Of $6.19 worth of capital that foreign investors used to contribute capital and buy into Vietnamese enterprises in 2017, 60 percent was injected into M&A deals in HCMC.

 Incentives are needed to encourage small- and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) to join green growth projects, said Hoang Thi Hong, Director of the SME Development Fund (SMEDF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Television’s channel 6 (VTV6, the youth channel) has become a site for digital natives, especially those born between the years 1985 and 2000.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 10,0000 people are expected to attend a music festival aimed at connecting all people together despite their age or interests.

Young Vietnamese singers — Min, Son Tung and Huong Tram, whose hits have garnered millions of views on Youtube — dominate the top five in all categories of the Zing Music Awards 2017,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel experts have urged HCM City to classify its tourism activities into specific groups with development potential, such as shopping tourism, community tourism and river tourism.

Ballets by Vietnamese and international choreographers will appear on stage at the HCM City Opera House on January 19, with the night’s highlight being a new contemporary ballet titled Falling Angels choreographed

 VietNamNet Bridge – The average income of civil servants from HCM City is expected to increase this year but will not exceed 1.8 times their main salaries, according to Le Thanh Phong, 

Thanh Ha villagers living on the banks of the Thu Bon River in the city of Hoi An, Quang Nam province have kept their traditional practice of making pottery by hand.

 French restaurant Jardin des Sens, a joint venture between SonKim Land and Pourcel Château Group, opened on January 12 in a heritage villa in HCM City’s District 3.

 Early bird registration for the sixth Manulife Da Nang International Marathon on August 12 opens today.

 Vietnam’s benchmark VNIndex has extended its growth for a fourth straight week, though recent market trading conditions suggest the benchmark index could struggle with rising selling pressures this week.

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) announced the White Book on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Vietnam at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh on January 14.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested to make football a transparent sport, at a recent seminar to discuss Vietnam football in Hanoi.

 However, the presence of counterfeit products under the name of Dai Bai copper has damaged the craft village’s reputation and local people’s livelihood. Therefore, protection of the brand of Dai Bai copper has been heeded more than ever.

 A high-level military delegation led by Minister of Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich is paying an official visit to Laos from January 15-17.

 Nguyen Quang Hai’s win brought Vietnam’s historic 1-0 victory over Australia in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship on January 14, and opened a door to all Group D teams competing in the quarter-finals in Kunshan, China.

Vo Quoc Uy and Duong Thien Quang won the boys’ double category at the International Tennis Federation’s Asia U14&U Development Championship, Division 2, on January 13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Vietnam Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Zone 3 on January 13 saved two foreign sailors who met an accident in the waters off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

 Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and other defendants in the trial for several charges of wrongdoings defended themselves during the trial’s argument on January 13 and 14.