MobiFone has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Information and Communications to test 5G service in Ha Noi and HCM City to evaluate technology and the market before official implementation.

 HCM City-based property developers listed their difficulties at a meeting between the HCM City Real Estate Association and the city authorities on Wednesday.

 Winner of Man of the World 2018 Cao Xuan Tai has been chosen as ambassador for season three of Viet Nam Fitness Model 2019.

Vietnamese golfer Nguyen Thao My has been invited to compete at the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship at the Royal Golf Club in Japan from April 25-28. 

 Grandmaster Le Quang Liem dropped eighth at the ongoing Gibraltar International Chess Festival after drawing his third round match on Wednesday in the UK.

 Police across the country had arrested 22 drivers who tested positive for heroin over the past four days, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

 In April 2017, Muto Tadashi waved goodbye to his wife and two sons and left his house in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, where he can see Mount Fuji from his window, to come to Vietnam, determined to do something to help Vietnamese enterprises.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a busy schedule on January 23, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 in Davos, Switzerland.

 Vietnam will remain an attractive investment destination in 2019, though impacts of the US-China trade tension that triggered a downturn in global stock markets in 2018 will not end soon.

 The sharp decline of the stock market in the final months of 2018 has had little impact on the yearly business results of securities companies.

 The military-run telecom provider Viettel, whose brand value grew by 35.8 percent over last year to more than 4.3 billion USD, was honoured as one of the 500 most valuable brands in the world 2019.

 The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has upgraded its water supply network using advanced technologies in operation, exploitation and supply of clean water.

 Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam (MMV) will recall 88 Mitsubishi Outlander Sports cars manufactured from May 11 to July 18, 2015 to repair and replace their door locks.

 The United Nations (UN) Day of Vesak 2019 is scheduled to take place in Tam Chuc pagoda, Kim Bang district, in the northern province of Ha Nam from May 12-14. 

 Up to 137 youths have been nominated for the Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award 2018, with the oldest being 35 years old and the youngest reaching just seven years old, according to the organisers.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai co-chaired the third meeting of the Vietnam-Thailand Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation on January 24-25.

Some gold-plated orchid, apricot and peach tree models have been selling well among the domestic market ahead of this year’s Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more solar power projects have kicked off in Vietnam, especially in the central region, by Chinese contractors. 

 A market downturn led to an array of steel firms posting negative growth figures in 2018 and has left many in an impasse.

The massive import of cheap cars did not occur in 2018 as predicted, but sales in 2018 were still satisfactory, especially domestically sold cars.