Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Ltd. Company have recommended using water from the Red River to supply West Lake and to clean To Lich River.

 Hanoi has approved 21 infrastructure projects in the 2016-2020 period, including one to build a tunnel through the Red River dyke.

 Vietnam had the world’s second highest score in the consumer confidence index in the third quarter of 2018, according to the latest data of the Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey and Nielsen announced on December 18. 

 Many commercial banks raised deposit interest rates in recent months, triggering worries about the increasing pressure on the lending rates.

 The BV 98869 TS fishing vessel rescued 10 foreign sailors and sent them to the Ben Da border post in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau on December 19, said the provincial Border Guard High Command.

 The Hi-Tech Business Incubator in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on December 18 to debut a surgical equipment using Fractional CO2 Laser – one of the most advanced technologies in skin treatment – designed and made by Vietnamese engineers.

 The third national workshop on the East Sea took place in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 19.

 About six million Vietnamese people escaped from poverty between 2012-2016, with the poverty ratio dropping from 15.9 to 9.1 percent during the period, according to a report released on December 19.

More than 2.34 billion shares of the PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) will be listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) under the code POW on January 14, 2019.

 Vo Thi Dung, deputy secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, has been picked to perform the duties of Tat Thanh Cang, the permanent deputy Party chief, during his leave of absence from December 17, 2018 to January 3, 2019.

 Vietnam has given priority to green growth during its economic development, according to Inter Press Service (IPS).

 The upgrading from Non-Residential to Residential Pontifical Representation shows a stride in the bilateral relations over the past decades.

 Vietnam always attach importance to strengthening and enhancing the traditional friendship and sound cooperation with Cambodia for benefits of both nations, as well as regional and global peace, stability, cooperation and development.

 After decades of being considered to be among the largest rice exporters in the world without a proper brand name, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially a logo for Vietnamese rice brand. 

Many seafood companies’ products, which can satisfy high standards to enter the US, EU and Japan, cannot be sold in the domestic market because of technical barriers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Under current regulations, state-owned schools do not have the right to recruit teachers, as this is the job of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will likely have to face another El Nino spell in the 2018-2019 winter-spring period. 

 More innovative IT and mobile products good news for online sales.

VietNamNet Bridge - With 80 million magnetic cards in circulation, commercial banks would have to spend trillions of dong to convert them into chip cards to ensure security.

 Considerable efforts have been made by the entire political system, sectors and localities to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as required by the European Commission.