The Vietnamese Government is committed to creating the best conditions for foreign firms, including MUFG Bank, to operate in Việt Nam, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a meeting with Kanetsugu Mike, President and CEO of the largest Japanese bank in Hà Nội on Friday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Decision No 281 which increases the prices for power generation in 2019.

Following a number of recent serious traffic accidents, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Trương Hòa Bình has asked concerned organisations to redouble checks for violations related to alcohol and drug consumption among drivers.

An aircraft landed safely at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport after a collision with birds that bent an engine fan blade, local media reported on Thursday.

Several local banks are reportedly determined to list on stock markets in 2019 after delaying last year.

Trading liquidity on the derivatives market has fallen for the last five sessions after the new trading fees came into effect on February 15 (last Friday).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has affirmed that Vietnam always treasures its strategic partnership with Germany - a leading partner of Việt Nam in Europe.

Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital said it has received a measles patient developing encephalitis-meningitis, the first case of the rare complication this year.

Việt Nam’s economic freedom score is 55.3, making its economy the 128th freest in the 2019 Index. Its overall score has increased by 2.2 points, with a sharp increase in fiscal health and higher scores for investment freedom, according to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom.

Việt Nam imported nearly 11,700 cars worth more than US$273 million in the first month of this year, marking the fifth consecutive month with a volume of at least 10,000 units, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.