The Ministry of Public Security-prepared draft of a law on entry and exit has a provision requiring an electronic chip to be attached to Vietnamese passports to store biometric data and identification information.

 After an eight-month investigation into Grab’s acquisition of Uber in the Vietnamese market, the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) has concluded that the deal violated the economic concentration rules of the 2014 Competition Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Quang, CEO of BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, said making phones is like making pho (a traditional dish of Vietnam). 

 The People’s Court in the south-central province of Binh Thuan opened a trial on December 12, for a total of 12 defendants, including some customs officers, who were involved in the country’s largest-ever fuel smuggling ring worth US$86 million.

 China will remain the country’s greatest potential tra fish buyer over the next two years despite its strict regulations on tra fish imports, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every year, retailers from the east to the west, including Walmart, Fairprice and LotteMart, travel around the world and come to Vietnam to seek suppliers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The shortage of teachers of English in Vietnam has become so serious that some language centres are employing native English speakers without qualifications.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some corporations in Vietnam have committed to reuse and recycle 100 percent of their waste to improve environmental quality.

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has retained its forecast for Vietnam’s economic growth at 6.9 percent in 2018 and 6.8 percent in 2019 in its new report. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s fintech market was valued at $4.4 million by the end of 2017, and the figure may reach $7.8 billion by 2020, a study of Solidiance found.

 The National Assembly has issued a resolution on State budget estimates for 2019, in which total State budget collection will likely reach $60.67 billion.

 The number of passengers going through Vietnamese airports is estimated to hit 106 million by the end of this year, a rise of 12.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

 Heavy rains over the weekend caused serious flooding across the central region with one person reportedly missing in Quang Nam province after being swept away.

 While growth is set to ease in 2019, Vietnam will still be among the top 10 fastest-growing economies globally, according to a report recently released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

 Vietnam has taken specific actions to fulfill her commitments to promoting and protecting human rights at national, regional and international levels as a responsible member of the international community. 

 A fake website was found to sell online football tickets for the upcoming second leg of the final match between Vietnam and Malaysia in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). 

Vietnam was expected to remain one of the top ten remittance receivers in 2018, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief released last weekend. 

 The World Bank (WB) expects Vietnam’s economic growth this year at nearly 6.8 percent, compared to the 6.3 percent projected for East Asia and the Pacific, in a report released on December 11.

 Midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is the only footballer from Vietnam nominated for the Best Footballer of Asia Award by Titan Sports and Fox Sports Asia.

Many large corporations have incurred losses after investing in agriculture projects, but money continues flowing into the agriculture sector, while investors are preparing to ‘play big’.