According to the Eurocham’s White Book 2018, Vietnam is among the most dynamic economies in the region and the country attracted nearly US$30 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, up 44% from 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that as businesses strengthen their digital marketing activities, the demand for workers in the field will be increasing sharply. 

 EY’s Global Banking Outlook 2018 shows that 85 per cent of banks name the implementation of a digital transformation programme as a business priority for 2018.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on April 24 was granted with a first-class Labour Order in recognition of its excellent achievements from 2012 to 2016.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Inspection Commission has proposed imposing the highest disciplinary measure against Dinh La Thang, member of the CPVCC and Vice Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for Economic Affairs.

 Vietnam demanded China to immediately end illegal activities in the areas of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, to respect the Southeast Asian country’s sovereignty over the archipelagos.

 The fresh signing of a joint vision statement on defence cooperation through 2030 between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will contribute to promoting defence relations in a deeper and more practical manner.

 A grand ceremony was held on April 24 in Hoa Lu district, the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh, to celebrate 1,050 years of the establishment of Dai Co Viet, the first centralized feudal state of Vietnam.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan expected that Viet Nam and Sri Lanka will actively and effectively realize the agreements signed in April 2017, striving to raise the two-way trade value to US$1 billion in the upcoming time. 

 Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has defended a plan to slap a property tax on home, land and other asset owners, saying it would not affect low-income people.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications said on April 20 that the Government has relaxed business conditions for those providing computer gaming services, and launching and operating news aggregators and social networks.

 Technology transfers from foreign firms to domestic partners have been as scant as ever, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of HCMC, at a meeting with foreign firms on April 21.

 Shareholders of HCMC Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) have approved a plan in which Petrolimex Group Commercial Joint Stock Bank (PG Bank) will be merged into HDBank.

 The Prime Minister’s economic advisory team has projected average economic growth at 6.85% between now and 2020.

 The Drug and Crime Prevention Department in coordination with Lao police force have caught red-handed a Lao man who was smuggling 40kg of methamphetamine, 120,000 pills of synthetic drug and two cakes of heroin into Vietnam.

 Police in the central highlands province of Dak Nong have prosecuted and arrested five people involving in the large-scale fake coffee production in the area.

 As many as 46 % disabled people in Vietnam think that they should not love and get married according to a survey released on April 23 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

 Vice Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Le Van Khoa has submitted his resignation letter to municipal authorities citing health problems. 

 The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to spend around VND9.8 trillion (USD445.5 millon) on building Terminal 3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 Over a quarter of businesses that have been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks do not think they were the intended target, showing that businesses cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to today’s threat landscape.