Stakeholders are waiting patiently for Vietnam’s stock market to receive a much sought-after upgrade from MSCI.

With the VN Index increasing sharply by 48 percent in 2017, stocks were the assets with the highest profitability. No other assets, except bitcoin, brought such impressive profits.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen A is bewitched by the hau dong ritual, where a medium goes into a trance and incarnates as various deities.

 Kyle Julius, head coach of Saigon Heat, is considered one of the most well-known names that Canadian basketball has ever had.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At half-past 10 in the morning, the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB pump) started running, making a steady sound.

 Four of 12 State-owned loss-making projects could be revitalized after Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue approved a restructuring plan for the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) in the 2017-2020 period.

 Real estate stocks are expected to return to the spotlight in 2018, as the sector recovers from its chronic issues and firms gear up for major merger and acquisition deals.

 In addition to VND200 billion needed to upgrade 22 stadiums, HCMC will invest over VND15 trillion (US$660 million) in Rach Chiec sports complex and Phan Dinh Phung sports center to host the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in 2021.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese enterprises made hefty investments in automobile manufacturing projects in 2017, with the aim of becoming an automobile production center in SE Asia.

The opening of the first IQ8 gasoline station in Hanoi marks a new stage for Vietnam’s retail gasoline sector.

 One young Vietnamese engineer aims to build the first Vietnamese-made robot and already provides robotics to the local manufacturing sector.

Vietnamese designer Dang Thi Bich Ngoc has won the 2017 Graphic Design Awards of the USA for the first time with a set of four posters featuring characters from an ancient Tuong (classical drama) play entitled ‘San Hau’.

 In such a village in the central coastal province of Phu Yen the beauty of apricot blossoms, one of the typical flowers of Vietnam in Tet holiday is attracting visitors.

 For multinational companies and foreign investors doing business in Vietnam, experts advocate minimising the FX risk through hedging, knowing that the dong may be steady today but may move unexpectedly tomorrow.

 Polestar Inc, a firm specializing in oil and gas transport in Texas in the U.S., wants to acquire a 49% stake in Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR), the operator of Dung Quat Oil Refinery.

 Vietnamese American film director Stephane Gauger of Yêu Đi, Đừng Sợ (Kiss and Spell) has died of a stroke at the age of 48, according to a representative from the production team behind the movie.

 Music reporters gathered in Hanoi and HCM City to select the nominees for the annual musical awards by Vietnam News Agency’s Culture & Sport newspaper.

 Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank) reported a pre-tax profit of more than VND11 trillion (US$482.5 million) in 2017.

 Members of the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) sold more than 3.2 million motorcycles in 2017, marking a year-on-year increase of 4.8 per cent.

 F&N Dairy Investments Pte Ltd has registered to purchase 14.5 million shares in Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) in a bid to raise its ownership in Vietnam’s largest dairy producer.