VinaPhone yesterday distributed nearly 5,000 eSIMs for its customers who had pre-ordered this from January 2019.  It also announced the official mass launch of eSIM onto the market from March 11, 2019.

 The technology of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) has been introduced to Vietnam, yet unable to attract much interest from related businesses. 

 Genetica Company has just signed a contract with American International Hospital, locating in District 2 of Ho Chi Minh City, for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in gene decoding.

Besides Vietnam’s free trade agreements, Chinese policies on promoting economic growth and reducing investment in labor-intensive industries have ignited a rising inflow of Chinese capital to Vietnam, experts said.

 In the first two months of 2019, the prospect of market status upgrading and the strong participation of foreign cash flow via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has created momentum for large-cap stocks to increase strongly.

Associate Professor Nguyen Huu Uoc, head of the Cardiothoracic Department under the Vietnam-Germany Hospital, and his associates have successfully performed the most difficult heart surgery in his 10 years of working, to save a Japanese tourist.

With the growing rate of the ultra-high net worth population at 31% in the next five years, Vietnam is named among the world’s top five fastest growing countries, according to the 2019 Wealth Report recently released by Knight Frank. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A new species of damselfly has been discovered by a Vietnamese scientist, Phan Quoc Toan, director of the Center of Entomology & Parasitology Research at Duy Tan University.

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Vietnamese consumers continued to show confidence in the final quarter of 2018, placing their country in the fourth position on the global consumer confidence benchmark.

 The HCMC government is stepping up a goods storage plan to meet demand in case African swine fever hits the city, even though no outbreaks have been reported in the city so far, heard a meeting held today, March 5.

Several policies have been introduced lately in Vietnam, especially in HCMC, to renovate the current facilities as well as improve teaching quality in schools. However, they soon bump into difficulties, greatly disappointing the public. 

 HCMC aims to cut off non-biodegradable plastic bags in supermarkets, shopping malls and markets, collect and recycle plastic bags produced from household activities this year.

Painter Nguyen Xuan Luc will hold his first solo exhibition called “Particles” at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from March 11 to 18, featuring 34 square-sized and rectangular works and 16 round paintings.

 Only losing one game in each set, Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam easily beat his junior Lam Hoang Nam 6-1, 6-1 to book a quarterfinal berth at the Vietnam Professional Tennis Tournament 2019.

 Ho Chi Minh City FC trounced Nam Dinh FC 2-0 in their match day 2 meeting at Thong Nhat Stadium, March 5, to stay firmly on top of the V.League table with nine points after three consecutive victories.

 Early March, gradual saltwater intrusion in coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta is threatening to the primary production system and daily activities.

 A program to survey the status of some large important animals at Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park has recorded tens of gaur individuals moving in herd.

Five local and foreign investors have registered to participate in a public tender for developing the long-stalled Binh Quoi-Thanh Da ecological urban area project, said Vo Van Hoan, head of the city government’s office.

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