VietNamNet Bridge - Market analysis reports all show a high two-digit growth rate for consumers over 50, but domestic manufacturers continue to ignore the market. 

While boosting its international integration via engaging in various free trade agreements, Vietnam is also speeding up the equitisation of state-owned enterprises to lure more private investment.

 The Government has issued measures to boost non-cash payment methods in the country this year.

 Saigon Heat were defeated on Wednesday by Westports Malaysia Dragons by a score of 84-82 in their first match of the year in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

 The Investigative Police Agency of southern Long An Province has decided to start criminal proceedings against a truck driver following Wednesday’s deadly crash in the province’s Ben Luc District.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s digital economy is promising, with value expected to reach $33 billion by 2025, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2018 Report released by Google and Temasek.

 The merger is part of a series of measures to develop Vietnam’s stock market.

 The stock market continued to be an efficient capital mobilization channel for Vietnam’s economic development.

Vietnam’s solar power plants are facing a crisis in consumption of their electricity because there has not been synchronous development of power transmission infrastructure or a suitable operation mechanism. 

 The Vietnamese manufacturing sector continued to record solid growth in December, helping the country show the strongest upturn in ASEAN during the last month of 2018.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular to allow credit institutions and foreign bank branches to extend loans in foreign currencies to some borrowers in 2019, rather than cutting them off at the end of last year as planned.

 Viet Nam’s petroleum industry needs to overcome four big challenges to maintain its position as a leading economic sector.

 Vietnam needs to learn about new forms of investment to raise appropriate policies for attracting foreign money, according to chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises Nguyen Mai.

 The nation’s index of industrial production (IIP) in 2018 experienced an encouraging increase of 10.2 per cent over the previous year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.

Departments, agencies and local authorities have been told to review all approved BT projects and take responsibility for any violations in their execution, based on Resolution 160 issued by the Government at the end of 2018.

 The Government is aiming for a softer gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.8% this year and an inflation ratio of less than 4%.

 The HCMC Tax Department has suspended efforts to coerce Sabeco into paying VND3.14 trillion (US$135.4 million) in special consumption tax and fines for violations of tax laws in the 2007-2015 period.

 2019 is considered a promising year for labour export with a series of potential markets with good jobs and salaries are opening door for Vietnamese workers overseas.

 Total retail sales of goods and services in Vietnam reached nearly 4.4 quadrillion VND (191 billion USD) in 2018, representing a rise of 11.7 percent against the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

  If Vietnam is included in the emerging market index of FTSE and MSCI in March 2020, the VN-Index may begin to surge in the fourth quarter of 2019.