VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s car rental market is believed to have great potential but high risks as well.

Unilever Vietnam International Co., Ltd. has written to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc calling for help after the HCMC Tax Department warned that it might have coerced US$24.7 million in corporate income tax from the firm.

 A 65-year-old farmer in Hanoi continues to earn great profits from his special garden where he grows 10 types of fruits on one tree.

 People in a village in the southern province of Soc Trang are being nuisanced by a group of wild monkeys.

 A teacher in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a school girl.

 Local banks have increasingly sought cross-border borrowings in recent years after being pressured to raise capital for lending. 

 Two thirds of Vietnamese fintech firms are providing payment services for customers through online payment apps.

 Japanese investors are now aiming to pour US$9-10 billion into Vietnam over the next few years, mostly into infrastructure development and real estate.

 Vietnamese enterprises should devote effort, time and money for quality improvement and marketing if they want their products seen and sold on foreign supermarket shelves.

The HCMC Department of Construction sent the municipal government a plan to take disciplinary actions against leaders, officials and organizations within its jurisdiction due to irregularities in HCMC's Thu Thiem New Urban Area project.

 The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam has just allowed Vietcombank and VIB to apply Circular 41/2016/TT-NHNN (on capital threshold for banks and branches of foreign banks). 

VietNamNet Bridge - Securities companies have predicted that the deposit interest rate will be lifted next year, leading to higher lending interest rates and capital costs for businesses.

Chatbots, a product of artificial intelligence (AI), are now being used more frequently in businesses in Vietnam.

The national standards for tertiary training quality set by the Ministry of Education and Training includes minimum requirements, but schools have actually committed to higher quality standards for their training programs.

The HCMC Center for Flood Control Program has proposed building seven anti-flood reservoirs with Japanese cross-wave technology, for total costs of VND475 billion. However, some experts doubt the reservoirs will help.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has directed relevant agencies to take rapid measures to ensure ATM service quality and safety during the months approaching the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, when there is high demand for cash transactions.

  Exports of agricultural products to the vast Chinese market are expected to increase if branding and quality of Vietnamese goods improve, speakers said at a meeting on Friday in HCM City.

 The central province of Ha Tinh’s Department of Science and Technology (DoST) proposed shutting down Thach Khe iron mine – the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia – to protect the environment.

 Natural disasters have killed 218 people and caused a total loss of VNĐ20 trillion (US$860 million) to the country this year.

 Saigon Heat yesterday beat Mono Vampire of Thailand 87-76 in their last home match of the year.