VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing the use of non-fired building materials is a trend in many countries, including Vietnam.

Nguyen Manh Dung, CEO of Namilux, one of the leading gas stove manufacturers in Vietnam, said his company tied up with a Japanese partner and has adopted Japanese standards in its production for nearly 20 years.

Many property developers in HCM City are moving to neighbouring provinces and cities and even as far away as the central region as city authorities are issuing fewer licences and legal procedures elsewhere are simpler.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several local banks are reportedly determined to list on stock markets in 2019 after delaying last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Laos have enjoyed a traditional friendship, special solidarity and thriving partnership in all fields.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 65.3 per cent of Japanese companies in Vietnam gained operating profits in 2018, 0.2 percentage points more than in the previous year.

2018 was a successful year for the wood industry, with the export of wood products earning the country over 8.9 billion USD (not including non-wood forestry products), up 14.5 percent from the previous year.

Head of the NA’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 2019 Parliamentary Hearing – Emerging Challenges to Multilateralism between the IPU and the UN, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) said on February 21 that 19 wild animals of rare and threatened species were rescued from illegal traders and trappers, and subsequently released back into nature in January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese accordion players have won the first-place prize at the China ASEAN International Accordion Competition in the 18 to 35 group, which recently concluded in Nanning City, Guangxi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State employees will get eight days off for two public holidays in April, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Youth Karate Championship this year will begin in Lam Dong Province on May 28, the National Sports Administration has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Book boxes along the streets of Germany and the sight of people reading while on the subways in Belgium greatly impressed Vietnamese PhD student Nguyen Tuan Nam during his time in Europe.

In 2018, the number of electric bikes that Vietnam exported to the EU increased significantly. At the same time, the EC conducted an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese electric bike imports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A peach blossom festival is taking place at Dong Van stone plateau in Meo Vac district of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Vietnam and South Sudan signed a joint communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the headquarters of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Argentina have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the state visit to Vietnam by Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his spouse from February 19-21. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all localities and sectors to continue simplifying administrative procedures while chairing a conference of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – Preparations for the upcoming second summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are on schedule, earning appreciation from the two countries, 

 Vietnam’s fast-growing ecommerce has exposed shortcomings in the current legislation, posing challenges for both government agencies and users, Cong Thuong newspaper, run by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reported.