The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Police Agency on Thursday said it had started legal proceedings against a woman from HCM City and four others for allegedly trafficking human organs.

The Ministry of Science & Technology (MST) 20 years ago approved the establishment of the first radiation technology application center in the south – Vingamma - which later gained significant achievements.

 The food and beverage (F&B) industry in Vietnam will likely see a growth rate of 10.9% for the 2017-2019 period, Business Monitor International (BMI) has forecast.

 It is now easier for foreign companies to join the Vietnamese pharmaceutical market, buoyed by recently-loosened business conditions regarding drug registration and imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - With weak investments and poor technology, Vietnam is finding it difficult to organize hi-tech agriculture value chains.

Demand for qualified employees in Vietnam will rise as multinational companies move out of China in the changing globalization, Vietnam News Agency reported, citing recruitment firm Navigos. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese automobile brands have never been favored in Vietnam, but more Zotye and BAIC cars made in China can now be seen on the streets.

 SCG, a Thai-owned Southeast Asian conglomerate, reported revenue from sales of more than VND30.96 trillion (US$1.34 billion) from its Viet Nam operations in 2018, up 20 per cent year-on-year.

A joint venture of US-based ExxonMobil and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has advanced plans for a multi-billion dollar gas exploitation project off Vietnam’s central shore, Rigzone reported.

 Hanoi streets are suffering gridlock at peak hours as the Tet holiday nears. 

 Many flights at Tan Son Nhat International Airport have been delayed or even cancelled due to overloading as Tet nears.

 The Health Department in HCM City has added motorbikes to the ambulance fleet in District 2 to deal with congestion on January 30.

 Three major airlines in Vietnam has reported operating profits for full year 2018.

 As car ownership in Viet Nam continues to rise and a higher volume of customers visit the service centre, expectations of the overall service initiation process have increased.

 The number of non-performing loans (NPLs) at many banks has decreased dramatically in the past few months, with some even posting a decline of more than half.

 Early this week, many ATM users and card holders complained they could not withdraw cash from ATMs and had to go to bank branches instead.

 Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Viet Nam.

 The start of 2019 saw moderate growth in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector, according to a Nikkei report released on Friday.

 Vietnam’s No 1 chess player Le Quang Liem finished ninth at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 which concluded yesterday.

 As Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is around the corner, officials and soldiers on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago are rushing to prepare for the holiday.