VietNamNet Bridge - Four state-owned banks are known as the ‘big four’ with a large scale and profit. But private banks ‘made things happen’ in 2018.

 Vietnam spent more than US$1.7 billion last year importing aquatic products, which were mainly processed for export, according to a report from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

 Technology solutions are transforming every aspect of life, lining up a plethora of services readily available at the swipe of a finger – and banking and finance is a hotbed of such innovation. 

The HCMC Public Passenger Transport Management and Operation Center has announced the fourth bidding for bus advertising, which is expected to take place on March 8, after the previous tenders failed to attract participants.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that 2019 will be the year of industrial property, with a new infusion of FDI inflow.

 The HCMC government has assigned the municipal Traffic Safety Committee to establish an inspection team to look into compliance with regulations on traffic safety across all transport business operators in the city.

 More carriers serving Vietnam's aviation market is good news but infrastructure concerns simply must be addressed.

 Given the increasing competition among consumer finance companies, those who want to win the game ought to make their products and services stand out from the pack and deliver superior customer experience.

 Vietnamese cuiest Trần Quyết Chiến won a bronze medal at the Three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday.

The central province plans to allocate a fund of VND100 billion (US$4.4 million) to restore a 100ha forest as a safe habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) living in Dong Co Village of Nui Thanh district in 2019-28.

The HCM City Department of Transport aims to have 75 per cent of the new buses running on clean fuel by the end of 2020.

The largest cave in the world, Son Doong Cave, which is in Vietnam’s central province of Quảng Bình, continues to receive attention from international press outlets, the provincial Department of Tourism announced.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said recently the ministry would consider increasing the price of electricity this year.

Vietnam faces a possible return to a trade deficit this year after three years of enjoying surpluses, experts said pointing to the sharp rise in imports and increasing difficulties facing exports.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a series of conditions required to set up a foreign-invested vocational training institution in Vietnam, expected to take effect from March 20.

The Central and Central Highlands Region has been told to work harder to make tourism a key economic sector of the whole region.

 The northern border defence war in 1979 has demonstrated Vietnam’s strength and intelligence in critical situations. 

 China’s Huawei Technologies believes it stands a good chance of being chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Vietnam’s mobile carriers, Fine Fan, the Chinese company’s local chief executive told Nikkei Asian Review in an interview. 

 There is no doubt that the EVFTA would create a turning point in Vietnam – EU relations, said Nicolas Audier, co-chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), in an interview with the Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper. 

 Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical has registered to purchase an additional of nearly 1 million shares in Vietnam’s DHG Pharmaceutical, lifting its holding in the latter to nearly 35%.