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Central bank to change reserve requirement policy

 The State Bank of Vietnam is planning to change its policy on reserve requirement ratios for credit institutions and foreign banks’ branches for the first time since 2011.

Military adopts maximum security measures for DPRK-USA summit

Military forces have been imposing all necessary security measures to ensure safety and security for DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, slated for Feb. 27-28.

Businesses willing to spend big money on digital transformation

VietNamNet Bridge - The cost for applying high technologies is becoming more affordable, which gives more opportunities to businesses to speed up digitalization of their production and business.

Vietnam’s economic growth relying more on domestic market

VietNamNet Bridge - Imports and exports of the foreign invested sector in 2018 grew more slowly as a result of problems in the global market, while imports from the domestic sector grew by 16.4 percent.


Construction resumes on Vietnam’s largest deep sea port

 Gemadept Joint Stock Company under Gemadept Corporation on Thursday restarted construction of Vietnam’s largest deep sea port – Gemalink Cai Mep – after years of delay caused by economic downturn.

Highest security level deployed at Noi Bai int’l airport

The Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport has set its highest security level for the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit.

DPRK Chairman’s train arrives in China en route to Vietnam

The armoured train of Chairman Kim Jong-un crossed into the Chinese border town of Dandong after 9pm on February 23 (local time) ahead of his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam.

Tough year predicted by investment funds as VN Index falls

VietNamNet Bridge - Big challenges for the stock market may occur in 2019, according to investment fund management companies.


Vietnam emerged as hot new market for luxury property: Bloomberg

 Vietnam’s status as one of the fastest-growing economies has spurred overseas investors to target the nation’s real estate, alongside a rapidly growing cohort of well-heeled domestic buyers, eager to put hard currency into property.

Exacting & capricious generation

Opinions sought by VET confirm that retailers need to give a great deal of thought into how to best approach Millennials.

Vietnamese doctor in Norway to return to teach at Hanoi University of Education

VietNamNet Bridge - Chu Dinh Toi, who won scholarships to study in Asian and Europe, plans to return to Vietnam to teach in Hanoi.

Former ministers of Information and Communications put into custody

 Former ministers of information and communications Nguyễn Bắc Son and Trương Minh Tuấn were taken into custody on Saturday accused of violating provisions on public investment capital management which caused serious consequences.

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un to visit Vietnam

Chairman of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un will pay an official visit to Viet Nam in the coming days, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday.

DPRK-USA Summit: A chance for Vietnam to promote foreign policy

 The upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam is a good chance for Vietnam to promote its foreign policy and show its wish to join hands in building peace in the region and the world, said Le Thi Thu Hang, the Foreign Ministry's Spokeswoman. 

Int’l media centre for 2nd DPRK-USA Summit in pictures

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh cut the ribbon to inaugurate an international media centre in service of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam in Hanoi on Saturday. 

Informal economic sector put under microscope

VietNamNet Bridge - The PM has approved a plan to measure the informal economic sector with an aim of having a more reliable outlook about Vietnam’s economy.

Vietnam’s stock market hoped to equal total GDP in 2020

 Vietnam aims to make the size of its stock market equal to 100 percent and 120 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 and 2025, respectively.

Vietnam’s 10 best-known startups

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam startups developed well in 2018. Here are the top 10:

Trump, Kim lookalikes surprise Vietnamese locals

Lots of Vietnamese locals’ hearts skipped a beat on February 22 afternoon when seeing Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un impersonators taking a walk in Hanoi.

HCM City turns to IT for food safety management

 PhAm KhAnh Phong Lan, head of the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, speaks to VN News about plans for 2019 and increasing the use of IT in tracing product origins.