Habeco recorded a consecutive decline in profit in its financial report in the fourth quarter of 2018, going against the current of general growth in the market as Vietnamese people are still one of the largest beer consumers in the world.

 Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has committed $100 million to Minh Phu Seafood Corporation – Vietnam’s largest shrimp processing company – in order to help improve its shrimp exports.

 After Vinamilk, Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C) is planning to splash out on Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), helping it raise its charter capital to VND16.95 trillion ($737 million).

 The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national carrier Emirates (EK) has been accused of violating Vietnam’s civil aviation regulations on multiple counts and was fined to VND15 million ($652) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

 HCM City Urban Railway Management Board has pledged to speed up the implementation pace of much-delayed Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project which is expected to be operated in 2020.

 There has been a shortage of passenger bus tickets to HCM City due to rising demand after Tet.

 A Vietjet Air plane tyre suddenly blew out after it had been landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City.

 Vietnamese shares edged up on Wednesday morning amid rising profit-taking pressure after having rallied in the previous trading days.

 Viet Nam’s authorities plan to conduct further investigations into the merger of Grab and Uber last year over possible antitrust regulations violations, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Wednesday.

 The central city of Da Nang is calling for investment to 14 public parking lots in a bid to serve the surging demand resulted in by a sharp increase of motorized vehicles.

Four decades ago, on February 17,1979, the Vietnamese Party, people and army had to face a war of aggression across the entire northern border.

VietNamNet Bridge - Online bookings have been developing rapidly in the tourism industry, bringing trillions of dong a year to travel firms, reports say.

Police in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La arrested a local man on February 12 for illegally storing 3,200 methamphetamine pills.

 Hanoi aims to grow 400,000 trees this year and 600,000 trees between 2019 and 2020 to green up the city.

Over 10,000 local people from Hanoi gathered together to participate in a ceremony which sees fish released into a river to mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year on February 12.

 Many people have rushed to buy gold ahead of the God of Wealth Day on the 10th day of the Lunar New Year which falls on February 14 this year.

 The police in HCM City has reported 48 criminal offences during the nine-day holiday, a decrease of five cases compared to the same period last year.

The Truong Hai Automobile Company (Thaco) plans to export locally manufactured buses, cars and semi-trailers as well as spare parts and accessories to the US, Canada, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines worth US$60 million in 2019.

Cybersecurity solution providers are mostly targeting large corporations, ignoring small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which are also facing security problems.

VietNamNet Bridge - The stock index has become unpredictable as there are signs of weaker liquidity, while investors are becoming more cautious.