Many hospitals in HCM City face chronic overcrowding as they provide service for local patients as well as those from other provinces. Patients from outside the city now account for some 60 percent.

Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Chairwoman of the National Assembly, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the important tasks for Vietnamese law makers in 2018

 The People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province has temporarily suspended Le Phuoc Hoai Bao from his post as Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, according to Chief of the committee’s Office Nguyen Hong Quang.

Alarming pollution readings were recorded in the capital of Hanoi and HCM City in the previous year, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 30.

 The “Provisional National Government of Vietnam” is a terrorist organisation in accordance with Vietnamese and international law, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has announced.

 Banks are investing significantly in retail banking services instead of only focusing on corporate lending in the hope of gaining higher profits from the potential segment this year.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend and co-chair the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Laos on February 4-5, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue close cooperation with its Vietnamese counterpart so as to enhance the two countries’ relations in an effective manner, said Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and the US’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow co-chaired the ninth Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue in Hanoi on January 30.

The Vietnam Veterans of America on January 30 handed over records related to remains of Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in 1971 at Khe Gio bridge in Cam Thanh commune, Cam Lo district, the central province of Quang Tri.

According to Ban Viet Securities (VCSC), the Vietnamese beer market is now controlled by Sabeco which holds 40 percent of market share, Heineken 25 percent, Habeco 18 percent and Carlsberg 10.8 percent. 

VietNamNet Bridge - iPhone X products are still selling like well in Vietnam, though international media report that poor sales because of its high price, about $1,000.

Geomagnetic storms this year will not be strong in intensity and thus not likely to affect people’s health.

Some secondary schools in HCMC plan to select students with aptitude tests rather than traditional exams, while several universities have decided to enroll students based on SAT and IELTS results.

 Experts have called for a second thought on a plan of the General Statistics Office (GSO) to include the non-observed economy in the calculation of Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP), reports Tien Phong newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam of Becamex Binh Duong secured a place to compete in the quarter-finals of the Viet Nam Tennis Federation Pro Tour 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 62 paintings will be displayed at an exhibition of Vietnamese traditional folk art at Da Nang’s Fine Arts Museum from Thursday until February 25.

 Vietmark is executing a plan to add environmental cleanup to tours the team-building company arranges for groups of domestic and foreign travelers. 

 In addition to vehicle type approval (VTA) certificates issued by authorities in exporting countries, enterprises must submit similar certificates for some auto parts when they import cars into Vietnam.

 The northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh, home to the UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay, is seeking to build a 1.3km undersea tunnel “at the doorstep” of the world-renowned site.