VietNamNet Bridge - A number of small securities companies changed hands in 2017. The buyers were mostly from China and South Korea. 

 The eastern gate to the city centre is among the worst traffic hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of vehicles passing by every day.

The Central Bus Terminal, the most modern bus infrastructure worth roughly VND100 billion (US$4,400) in this central province, has failed to attract passengers after four months of operation.

Ngo Truong Thi, Director General-Chief of the National Office for Poverty Reduction under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to Dai Doan Ket (Great Unity) newspaper 

 The year is 2018. Music is changing fast, but can the humans keep up? Here's a handful of possible outcomes. Go boldly everybody.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An amended higher education law should create a clear legal environment for public universities to become autonomous, representatives of universities have urged.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After hearing about its discreet charm and tranquility, we were eager to visit Pho Bang old town in Dong Van District in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

 The mirror house at Thong Nhat Park has a new unique “coat” of colorful ceramic pieces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite important trade agreements and commercial commitments between Vietnam and China, local enterprises are not reaping expected gains. 

The Vietnam Private Sector Forum (VPSF) will try to create a space for businesses to voice out their proposals. 

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), in the fourth quarter of 2017, 44.8 per cent of firms reported better business performance in Q4 than Q3.

After a strong rally of 30 per cent in stock price over the past four months, Mobile World Group (ticker MWG) saw back-to-back divestments from numerous of foreign funds.

Vietnamese firms were urged to increase their focus on intangible assets to strengthen brand value at a recent conference jointly held by Brand Finance and its local representative Mibrand Vietnam in Hanoi.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially extended a policy allowing exporters to take loans in foreign currencies for another year instead of stopping it on December 31 as planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education Phung Xuan Nha, said that it was high time pedagogy schools stop the oversupplying of teachers in many provinces and cities.

Beginning next year, districts will be responsible for managing parks and trees, and the HCM City People’s Committee will invite competitive bids from the districts to explain how they would maintain green spaces. 

Vietnam needs about VND9-15 trillion to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years, while funding for the following decade will be about VND20-22 trillion.

The volume of prepared goods for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has increased by 20-30 percent against the volume last year, according to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all sectors, localities and enterprises to work together to make stronger changes in the competitiveness of the economy while concluding an online conference 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local leaders to pay more attention to combating corruption while stressing the need to ban giving and taking gifts during the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).