The HCM City property market is expected to remain strong this year thanks to the country’s robust economic growth last year.

 Vietnamese shares sank on Tuesday morning as investors continued to react negatively to the selloff occurring in the global market.

 Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has decided to temporarily suspend the import of fish and shrimps from Viet Nam.

Total foreign-sourced capital for projects will gradually decline as from 2018, when Vietnam will completely graduate from ODA, leading to more prudent consideration of projects using less preferential loans.

 Saigontourist Holding Company – the country’s leading tourism services provider – and its subsidiary Saigontourist Travel Service Company are expected to go public later this year, said the group’s top executive.

 The highest bonus for workers for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) is VND855 million (around US$37,650) and the lowest is VND20,000, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 The Government has issued a resolution on State apparatus reform with an aim to cut down the number of agencies and civil servants in 2021 by 10% compared to 2015, news website Vneconomy reports.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the Target Program on Information Technology (IT) for the period of 2016-2020.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC from Feb. 5 to 11

 Visitors can discover new routes in the UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site of Trang An in Ninh Binh province.

Hanoi’s largest fish market So Thuong was bustling with custom on February 5 as people are busy preparing for Ong Cong – Ong Tao (the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods Day), which falls on 23rd of the last month of the Lunar New Year.

A tulip festival is set to take place from February 8 to March 2 in Vinpearl Nha Trang, aiming to bring a special Tet (Lunar New Year) for all visitors.

 Known as the non-smoke industry, the tourism sector has expanded and now presents opportunities for enterprises to find appropriate partners, develop their business or expand within the market.

 Two South Korean investors, namely SK E&C and POSCO E&C, will develop two projects to serve Long Son Petrochemical Complex located in Long Son Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to newswire Koreabusiness.

To date, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Taxation has yet to enforce tax payments from Uber B.V because the company has yet to open a bank account in Vietnam.   

Folk games common to the childhoods of many generations have made a return to the newly pedestrianised Phung Hung Street in Hanoi.

 E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, according to Public Health England (PHE).

 YouTube says it is "very sorry" after more disturbing videos were found on the YouTube Kids app.

 Washing machines and solar panels manufactured in Vietnam and exported to the US will be slapped with new US tariffs, a concern to manufacturers who still plan to keep their investments in the country on track.

 The growing appetite of consumers for natural cosmetics has fuelled the billion-dollar domestic cosmetics market, which has recently seen increasing presence by local players.