The story of FDI in Vietnam is largely one of peaks and troughs and now that foreign investment is generally stable there are certain changes required.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gao Hat Ngoc Troi An Giang will enjoy the participation of cyclist Ali Khademi from Iran at the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament later this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang have signed a contract with Cameroon’s midfielder, Louis Epassi Ewonde, to prepare for the national premier league.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of classic Vietnamese films will be screened for free to celebrate 65 years since the day President Ho Chi Minh founded Viet Nam’s revolutionary cinema.

Experts are concerned about the trend of Vietnamese businesspeople seeking second citizenship in other countries.

‘Entrants who come first in the test will be honoured on a golden board, rewarded with a beautiful costume and invited to attend a royal feast.’ So says the text carved on a stone stele for a royal examination held in 1442 

 Albeit not being listed among the top 10 largest exporters to the US, the Vietnamese steel industry may still suffer once the US applies new safeguard tariffs.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has set the target of installing e-tags on 3.2 million motorised vehicles by the end of this year to enable electronic toll collection (ETC) at Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) stations 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the central Thua Thien-Hue Province busted a large-scale gambling racket early Monday morning after months of monitoring.

 Authorities in the central highlands province of Kon Tum has issued fines of VND500m (USD22,400) to a group of eight illegal gold miners.

 Two more Vietnamese billionaires have been named in Forbes magazine's recently released 2018 list of world's richest people, raising the country’s total number of billionaires to four on the list.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sudden return of a soldier thought to be long dead in Cambodia during the 1980s has brought immense joy to his family.

 Viet Nam has been the second-largest partner of Japan in software and service outsourcing since 2014, FPT Software CEO Hoang Nam Tien spoke at the recent Viet Nam IT Day 2018 in Japan.

 The asset quality and profitability of 14 Vietnamese banks rated by Moody’s improved moderately year-over-year, driven by robust macroeconomic conditions and growth in core income, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday.

Facing a large amount of outstanding late payments in the taxation and customs branches, the Ministry of Finance is working on a draft resolution on handling tax arrears and irrecoverable fines to submit to the National Assembly.

 Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) is co-ordinating with relevant agencies to take timely measures and minimise the risks of a new proposal of the United States on import duties for steel.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has rejected the proposed Cai Cung thermal power plant project, saying that it wants to become a national centre of renewable energy and a large producer of shrimp farming.

 Ly Hoang Nam met no difficulties in entering the second round of the India F2 Futures tennis tournament after beating Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash of the hosts 6-4, 6-3 yesterday in Kolkata.

 The third VGA Union Cup is scheduled to take place at the Long Thanh Golf Course in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 21.

 Two retail and distribution groups from South Korea - K-holdings and Coupang - will co-operate with Vietnamese partners during their trip to Ha Noi on March 22.