A cherry blossom festival took place in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on January 11 – 13, 2019.

40 km from Hai Duong province Cao An Phu Relics Site is an attractive historical and religious tourist destination.

 Mui Ne beach is set to become one of the most-visited destinations in the Asia-Pacific by 2030 under a master plan for the development of Mui Ne National Tourism Site to 2025 with a vision for 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wholesale and retail markets in HCM City are busier than ever with the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday only weeks away.

Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017. 

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi on January 14 afternoon for the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-27) in Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A famous dried-banana village in Tran Hoi Commune in Ca Mau Province is now entering its peak production season for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 5 this year.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has announced a list of 13 key agricultural products of Vietnam.

The first professional golf tournament of the year, the Heron Lake VPG tournament, as part of the VPG Tour system, will be held at Heron Lake Golf Course and Resort in Vinh Phuc from January 16 to 18.

A volunteer group of 32 members from Chung Ang University, Doosan Vina Heavy Industry company and Da Nang Foreign Language University have joined the sixth annual Education Corporate Social Responsibility programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, spoke to newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) on the plan to introduce electronic prescriptions nationwide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The smart city operation centre, which is part of a larger smart city project launched a year ago, is expected to open at the headquarters of the HCM City People’s Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 has earned more than VND105.7 billion (US$4.5 million) from its book and cafe sales since it opened three years ago, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Finding rental premises in central business districts for co-working spaces is becoming more and more difficult.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Lon – Cai Be irrigation project in the Mekong Delta has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 

 Volkswagen sold a record 10.8 million cars in 2018. Only 100,000 were electrified.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Midfielder Le Tan Tai has signed a one-year contract extension with former V-League 1 champions Becamex Binh Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top seed Marcel Granollers from Spain triumphed at the Viet Nam Tennis Open Da Nang City 2019 on Saturday after an easy 6-2, 6-0 win over Italian Matteo Viola in the men’s singles final.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a circular to regulate marine oil spill cleanup and recovery efforts.

 Amateur marathoner Chia-Che Chang, from Chinese Taipei, won the HCM marathon 2019, which concluded yesterday in Phu My Hung, HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several universities have included English as one of the criteria in their enrolment plans for the 2019-2020 academic year.

 Hollywood's award season festivities continued Sunday with the Critics' Choice Awards. Lady Gaga won the first award of the night for best song for her collaboration "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born."

 Many hotels in Nha Trang City are facing slow sales due to oversupply and dubious services.

 Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has been given the 11th place among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations in the world in 2019 in the annual Holiday Money report compiled by Post Office Travel Money.

 The health and short-term prospects of the Vietnamese economy will be high on the agenda of the Viet Nam Economic Forum 2019, scheduled to take place from January 16-17.