Besides its 2018 list of 30 Under 30, Forbes has also named the 10 most promising faces are believed to go far in their fields. One of them is Pham Hy Hieu.

 Dr Luong Van Khoi, deputy director for the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast, talks about the important role of high technology in raising labour productivity.

 With their home only a two-hour flight away, investors of luxury apartments from Hong Kong are now looking to the emerging city of Hanoi, where accommodation is cheaper than elsewhere in the region.

 In order to comply with the new amendment on holding dual posts in commercial banks and enterprises, leaders of various banks, including LienVietPostBank and Nam A Bank took leave, signalling huge changes in the banks' board of directors.

 Opposite voices have been given at the international conference on 4G/5G technologies in Hanoi about whether Vietnam should prepare itself for the upcoming 5G technology while the 4G one has just been adopted. 

 Online public services are increasingly popular in HCMC, with 49% of citizens and enterprises using them in the first quarter of 2018.

Despite 4G service being launched 1-1/2 years ago, users have yet to experience what 4G is supposed to offer, with its speed still far slower than expected. 

 West Lake Water Park in Hanoi will open to visitors on April 21 to serve the high leisure demand in summer.

 Experts have voiced concerns over a major sea dyke project connecting Vung Tau City and Tien Giang Province’s Go Cong off the coast of HCMC.

 Information must be submitted prior to April 17 or services will be withdrawn.

 Growth to come from export expansion, rising domestic consumption, strong investment fueled by FDI, and strengthening agriculture, according to latest report.

 Stronger sanction measures are under considerations to facilitate listing process of equitised businesses.

The 2018 Vietnam E-Business Index that was released by the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) showed an overall 25 percent growth rate in e-commerce. More than 4,000 businesses were surveyed. 

In addition to Nguyen Thi Lam, mastermind of the case of appropriating VND50 billion ($2.2 million) at Eximbank’s branch in the central province of Nghe An's Vinh city, 15 other officers of the bank are also prosecuted.

 Phan Sao Nam, the mastermind behind the Rikvip online gambling ring, has pleaded guilty and returned VND500 billion ($22 million).

 A large number of Vietnamese businesses are in distress after ransomware GandCrab attacked their computers, demanding a ransom of $400-1,000.

 Through their user data business, Facebook and Google in 2017 embraced a quarter of the $100-billion global online advertising market, according to statistics of data analytics company Experian.

 An average of nine FDI projects in power generation and distribution were registered every month since June 2017, according to the Viet Nam Renewable Energy Report 2018.

 The Ministry of Finance has asked the Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Sabeco) to pay about VND2.5 trillion (US$111 million) worth of undistributed profit to the State Budget.

 The HCM City office market is rife with opportunities for property developers, especially the grade A and B segments which have been labouring under a shortage for the last couple of months, experts said.