Bitcoin is not banned in Vietnam and should not be banned in the future, said lawyers at the 2018 Investment and Business Opportunities Conference in Thanh Hoa Province last Friday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has voiced concern over the possible shortage of electricity in southern Vietnam given the rising demand, heard a conference of the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) on January 4.

 Inexperience of domestic consulting firms is largely attributed to cost overruns at HCMC’s first two metro line projects, and the city government has recently made a report to the Government on details of such cost overruns.

Viet Uc Seafood Corporation will launch a high-quality shrimp farming greenhouse complex worth around US$44 million later this month.

 President Tran Dai Quang asked the Supreme People’s Court to seriously deal with major criminal cases, especially those regarding economic activities and corruption, during a teleconference held in Hanoi on January 9. 

 Children’s best selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh gave a book signing event in Ho Chi Minh City Book Street on January 7 to present his latest novel "Little banana tree wears green shoes".

 Singer Kiwi Ngo Mai Trang been crowned the first episode of the Celebrity MasterChef 2017.

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

 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.

 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.

 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).

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

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..  

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.

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

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.

 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 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.

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.

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