Saigon Heat beat Hong Kong Eastern 118-115 at their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on home turf at the CIS Arena in HCM City on Sunday.

Fulbright University estimates that Vietnam’s informal economic sector makes up 25-30 percent of total GDP and has 57 percent of total number of workers.

 The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to dismiss Le Phuoc Thanh from the position of Secretary of the Quang Nam provincial Party Committee for the 2010-2015 tenure. 

 Vietnam came from behind to beat hosts Chinese Taipei 3-1 for a berth in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship on February 5.

Children in HCMC are suffering from an overload in school curriculum, members of the Children’s Council of HCMC said at the council’s second meeting themed “Our city” on February 4.

 Malaysia will consider receiving more skilled Vietnamese labourers and create favourable legal procedures for workers from the country, said Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman.

 Mountain peaks in Nam Khat, Cao Pha, La Pan Tan and Mo De commune, Mu Cang Chai district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been covered with ice for the third time within only one month.

 Vietnam’s population is estimated to reach 94.7 million at the end of 2018, according to the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Health Ministry. 

The Hanoi People’s Court on February 5 sentenced former Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC) Trinh Xuan Thanh to life imprisonment.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and Chairwoman of the country’s National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on February 5.

 Police of the northern province of Quang Ninh and the Ministry of Public Security said on February 5 that they arrested two Chinese persons who are being wanted by Chinese police for swindling and appropriating assets. 

 Thousands of migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City are worried about transport ticket shortages as the biggest festival of the year approaches.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung met on February 5 with Marten van den Berg, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations at the Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry, calling for more support in smart city building.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on the evening of February 5, finishing his activities within the framework of the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Vientiane, Laos.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh met with Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan in Singapore on February 5.

Singapore will help Vietnam develop a roadmap for transforming industries and improving digital management and business capacity.

 Vietnamese shares plummeted as investor confidence was dampened by worries over the increasing pace of the US central bank’s interest rate hike this year.

Some Vietnamese banks have made meaningful progress in the resolution of legacy problem assets, a positive credit for the sector, Moody’s said on February 5.

With Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Vietnam will miss many benefits it once expected to get.

Hanoi seems to be moving ahead of HCMC in restricting private cars to enter the inner city. Though it is considered a ‘negative’ solution, it is still the only choice of local authorities in the two largest cities in Vietnam.