Verisign’s Q3 2017 DDoS Trends report showed that 29 per cent of attacks in Q3 2017 employed five or more attack types.

 Credit growth will be 18 per cent in 2018 and the good growth rate will have positive impact on the business result of the entire banking sector, Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS) forecast.

 Viet Nam holds great potential for organic farming as more consumers, particularly those with high incomes, have demand for such products, experts have said.

The nation’s index of industrial production (IIP) in 2017 experienced a significant year-on-year increase of 9.4 per cent, much higher than 7.4 per cent rise seen in the previous year.

Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) will make its initial public offering by the end of the first quarter of the year, after completing issuing shares to increase its charter capital by 15 percent to VND6.71 trillion.

Disbursed FDI (foreign direct investment) capital in 2017 reached a record high of $36 billion, a twofold increase compared with four years ago. 

 Doan Thai Son, general director of the Legal Department of the State Bank of Viet Nam, has been appointed deputy governor of SBV, according to a prime ministerial decision.

 The securities market is likely to be the most attractive investment channel for investors in the Vietnamese economy this year, analysts say.

Vietnam posted a surprisingly high 21 per cent year-on-year growth in export value in 2017. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Do Thang Hai talks to chinhphu.vn about how this happened, and what 2018 portends.

For the first time, domestic tax collection hit the VND1 quadrillion (US$43.9 billion) milestone this year, according to statistics of the General Department of Taxation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s Transport Department has piloted taxi pick-up and drop-off stands on two streets for two months, but passengers and drivers remain unaware of them, 

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced the top 10 events of the sector in 2017 as follow:

Hiratsuka Niki, a Japanese-English artist from Australia, appears cheerful to the casual observer. But in her mind, she is haunted by a sad past: she was abused by her father when she was young.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop direct air routes between Vietnam and key countries and regions across the world, aiming to promote investment, cultural exchange and international integration. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Aiming to bring traditional art closer to art lovers, IAcA Café will host an exhibition and talk show Folk Paintings through the Eyes of Young Artists on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese drug market, valued at $5.2 billion, is attracting more foreign investors and multinationals.

At Vietnam’s Golden Ball Awards, goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh won Best Female Player for the third time, capping the 20-year career of a woman considered one of the best goalkeepers in Vietnamese football history. 

 The Ministry of Health has announced the top ten events of Vietnam’s medical sector in 2017 as follows:

 The VN-Index broke the 1,000-point threshold on January 3, closing up 0.99 percent  at 1,005.67 points, despite increasing profit-taking pressure towards the end of the session.

 Storm Bolaven has weakened into a tropical pressure system after moving into the waters west of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on early January 4, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.