Hanoi’s narcotics police have caught two men for illegally transporting a large amount of heroin from the mountainous Northwest for retail dealers in the capital city.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council (ninth tenure) set a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 8.3-8.5 percent for 2018 during its sixth session that took place from December 4-7. 

 Vietnam is witnessing a wave of digitalisation in the retail banking industry, driven by industry 4.0 technologies.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on December 6 opened proceedings in the case of ex-deputy director of the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Pham Minh Nguyet, and five others accused of violations in economic management.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made it clear that Hong Kong is an important partner and market of Vietnam at a reception for Shen Tian Qing, Chairman of Jia Yuan group of Hong Kong (China) in Hanoi on December 7.

The deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Le Tuan Dinh has reassured the public that the air quality in Hanoi is not as bad as the figures in the Green Innovation and Development Centre’s (GreenID) report.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more foreign capital is being poured into Vietnamese companies as the government speeds up the equitization and divestment process.

VietNamNet Bridge - Of more than 3,300 highly cited scientific researchers named by Clarivate Analytics, four are Vietnamese.

According to the MInistry of Science and Technology (MST) and Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam now has 24,000 PhDs and 16,514 lecturers with a doctorate, and needs to have 36,000 more PhDs in the 2018-2025 period.

 HCM City’s waterway buses have already transported thousands of passengers in the ten days since beginning services.

 The Ministry of Finance will continue coordinating with the State Bank of Viet Nam and other competent authorities to review the use of Malaysian company Grab’s grants from the mother company to its local branch.

 Samsung Electronics Viet Nam has overtaken Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to become the largest firm in Viet Nam in 2017.

 Six new agreements were inked between organisations from Viet Nam and Ontario in Canada, including five in education, during a trade promotion event in Ha Noi on Wednesday.

 Pharmaceutical stocks are once again under the limelight thanks to upcoming state withdrawals, new capital inflows, and possible removals of foreign ownership limits.

Violations have been uncovered in Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) and its member companies’ investment and management activities, leading to massive losses.

 Despite difficulties in the global shipping market, joint-venture ports between Vietnam National Shipping Lines and its foreign partners achieved good numbers in this year’s first 10 months, signalling an upward trend after years of poor performance.

All businesses have to pay tax for income they earn in Vietnam. However, Vietnamese taxation bodies have not found solutions to force foreign online booking agents such as booking.com and Agoda to fulfill their tax duties.

 Dozens of motorbike drivers skidded and fell off their bikes in the Kim Lien Underpass in Hanoi on Thursday morning. 

 Police in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District have detained a local man who mistreated his 10-year-old son for a prolonged period.

 Viet Nam’s Housing Development Bank (HD Bank) will be the fifth bank to list its shares on the country’s stock exchanges after VIB, Kienlongbank, VPBank and LienVietPostBank.