The AFC described Vietnam as “penalty kings” in a recent article reviewing the three-week AFC U-23 Championship in Changzhou, China, in which Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian team to enter the continental tournament’s finals.

 The peak of Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son has been covered in frost since Monday after a cold spell hit the northern region on Sunday.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem tied with Alan Pichot of Argentina in the seventh round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 29.

 Vietnam saw decreases in the number of new HIV infections, people living with AIDS and AIDS-related fatalities for the tenth consecutive year in 2017, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee presented the “For the younger generation” insignia to Vietnam U23 head coach Park Hang-seo and the other members of the coaching staff.

 PetroVietnam Gas JSC (PV Gas) plans to sell 30 per cent of its total shares by 2020. Shell, Total, and Tokyo Gas have already expressed their desire to become strategic investors in the company.

A miniature watermelon, or pepino as it is known in its native South America, has appeared on the market for the past two years and is now much favoured by customers as a special ornamental plant for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

Nguyen Dang Quang has been recognized as the third Vietnamese dollar billionaire. Pham Nhat Vuong, the first Vietnamese dollar billionaire, has seen his stock assets approaching the $5 billion threshold. 

 Hundreds of thousands of fans endured cold weather to greet Vietnam’s U23 squad on January 28 as they returned home after winning a silver medal at the AFC U23 Championship.

 The Vietnam U23 squad has received rewards worth up to VND23 billion from different organizations after winning a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship.

 PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) may sell 30 per cent of its total shares to a strategic investor in 2020, the firm’s chairman, Le Nhu Linh, said on Monday.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has issued a document asking credit institutions and branches of foreign banks to push the resolving of non-performing loans in 2018.

 Many banks have planned to set up more branches and transaction offices in the early days of the new year to seize new business opportunities.

Thousands of Japanese goods imported into Vietnam will enjoy a zero percent tariff, in line with the Southeast Asian country’s commitments to lower tariffs.

 Despite concerns from economic experts about the undetermined scale and scope of Viet Nam’s undocumented market transactions, authorities are adamant that the illicit economy is under control and will soon be regulated heavily.

 Viet Nam still offers competitive labour costs for those wishing to invest in the Asia Pacific, the Vietnamese Total Workforce Index (TWI) has revealed.

 Many parents in Hanoi are desperate to find a babysitter for their children as nursery and primary schools are closed as temperatures dropped to below 10 degrees on January 30.

 Colonel Dinh Xuan Nghi, head of Hoi An Town's Police Department, said on January 29 that they were investigating a case where an Australian tourist was beaten up by a group of motorbike taxi drivers.

 Saigon Heat lost to Tanduay Alab Pilipinas of the Philippines 95-87 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at the CIS Arena in HCM City on January 28.

Reports released recently by market analysis firms all show that in the FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) sector, Vietnamese brands hold the upper hand over rivals from multinational corporations.