program that can communicate with the brokerage's customers on Facebook Inc's messaging application, to give them information about markets

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese enterprises are exporting goods via foreign supermarket chains.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Even after accepting students with low entrance exam scores, pedagogical schools are continuing to see a drop in enrollment.