The insurance sector is set to reach a 22 per cent growth rate in premium volume in 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge - The real estate market continues to be bustling, with a series of M&A deals in 2007 and to be made in 2018.

 With 13 socioeconomic development targets accomplished and a GDP growth of 6.7 per cent—the highest in the last ten years—2017 is considered a special year for the Vietnamese economy.

Vietnam’s GDP grew 6.81 per cent in 2017, a six-year high and surpassing the initial target of 6.7 per cent, driven by a recovery in agricultural production and a pickup in both industrial output and services.

 Driftwood from the Cai River is being washed up on Nha Trang Beach after two days of heavy rains.

 A babysitter in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has been found for mistreating a two-year-old local boy.

 Up to 24,439 minibuses and trucks with expired registrations will be banned on streets from January 1, 2018, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

 All contact has been lost with a fishing vessel operating in the waters off Tri Ton island of Truong Sa archipelago since December 20.

 A Russian tourist have been found drowned while his three friends rescued after being washed away by strong waves on a beach in Nha Trang City.

 The Securities Journalists Club on Wednesday announced the top 10 biggest events on Viet Nam’s stock market in 2017.

 Viet Nam’s benchmark VN Index increased for a fourth straight session on Wednesday on investor confidence in both the corporate sector and the country’s overall economy in the fourth quarter.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has allowed Viet Phat Company in the northern province of Lao Cai to export 200,000 tonnes of limonite ore to ease the company’s financial burden.

 The People’s Committee of the north-eastern Quang Ninh Province is calling for an investment of VND15 trillion (US$660.8 million) into five projects.

 Viet Nam’s national women’s football team have been invited to play in an international four-side friendly competition in Guangzhou, China, on January 19-23.

 Pham Le Thao Nguyen achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

Police in Dak Lakhas detained and launched criminal probes into 14 officials of Krong Bong District Branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development for deliberately violating State regulations. on economic management.

 Police in northern Thai Binh Province’s Dong Hung District have detained a young man for allegedly assaulting a doctor at a local emergency centre.

 The railway project management unit of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway has asked the police to identify the vandal who drew graffiti on the train.

 The Prime Minister has approved an adjustment plan to build Ho Chi Minh City into a major urban region with dynamic and sustainable development, playing a crucial role in Southeast Asia’s development.

 Vietnamese and Lao air defence and air forces will step up delegation exchanges and cooperation in training and technology.