The Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP) under the Ministry of Construction has recommended three options to relocate the headquarters of 12 ministries and agencies out of Hanoi’s city-centre by 2030. 

 Viet Nam will soon launch a new cryptocurrency exchange – the first of its kind in the country.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a welcome ceremony in the highest rituals for a head of State for Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei in Hanoi on March 27 morning. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to enhance the application of e-commerce with the aim of narrowing the digital divide, an official said at the Vietnam Online Business Forum 2019 held in Hanoi on March 26.

 Sea-based economic sectors contribute 10 percent of Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Vietnam supplied 25 percent of Japan’s imported coffee products in the first 11 months of 2018, according to Nikkei Asian Review.  

US President Donald Trump has proposed removing some countries from its GSP (generalized system of preferences) program. If this occurs, exports from countries to the US will bear higher tariffs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Used iPhone XRs, sourced from the US, are now available at many private shops. However, the high price is unattractive to users.

Cloud, AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity are becoming more widely accepted trends in Vietnam, according to Mr. Tan Jee Toon, Country General Manager of IBM Vietnam.

 The serviced apartment and shophouse markets in Ho Chi Minh City are both receiving greater attention from investors, according to a recent CBRE report.

Foreign investors have shown an increasingly keen interest in Vietnamese tech startups.

 Civil servants, officials, workers, and students in HCMC will have three days off for the Hung Kings’ anniversary from April 13-15 this year, announced the city People’s Committee.

 Seven people were killed and five others injured when a passenger bus ran into a group of people attending a funeral in the northern province of Vinh Phuc early on Wednesday morning.

 Thousands of foreign employees in Vietnam have been inducted into the mandatory social insurance programme, according to Vietnam Social Insurance (VSS).

Hanoi’s football fans flooded the streets as Vietnam beat Thailand with an impressive 4-0 scoreline in Hanoi on March 26 and entered the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.

VietNamNet Bridge - The English teaching curriculum, with a focus on grammar lessons, and the lack of speaking practice, are behind the failure of the national English teaching program, experts say.

Asked if Hanoi is one of the two most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Le Tuan Dinh said there was no convincing proof.

 Recent moves to speed up the operation of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line have brought new hopes of a rise of property prices along the route after years of delays.

A total of 17 proposed solar power projects have been put on ice as they risk missing the deadline of the feed-in tariff of 9.35 cents that ends in June 2019 due to inconsistencies in the ­evaluation of the projects. 

 After revealing its ambition to build the largest offshore wind farm in Vietnam, a UK-based ­renewables group is to deliver utility-scale offshore wind ­energy that meets the need for affordable electricity in the country.