Vietnam is set to reform its policies to attract more renewable energy investment in the time to come. 

 2019 will be a busy year for ministries looking to cut business prerequisites, and firms should contribute to making the process more efficient, said Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

 Vietnam’s U16 team gathered in Hanoi on January 5 to kick off their nearly-two-month training for the second qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s U16 Championship.

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned banks, all with huge capital, continued to show their strength in 2018.

 Dragon Capital, a Ho Chi Minh City-based fund management company, has become a major shareholder in Vietnam’s three biggest securities firms.

 Vietnamese filmmaker Linh Nga’s ‘Inside This Peace’ has won the prize for the Best Feature Documentary at the California Women’s Film Festival.

 Storm Pabuk, the first to hit the East Sea this year, killed one person, left one missing and injured six others in southern localities by 10am on January 5.

In addition to joining the previous WTO, participating in a new-generation Free Trade Agreement, such as the CPTPP, will be an opportunity for Vietnam to continue to improve its economic institution.

 An airplane carrying the bodies of three Vietnamese people, who were killed in a recent roadside bomb in Egypt, arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on early January 6.

More than 90,600 enterprises had to suspend operation in 2018, a sharp increase of 50 percent over the year before, which economists described as “worryingly high”.

 After obtaining major achievements since 1988, Vietnam has now begun focusing on luring new-generation foreign direct investment with higher quality and effectiveness. 

 The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China is expected to reshape the highly-open ASEAN region through 2019, while also helping to promote Vietnam as the world’s next manufacturing hub. 

 The Hanoi Investigative Police late yesterday, January 4, issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Nguyen Kim Hung, alias Hung “Kinh”, head of a goods loading team in the city’s Long Bien market.

 Major General Luong Tam Quang, head of the office of the Ministry of Public Security, speaking at a press briefing at the ministry on January 4, dismissed as baseless the rumor that Nguyen Bac Son, former Minister of Information and Communications.

 Colonel Nguyen Chi Phuong, director of the Thanh Hoa City Police, has been suspended for allegedly taking a VND260 million bribe from a former police officer.

 VTV’s divestment from the joint venture must be carried out in a cautious manner as it involves French cable television channel Canal+.

 Hanoi authorities are destroying pavements to widen the streets as an attempt to curb congestion, according to a decision by the Department of Transport.

 Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 Le Au Ngan Anh is preparing to sue the Department of Performing Arts for not granting her a licence to take part in the Miss Intercontinental 2018.

 Hanoi is experiencing a cold snap as temperatures have dropped below 10 degrees centigrade at night, leaving many struggling to find warmth. 

   The first storm of the year, Storm Pabuk, is heading toward Thailand causing rough seas and heavy rains in Ca Mau City.