Corona Casino Phu Quoc, which opened late last week, is the first casino in Viet Nam to allow Vietnamese to gamble.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 21 opened a first-instance trial for four former executives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR) on the charges of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

 The World Economic Forum (WEF) will expand cooperation with Vietnam in 2019, which will be momentum for the two sides to strengthen their partnership in the time ahead, according to Justin Wood, head of the WEF’s Regional Agenda – Asia Pacific. 

“Ruou can” is an indispensible rice wine at important events such as the New Year celebration of ethnic people in the Central Highlands.

 Is rising investment from Chinese enterprises the reason for an increase in land rents at industrial parks in Vietnam?

 The northern region has continued facing the cold weather with rains with temperatures forecasted to fall to below eight degrees centigrade in many mountainous localities. 

 A seafood drying village in Ca Mau Province is busy preparing for the Tet Holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Among luxury car brands, Lexus suffered most from strict regulations stipulated in Decree 116 on conditions to manufacture and import cars to Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s presence at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland from January 22-25, will be a chance to propagate the country’s socio-economic development and international integration achievements in 2018.

 The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) may include stocks of four listed companies in its coming large-cap VN30 Index review.

 A few years ago, Samsung, a world-leading electronics company, encouraged local Vietnamese firms to produce spare parts for its factories.

 South Korea’s Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Monday opened its third representative office in Da Nang.

 Vietnamese basketball team Saigon Heat beat Malaysia’s Westport Dragons 78-65 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Sunday.

Football fevers gripped Hanoi on Jan. 20 night as thousands of fans flocked to the streets of the capital to celebrate the country’s victory over Jordan on penalties.

 Vietnam’s “golden star” warriors have received praise from the international media following their convincing win 4-2 over Jordan on January 20 to advance to the quarterfinals of the AFC Asian Cup 2019.

 The Vietnam Pangasius Association (VPA) will this year focus on improving quality and expanding export markets, its chairman has said.

 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the first G20 Sherpa Meeting hosted by Japan from January 19-20. 

 A status upgrade may help the Vietnamese security market attract some 4.5 billion USD in investment, according to experts from the Military Bank Securities (MBS).

VietNamNet Bridge - Four months after taking office as scientific director of the Big Data Institute of Vingroup, Prof Vu Ha Van recently spoke with VietNamNet about its plans. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Even startups with good plans and funding can sometimes face problems or fail. Here are a few that encountered difficulties in 2018.