VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is a ‘city of rivers and lakes’. However, many are in danger because of waste pollution.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Samsung has introduced the duo Galaxy S9 and S9+ on the threshold of the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. 

With the support of information technology, teachers are helping students from poor areas connect with friends around the world.

 Many firms in Vietnam, both local and domestic, will face tax audits this year.

 From February 20, 2018, logistics businesses have to meet the business conditions outlined in Decree No.163/2017/ND-CP on logistics services, replacing Decree No.140/2007/ND-CP.

While rumours circulate of the US potentially re-joining the TPP, renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the UK has also recently expressed wishes to have its name added to the pact. 

 As Decree No.116/2017/ND-CP  has tightened quality checks, it is very hard to import automobiles to Vietnam, but a huge investment wave is forming to hit the automotive industry.

Grab and Uber received permission to extend the pilot programmes on using technology applications to connect and manage transport activities until the new decree is issued and comes into effect.

Groups and corporations run by ministries and agencies will be shifted to the Committee for State Capital Management after the launching of this committee.

Demand for offices is forecast to increase sharply in 2018 thanks to the improved economy, while the number of co-working spaces will also expand proportionally. 

The capitalisation of Minh Phu Seafood Corporation decreased by $48.7 million after information that $10.8 million was appropriated from Chu Thi Binh’s - the wife of the “King of Shrimp”—savings account at Eximbank.  

Irrespective of listed domestic giants like Vingroup and Novaland Group securing substantial sales revenue and profits from the real estate sector in 2017.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has requested the United States to carefully consider alternative means to restrict the import of steel and aluminum products from Vietnam.

 Two Vietnamese players arrived in Kolkata for the India F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on March 5-11, their first event after the Lunar New Year festival.

 A young woman's sharing of her huge load of housework during Tet on social media has stirred controversy over the hard life of Vietnamese women. 

 More than 1,500 people have been killed in traffic accidents in the first two months of 2018 in Vietnam, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

 A flock of five ducks have made a home on Hoan Kiem Lake in recent days. 

 At least one person has been killed and 19 others seriously injured when a coach plunged into a valley in the central highlands province of Kon Tum on March 1.

 The lack of quality processed coffee for export and a neglected domestic market are preventing Vietnam from creating a recognisable coffee brand to the world.

The Southern Airport Authority has fined a chief flight attendant and three ground staff of VN Airport Ground Service Co Ltd US$176 each for letting a foreign passenger board the wrong flight.