VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Heat were defeated by the Singapore Slingers 87‒80 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Sunday.

 Domestic airlines have announced that there will be an additional 3,650 flights to 19 internal airports to meet the increasing travel demand during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam stands fifth at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival after six rounds early on Monday, Hanoi time.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has set a target to stop cross-ownership among credit institutions (CIs) by the end of 2020.

 Vietnam strongly condemns the terror bomb attacks on a Catholic cathedral in Jolo island city in the southern Philippine province of Sulu on January 27, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has stated. 

 Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung visited Myanmar on January 28 in his role as Special Envoy of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The government’s strong push for privatization and divestment in 2019 would present new opportunities for Vietnam’s stock market.

 Tet, or Lunar New Year, is the most important festival in Vietnam. This event is the time for family reunion, so people visit their family, prepare and enjoy holiday together.

 Singapore-based multinational group Keppel Corp has announced its intention to divest 70% interest worth VND2.3 trillion (US$99.67 million) in Dong Nai Waterfront City. 

 A group of young people in Hanoi are helping to raise awareness about environmental protection by collecting plastic bags released during the carp releasing rituals at local ponds and rivers on Kitchen Gods' Day. 

 Air pollution in Hanoi has become worse in the past few days.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has said goodbye to Hai Phong Football Club to join Thailand’s Muangthong United.

 An American tourist has been rescued from falling ill off the coast of the central city of Nha Trang.

 Two people have been reported to have drowned while releasing carp into rivers on Kitchen Gods’ Day.

As public primary schools and kindergartens in HCM City closed down last Saturday for the Tết holiday, nine days ahead of Tết, their parents have been forced to look for babysitters to take care of them during the period.

 Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has come to Ho Chi Minh City and the streets are alive with activities, including the annual calligraphy street in front of Youth Cultural House in District 1.

 There is no busier time than Tet for Thuy Tram village in the northern province of Phu Tho. It is a time of high demand for the village’s famous produce, red carp.

The Prime Minister has agreed in principle the organisation of the forum on sustainable and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta in October 2019. 

American and Canadian lobsters and king crabs have become the choice of many Vietnamese people, who want to enjoy high-end products but cannot afford local prices.

 Visiting the ancient village of Bao Dap, any visitor would be fascinated by the host of relics, temples and pagodas of the village.

 Decision 24 of the Ministry of Transport on the pilot management of transport service providers using technology applications expired a year ago (January 2018).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers who grow Thúng grapefruit in My Tho City in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tien Giang expect to earn a good profit during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday season.

VietNamNet Bridge - The mayor of HCM City says that 60 percent of university graduates are taking jobs in fields unrelated to their majors at school. 

 A ceremony to plant Neu (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) was reenacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28.

 Vietnamese search and rescue vessel SAR27-01 arrived at Nha Trang port, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on January 28, bringing a US cruise tourist ashore for medical treatment.