The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has prosecuted a man for attempting to traffic 3.1kg of ivory items to Thailand via Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi one year ago.

 The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) will cancel the trading of more than 467.8 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on December 28, the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has announced.

 The year 2018 has witnessed impressive progress in the Russia-Vietnam cooperation in various fields, and 2019 promises to be an eventful year in the bilateral relations, said Russian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City Alexey Popov on December 26.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) said on December 26 that it has asked relevant agencies to verify the report that 152 Vietnamese tourists fled in Taiwan.

 The 9th plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on December 26 after two days of sitting. 

Head coach Park Hang-seo has announced the names of 24 players of the national men’s football team who will travel to Qatar for the team’s training camp ahead of the AFC Asian Cup 2019.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has drafted a regulation which would create favourable conditions for foreign investors to join in the process of State-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) privatisation and capital divestment. 

The Ministry of Transport has assigned the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to look into the cause of the latest incident at Vietjet Air when Flight VJ513 of the budget carrier from Noi Bai Airport to Da Nang faced a technical error.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports about the real estate market in the last two years show a sharp increase in the number of Chinese buyers in Vietnam.

Local people in Sa Dec flower village in Dong Thap province are working to prepare flowers and bonsai plants for sale serving Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students begin to have lessons about sex education and sexual abuse in the fifth grade, but many teachers think this is too late.

VietNamNet Bridge - Unlike most developed markets, Vietnamese mostly buy smartphones from retailers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reporters posing as customers who want to buy wildlife to keep as pets or to have a party were able to easily access restaurants and refrigerators full of wild animal meat recently. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A policeman in Phan Thiet City in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan was stabbed to death while on duty this morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Corporation (Transerco) on Tuesday introduced four new bus routes to strengthen links with suburban areas.

 Vietnam’s first domestic chip cards will be launched in the first quarter of 2019 to enhance safety and service quality of the country’s bank card operations.

 The Ministry of Transport has ordered an urgent investigation into the latest incident at Vietjet Air when flight VJ689 of the budget carrier landed in a wrong runway at Cam Ranh International Airport.

 Eleven places of huge cultural and historical value have been recognised as national special relic sites under Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Decision 1820/QD-TTg 

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has warned local people and firms to consider carefully and be cautious before taking part in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending as there are many potential risks related to the service.

 The Law on Cyber Security, the Law on Denunciation, the Law on Planning, and the Law on Defence are among the 10 laws which will take effect since January 1, 2019.