The Securities Journalists Club on Wednesday announced the top 10 biggest events on Viet Nam’s stock market in 2017.

 Viet Nam’s benchmark VN Index increased for a fourth straight session on Wednesday on investor confidence in both the corporate sector and the country’s overall economy in the fourth quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two drug traffickers were arrested early this week while they attempted to ship drugs to the South.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has allowed Viet Phat Company in the northern province of Lao Cai to export 200,000 tonnes of limonite ore to ease the company’s financial burden.

 The People’s Committee of the north-eastern Quang Ninh Province is calling for an investment of VND15 trillion (US$660.8 million) into five projects.

 Viet Nam’s national women’s football team have been invited to play in an international four-side friendly competition in Guangzhou, China, on January 19-23.

 Pham Le Thao Nguyen achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

New Year’s Eve celebration at Piu Piu, New Year’s Eve party features city’s top DJs, Exhibition featuring flowers to open in Hanoi, Le Petit Prince to be screened at L’Espace

Police in Dak Lakhas detained and launched criminal probes into 14 officials of Krong Bong District Branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development for deliberately violating State regulations. on economic management.

 Police in northern Thai Binh Province’s Dong Hung District have detained a young man for allegedly assaulting a doctor at a local emergency centre.

 The railway project management unit of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway has asked the police to identify the vandal who drew graffiti on the train.

 The Prime Minister has approved an adjustment plan to build Ho Chi Minh City into a major urban region with dynamic and sustainable development, playing a crucial role in Southeast Asia’s development.

 Vietnamese and Lao air defence and air forces will step up delegation exchanges and cooperation in training and technology. 

A ceremony took place in Noi Bai  airport in Hanoi on December 27 to welcome the 94 millionth passenger aboard the 800,000th flight operated by the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation this year.

 Exports of forestry products increased by 9.2 percent from 2016 to 7.97 billion USD in 2017, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest).

 The gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 is estimated to expand by 6.81 percent, surpassing the Government’s set target of 6.7 percent.

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, is on a working visit to Japan from December 24-28.

 Russian auto makers will join hands with Vietnamese partners to set up manufacturing companies in Vietnam, as part of an amended protocol signed between the two governments in Hanoi on December 27.

The year of 2017 is considered a successful year in inflation control, as the average CPI increased 3.53 percent over 2016 and 2.6 percent compared to December 2016, fulfilling the target of keeping the rate under 4 percent for the whole year.

 Eco-tourism development in a sustainable manner will be promoted in Dong Thap province’s Tram Chim National Park– the “green lung” of the Mekong Delta.