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Designer Adrian Anh Tuan joins China’s Harbin Fashion Week

 Fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan will travel to China for the Harbin Fashion Week that will take place on January 12.

Tuong Linh represents VN to participate in Miss Intercontinental 2017

 The runner-up of the Face Vietnam 2017, Nguyen Dang Tuong Linh on January 10 will travel to Hurghada City in Egypt to participate in Miss Intercontinental 2017 pageant competition.

Vietnam makes astonishing progress in organ transplant

 Amongst ten outstanding events of the health sectora in 2017, Vietnam continued to make much progress in organ transplantation to save people with fatal illness.

Most expensive year on record for US natural disasters

 The US experienced a record year of losses from fires, hurricanes and other weather related disasters in 2017, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).

State company shares remain unappealing to some investors

Except Sabeco and Vinamilk shares, the other divestments by the state have not succeeded as expected.

HCM City to hold two spring flower festivals & 130 Tet flower markets

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has planned to organize the Spring Flower Festival 2018 on the Lunar New Year which falls on February 16, 2018..  

HCM City strives to reduce automotive exhaust’s emission

The amount of CO2 in HCM City was estimated at 38.5 million tons, making up about 16 percent of the country. Of the amount, automotive exhausts' carbon emissions account for 45 percent.

Over $230mil. viaduct project breaks ground in Hanoi

 The Ministry of Transport yesterday hosted a ground breaking ceremony of Mai Dich-Nam Thang Long viaduct in Hanoi Ring Road No.3.

Tension at Can Tho-Phung Hiep BOT tollgate to end before January 20

Can Tho will review and draw the list of those subject toll reduction and exemption at Can Tho-Phung Hiep BOT toll station, sending the list to the Ministry of Transport to tackle traffic jam in the area before January 20.

Mining field amid recession phase

 While the country has been glad about economic achievements in 2017 called miracle by the media, the mining industry has seen another sad year.

Vietnam’s public debt stands at 61.3% in 2017: Finance Ministry

 Vietnam’s ratio of public debt to GDP stood at 61.3% at the end of 2017, lower than an earlier estimate of 62.6%, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Photo book on Vietnam’s capital to join Frankfurt fair

The Goethe-Institute Hanoi has extended an invitation to all people to contribute their photographs to the publication of a photo book on the capital of Hanoi.

CES 2018: LG robot Cloi repeatedly fails on stage at unveil

 A robot created by LG to help users control their smart home repeatedly failed on stage at its CES debut.

Banking tycoons on trial in HCM City

The trial of 46 banking executives and staff accused of violating economic regulations that resulted in $400 million going missing opened in HCMC on January 8, but the former Chairman of the State-owned bank BIDV was absent without reason.

MobiFone to divest from two banks

The Hanoi Stock Exchange has announced it will conduct two auctions of shares in SeABank and TPBank held by MobiFone on February 7.

Hang Trong folk paintings exhibited in Hanoi

 An exhibition on Hang Trong folk paintings will take place at the Ca Chep Bookstore at 115 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district from January 10 to 25.

Special preferential import tax policies taking effect from 2018

The Vietnamese government has just issued ten decrees to implement Vietnam’s special preferential import tax commitments made in its free trade agreements with various partners.

PVC misused trillion-VND advance payment

Almost all of the $6.6 million and VND1.3 trillion ($59 million) that PetroVietnam paid to PVC as advance payment for the $1.7-billion Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant was used to pay for PVC’s loans in banks.

2017 apartment sales break record

 2017 witnessed an increasing number of apartments for sale both in general and in the secondary segment (particularly in Hanoi), as reported by commercial property and real estate services firm CBRE.

Legendary cyber security expert to visit Vietnam

  Legendary cyber security expert Mikko Hypponen will visit Vietnam for a discussion on information security at a seminar scheduled for November 18 in Hanoi, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.