The fifth Vietnam-Japan Environment Policy Dialogue was held in Hanoi on January 9 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

The financial sector collected $60.2 billion towards the State budget in 2018, or 7.8 percent higher than projected, heard a conference to review financial and budget works in 2018 and put forward tasks for 2019.

 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang underlined Vietnam’s stance on the US vessel USS McCampbell’s passage through Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) waters, while responding to reporters’ questions regarding the case on January 9. 

 MicroDragon, a made-in-Vietnam earth observation satellite, will be launched into orbit by an Epsilon-4 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture at 7:50 of January 17 (Hanoi time).

The Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has set the goals of 1.7 percent production growth and $21 billion in export revenue for the cultivation sector in 2019.

 The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre is partnering with US Seagate and CyArk companies to digitalise data of two heritages of Tu Duc Tomb and An Dinh Palace, Director of the centre Phan Thanh Hai said on January 9.

 The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau (China) on January 9 met with sides relevant in an oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters to find the causes of the incident and discuss search and rescue measures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Universities with an entrepreneurial mindset will play an important role in the development of Innovation Districts in HCM City, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Only a few research works conducted at universities can be applied in reality. 

70km far from Hanoi, Hoa Binh reservoir is one of the biggest reservoirs in the country, with capacity of nearly 9.5 billion cubic metres.

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 The popping up of diverse modern performances and art shows have made it much more difficult for traditional art genres to sustain stay popular. 

 V.League 1 side Viettel have signed three-year contracts with two Brazilian footballers to prepare for the upcoming season.

 A flower garden has changed its theme to cheer on Viet Nam’s football team who are playing at the Asian Cup in Qatar.

 Hanoi authorities have been working hard to make more Vietnamese products present in foreign-invested supermarket chains in Vietnam, seeing it as an efficient channel for the products to reach the global market.

 The central province of Quang Nam has two herds of wild elephants living in some forests in Bac Tra My, Tien Phuoc and Nong Son districts.

 The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) is joining hands with local competent authorities to look for two missing Vietnamese sailors, and identify one deceased in the oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters on January 8.

 Fox Sports Asia has named Cong Phuong as the “Player of the Day” thanks to his outstanding performance in the Group D match between Vietnam and Iraq in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 on January 8.

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 The World Bank has been warning of a worldwide economic slowdown for a while now, but its projections just took a turn for the worse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kaity Nguyen earned her big break in the film Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait), which raked in VND13 billion (US$570,000) in its first three days, making it the highest revenue-earner in early 2017. 

After two months of operation, the first ever pedestrian street in Lao Cai city has received positive feedback from local people.

 Closed-loop organic waste processing technology and de-centralised waste processing are possible solutions for Vietnam’s organic waste problems, experts said at a discussion panel earlier this week.

A new production of the operetta The Merry Widow, the ballet Rite of Spring, revivals of the opera Der Freischutz and the ballets Café Saigon, Giselle and Cinderella will be performed in 2019.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 in Hanoi on January 13 to introduce Japan’s traditional instruments Shakuhachi and Shamisen.