VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese automobile brands have never been favored in Vietnam, but more Zotye and BAIC cars made in China can now be seen on the streets.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ordered authorities of provinces and cities nationwide to intensify management of cultural festivals this year to ensure the safety of participants.

André Laperrière, Executive Director of Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition (GODAN), talks to Việt Nam News reporter Trong Kien on the role of data in smart, hi-tech agriculture and sustainable development.

 SCG, a Thai-owned Southeast Asian conglomerate, reported revenue from sales of more than VND30.96 trillion (US$1.34 billion) from its Viet Nam operations in 2018, up 20 per cent year-on-year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City tourism authorities will focus on marketing and promotion campaigns to attract more foreign tourists this year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

A joint venture of US-based ExxonMobil and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has advanced plans for a multi-billion dollar gas exploitation project off Vietnam’s central shore, Rigzone reported.

 Hanoi streets are suffering gridlock at peak hours as the Tet holiday nears. 

 Many flights at Tan Son Nhat International Airport have been delayed or even cancelled due to overloading as Tet nears.

 The Health Department in HCM City has added motorbikes to the ambulance fleet in District 2 to deal with congestion on January 30.

 Three major airlines in Vietnam has reported operating profits for full year 2018.

 As car ownership in Viet Nam continues to rise and a higher volume of customers visit the service centre, expectations of the overall service initiation process have increased.

 The number of non-performing loans (NPLs) at many banks has decreased dramatically in the past few months, with some even posting a decline of more than half.

 Early this week, many ATM users and card holders complained they could not withdraw cash from ATMs and had to go to bank branches instead.

 Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Viet Nam.

 The start of 2019 saw moderate growth in the Vietnamese manufacturing sector, according to a Nikkei report released on Friday.

 Bỏ mả (leaving tomb), the biggest festival of the Raglai ethnic community, was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage at a ceremony in Ninh Thuận Province’s Thuận Bắc District on Wednesday night.

 Vietnam’s No 1 chess player Le Quang Liem finished ninth at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 which concluded yesterday.

 Pickling onions is a tradition in many regions in Việt Nam during the Lunar New Year holidays and here is our simple guide to the best ways to make sure you are a perfect pickler!

 As Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is around the corner, officials and soldiers on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago are rushing to prepare for the holiday.

 Economists have given bright outlook to Vietnamese economy, with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s credit growth target of 14 percent achievable.