VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam talks to Vietnam News Agency about Japan’s visa policy for Vietnamese guest workers.

 Vietnam's newest carrier takes delivery of new generation aircraft on January 16.

 E-wallet and digital financial services platform secures undisclosed funding from leading global private equity firm.

 Venture capital fund Insignia Ventures Partners has signed an agreement with Topica Founder Institute (TFI) to support start-ups in the country.

 The Hà Nội Transport Corporation (Transerco) on Thursday officially introduced two new bus routes to strengthen links between the central city with suburban areas.

 The 22nd Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 17 as part of the ongoing ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019.

 One Vietnamese worker was killed, while another was wounded while working on a fishing vessel which caught fire off the coast the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 17.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-level delegation of Vietnam to the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF), to be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 22-25.

 President of the Australian Senate Scott Ryan will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 20-25 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, according to the NA Committee for External Relations.

 The Hanoi High-level People’s Court has reduced the sentence given by the Hoa Binh People’s Court to Dao Quang Thuc for conducting “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Clause 1, Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung hosted a reception  in Hanoi on January 17 for Toshiko Abe, member of the Japan House of Representatives and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, who has been in Vietnam to attend the sixth Japan-Vietnam Festival.

 A majority of credit institutions in the country expect an upward trend in their business in 2019 after gaining good results last year, according to a State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) survey released late last week.

 Vietnam is projected to stand behind Nigeria, Egypt and Bangladesh in the list.

With the Vietnamese economy producing an 11-year record in growth with 7.08 per cent last year, high-profile international organisations are seeing the country as a big highlight in Asia, with strong prospects to growth further in 2019. 

 The ongoing capital shift from China to Vietnam in the manufacturing sector will contribute to rising manpower needs.

Many thermal power projects in Vietnam have had to wait up to 10 years to obtain a license for construction, while it takes only three years to finalize the projects.

 Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo has expressed his satisfaction with the performance delivered by the Golden Dragons in their last Group D match, facing Yemen at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on January 16.

Unique pig themed paper money has gone on sale, attracting customers who want to use them as lucky money ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VietNamNet Bridge - Finance and securities analysts are not overly concerned about stock market prospects in 2019, despite the recent downward trend.

 It is expected that it will take Vietnam less than 20 years to have the proportion of elderly people increase from 7% to 14%.