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Seven worrying problems for HCMC’s real estate market in 2019

VietNamNet Bridge - The property market is worried about ‘land fever’ amid a shortage of available land.

Indonesia opens Darmasiswa Scholarship 2019-2020 program

 2019-2020 program to present 650 scholarships to students to study the Indonesian language, culture and arts.

Liem wins first round of Gibraltar event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem had a good start in the Masters event of the Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 in the UK on Tuesday.

Hanoi to promote its image on CNN

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will continue to co-operate with US television network CNN to promote the city as a new destination for sporting events, including the upcoming Formula 1 Race.

H’Hen Nie among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam by Global Beauties

 H’Hen Nie has been named as the only Vietnamese representative among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam as selected by Global Beauties.

ANZ staff charged with appropriation of VND91 billion

 The former head of the Customer Relations Department at ANZ’s South Sai Gon branch, Nguyen Pham Gia Tho, abused his position to appropriate over VND91 billion ($3.95 million).

GrabFood heats up food delivery market

 Speed and technology have become potent ingredients in Vietnam's sizzling food delivery market.

Ancient sua tree in Hanoi to be felled to stop theft

 Authorities in Hanoi's Chuong My District have decided to fell a valuable 130-year-old sua tree so that local people can earn money from the tree rather than it possibly being stolen.

Nearly $900 million injected in Vietnamese startups in 2018

 Vietnamese startups were invested in to the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

PM arrives in Switzerland, starting activities at WEF Davos 2019

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Zurich International Airport, Switzerland at 7am on January 23 and immediately moved to Davos for scheduled activities within the framework of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum.

A new moon rising alongside a gold star

There is a perfect storm brewing for Vietnam in the coming fortnight as family and friends come together for their annual celebrative binge of being Vietnamese for the lunar new year festival, called Tet.

Traffic police strengthen checks on drivers nationwide

 Increased measures are being taken to detect and penalize the drivers of trucks and coaches who abuse drugs and alcohol while driving, following deadly accidents recently caused by such drivers.

Go-Viet drivers quit due to higher commission rate

 Many partner-drivers of the ride-hailing brand Go-Viet, a unit of Indonesian firm Go-Jek, have voiced their opposition to a new policy of Go-Viet to increase the commission rate to 20% from the current 0%. 

Three million Vietnamese children face amblyopia

 Around 15-20% of children aged between 3 and 5 in the world suffer from eye diseases, including three million facing amblyopia in Vietnam.

Vietnamese woman arrested in Paris on drug charges pleads not guilty

A Vietnamese woman named Pham Thi Tuyet Mai was arrested in Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France last month, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

Three tourists fall to their deaths at Khanh Hoa waterfall

 Three tourists died after falling from Ta Gu Waterfall in Khanh Hoa Province on January 22.

Vietnam’s cross-border trade index drops by seven places

 After five years of executing the Government’s Resolution 19 on the improvement of the national business environment, Vietnam’s business climate index has risen by 13 spots, but its index on cross-border trade has fallen by seven places.

Embark on a digital tour through France’s famous cultural sites

 VietNamNet Bridge – Making French cultural tourism a worldwide experience is what the exhibition France eMotion – The Animated Journey is aiming to do at L’Espace in Hanoi.

Natural and man-made disasters damage central region

Residents in the central region have been familiar with floods for many generations. Floods last year still attacked Da Nang City, Quang Nam and other central provinces in the 11th month and caused severe damage.

Homebuyers worry about interest rate hike

 Many homebuyers have voiced concerns over a possible rise in interest rates for home loans due to the banks’ tightening of property loans since the beginning of 2019, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.