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Passengers via Tan Son Nhat airport to rise 25 percent during Tet

An estimated 4.1 million passengers are forecast to go through  Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, up 25 percent from the 2017 Tet.

Caution predicted on stock market before Tet

Selling pressure is predicted to extend to this week’s trading, which may have negative impacts on the stock market, in the context of declining trade by foreign investors and unexpected movements in the US market.

Vietnam triumph at international dragon and lion dance festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam triumphed at the International Dragon and Lion Dance Festival which concluded in Singapore on Saturday.

Vietnam beat Bahrain in AFC Futsal Champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam defeated Bahrain 2-1 in the second match of the AFC Futsal Championship in Chinese Taipei on Saturday.

Vietnamese famed composer dies, aged 88

Famed Vietnamese composer Hoang Van died Sunday, aged 88. His son, conductor Le Phi Phi shared his deep sorrow in a Facebook status, saying he was working abroad when his father passed away and would return to Vietnam

‘Super committee’ applauded as it will stop governing body

Though observers have different views about the establishment of a ‘super committee’ to manage state capital and assets in enterprises, they agree that the current policy will come to an end.

Vietnam continues to develop coal-fired power despite environmental risks

Vietnam had a bumper year in attracting FDI (foreign direct investment) in 2017. The three coal-fired thermal power projects registered by Japanese investors had total capital of $7 billion.

Female scientist to make drugs to support cancer treatment

Of the 102 medicinal plants used by Pako-Van Kieu ethnic people in the Central Region to treat diseases, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoai has found 30 species containing antioxidants with the ability to kill cancer cells.

VN plans to send unemployed university graduates to Japan

Vietnamese are the second largest community of expat workers in Japan, which employs 1.28 million foreign workers, just after China. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives in Laos for government committee meeting

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Wattay international airport in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on the morning of February 4 for the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-government Committee to which he is the co-chair.

Muong woman brings light to her village

For many ethnic people, solar energy is a new concept, but Pham Thi Nam, a 50-year-old Muong woman from Dong Luong Commune in Thanh Hoa Province’s Lang Chanh District, now knows what it’s all about.

It’s time to build satellite cities

Nguyen Hong Thuc, director general of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations’ Settlement Research Institute, talks to the Tuoi tre newspaper about the need to adjust development strategies ...

Phu Tho receives UNESCO heritage of humanity certificate for Xoan Singing

 Xoan Singing of the northern province of Phu Tho received a UNESCO certificate of an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.

Stocks thrive as market reaches new highs

The current rise of the stock market reminds investors of days 10 years ago, when any purchase would bring high profits to investors.

Quang Tri’s barefoot "bank owner" helps farmers escape poverty

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Quang Huu, 44, of Dakrong District in the central province of Quang Tri, is known as a bank owner who has risen from owning nothing to offering loans to 600 poor local households. 

Vietnam fears effects of US tax bill on foreign investment

Tax reform passed by the US Congress at the end of last year may affect Vietnam’s economy as US investors are likely to send their investment back home, where the CIT rate has been slashed, Vietnamese economic experts have warned.

Property sales rise in January

 The domestic property market reported more sales in January compared to December 2017, according to the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Property Market Management Department.

VN cities plan for urban green growth

 With the urban green growth development plan to 2030 recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Viet Nam is hastening the transformation of its urban economic growth model towards green growth and climate change adaptation.

VN seeks to accelerate agricultural restructuring

Accelerating agricultural restructuring towards large-scale and high-tech production became critical for the sector involving 70 per cent of the country’s population but contributing just below 20 per cent of the country’s GDP.

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