In the first two months of 2019, the prospect of market status upgrading and the strong participation of foreign cash flow via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has created momentum for large-cap stocks to increase strongly.

Associate Professor Nguyen Huu Uoc, head of the Cardiothoracic Department under the Vietnam-Germany Hospital, and his associates have successfully performed the most difficult heart surgery in his 10 years of working, to save a Japanese tourist.

With the growing rate of the ultra-high net worth population at 31% in the next five years, Vietnam is named among the world’s top five fastest growing countries, according to the 2019 Wealth Report recently released by Knight Frank. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A new species of damselfly has been discovered by a Vietnamese scientist, Phan Quoc Toan, director of the Center of Entomology & Parasitology Research at Duy Tan University.

Vietnamese consumers continued to show confidence in the final quarter of 2018, placing their country in the fourth position on the global consumer confidence benchmark.

 The HCMC government is stepping up a goods storage plan to meet demand in case African swine fever hits the city, even though no outbreaks have been reported in the city so far, heard a meeting held today, March 5.

 Only losing one game in each set, Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam easily beat his junior Lam Hoang Nam 6-1, 6-1 to book a quarterfinal berth at the Vietnam Professional Tennis Tournament 2019.

 Ho Chi Minh City FC trounced Nam Dinh FC 2-0 in their match day 2 meeting at Thong Nhat Stadium, March 5, to stay firmly on top of the V.League table with nine points after three consecutive victories.

Five local and foreign investors have registered to participate in a public tender for developing the long-stalled Binh Quoi-Thanh Da ecological urban area project, said Vo Van Hoan, head of the city government’s office.

VietNamNet Bridge - Drought and saltwater intrusion are affecting the Mekong Delta earlier than usual. 

 Medical management software called MMS.Net for clinics in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak beat out 600 other entries from around the world to win the gold prize at the 2018 Seoul International Invention Fair in the Republic of Korea.

Le Quang Liem, Vietnam’s top chess player, beat Uzbekistan’s Kasimdzhanov Rustam in the fourth match of the ongoing 2019 Spring Chess Classic in Saint Louis, the United States on March 6.

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) will sell 80.58 million shares of Viglacera Corporation, equivalent to 17.97 per cent of the company’s charter capital, in its upcoming State capital divestment this year.

 Vietnam is 13th globally in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption rate with more than 14 million users, according to Google.

 Doctors at the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy’s Medical Centre have warned of an increasing incidence of stomach cancer among young people.

Five Vietnamese have been named among the world’s billionaires in a list revealed by Forbes on March 5, one more person than last year.

US real estate developers are turning to a new, fast-growing source of cheap capital known as EB-5 from Vietnam, reported the Wall Street Journal on March 5.

Vietnamese stock market sucked in a further 2.75 billion USD of foreign fund flows after Tet (Lunar New Year), demonstrating investors’ positive sentiments towards this emerging market.

VietNamNet Bridge - QR Code can be used many times on one device, but the number of scans depend on the policies of mobile network operators.

According to the Vinacas, this year, Viet Nam plans to ship 350,000 tonnes of cashew nuts for about US$4 billion, a lower volume but higher value than last year.