Local banks posted positive business results for last year and see solid prospects for 2019 despite the SBV's policies on tightened credit growth.

VietNamNet Bridge - To record plastic pollution in the waters of Vietnam, Hung Lekima traveled 7,000 kilometers, including 3,260 kilometers of coastline, by motorbike.

Phan Huu Thang, vice chairman of Vietnam’s Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, confirmed that hi-tech processing and manufacturing, smart agriculture, healthcare, and renewable energy will be the hottest sectors for FDI.

 While the world has been preoccupied with the explosive growth of China, relatively little attention has been paid in Australian business circles to another fast-growing market in the Asia Pacific region, Vietnam. 

 Viet Nam saw a trade deficit of US$84 million in the first two months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 The central city aims to accelerate economic growth from 7.68 per cent to 12 per cent, while more drastic measures and administrative reforms are needed to turn the city into an as a destination to investment and tourism.

 Banks and insurance companies are ramping up co-operation in selling life insurance products (bancassurance) to cash in on the high growth segment as some have posted annual triple-digit growth rates in the business.

 Last August, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Decision No.986/QD-TTg on the Development Strategy of the Banking Sector.

 The 4.25 Club from the DPRK won the championship title of the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament – LienVietPostBank Cup 2019 after defeating LienVietPostBank team of Vietnam 3-0 (25-16, 25-14 and 25-15) in the final match on March 1.

 The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will have more sports than in the past, according to the Viet Nam Sports Administration.

Juventus Academy Việt Nam’s director Đinh Hồng Vinh has been named national team head coach Park Hang-seo’s assistant coach. 

 Vietnamese cueist Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện has booked a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Carom Billiard three-Cushion - Survival 3C Masters tournament in Incheon, South Korea.

 A Vietnamese woman described by police as the ringleader of a people smuggling operation has been jailed for eight years in the United Kingdom.

 The HCM City’s People’s Committee has approved a proposal to build a new apartment building to replace building E located at 518 Võ Văn Kiệt Street in District 1.

 Farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai are waiting for buyers for Japanese sweet potatoes harvested from hundreds of hectares, danviet.vn reported.

 Like Hà Nội, HCM City too plans to ban motorcycles from inner districts by 2030.

 It’s around 7.30am in the dining hall of the International Media Centre during the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit. Many domestic and foreign reporters are standing in a long queue in front of a booth serving phở (noodle soup), waiting their turn to be served.

 The Government Inspectorate has announced its conclusion on petitions involved in the land acquisition of Đồng Đăng Market in Lạng Sơn for construction and the moving of traders into a shopping centre without asking their opinions.

 The central city of Đà Nẵng planned to ban over 30-seat buses from the downtown area during rush hour to reduce alarming congestion in the first quarter of 2019.

 After 30 years of licensing FDI projects Viet Nam has 26,500 of them now. This represents remarkable success for Viet Nam’s open-door and integration processes.