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IT workers are in very high demand as technology firms are planning to expand staff this year. The average pay in the industry is 3-4 times higher than many other fields.

 While Asian investors are dominating real estate investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Vietnam, many European and American firms have chosen to invest in listed property companies, according to a specialist of Savills Vietnam.

 Local mobile carriers have unveiled plans to cope with possible network glitches during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, which falls next Friday.

Pham Phao, an agricultural village in Nam Dinh province, is famous for making brass instruments. Almost every household in the village has at least one person who knows music theory and can play several brass instruments.

HCM City will host cultural and amusement events at many places in the downtown area during the Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday, which begin on February 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade talks to the newspaper Hai Quan (Customs) on how to make the best use of  free-trade agreements that have been signed.

 A low pressure system will enter the East Sea over the next three days and is likely to develop into the second storm to affect Vietnam this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnamese and South Korean artists are showcasing paintings which reflect wonderful moments in life. The edvent has been organised by Ha Noi Department of Culture and Sports in collaboration with South Korea ...

The copyright of the country’s most-anticipated TV show at the end of the year, Gap Nhau Cuoi Nam – Tao Quan (Year-end Rendezvous – Kitchen Gods), has been registered by Vietnam Television in Vietnam and in the US.

 Nguyen Canh Vinh stopped assuming the position of general director of Southeast Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SeABank) from February 8.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision on Thursday to appoint Nguyen Hoang Anh to the post of chairman of the special committee to manage State capital at enterprises.

 A student drowned while trying to save a woman and her two children who had fallen into a river in Thanh Hoa Province on Thursday.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed an urgent notice on the clearance of export goods at Tân Thanh Border Gate in the northern province of Lạng Sơn.

  The Ministry of Transport and the Australian Government on Friday signed an agreement to launch Aus4Transport, a US$24 million programme for the development of transport projects in Viet Nam.

Reporters from several member states of the International Organisation of the Francophonie, including Vietnam, have a chance to experience the 2018 Winter Olympics taking place in Gangneung, the Republic of Korea from February 9-25.

 Vietnam’s coffee exports are expected to rise in 2018 thanks to projected annual increases of 7.1 percent for domestic yield and 1.3 percent for global consumption in 2017-18 crop.

 The Ho Dynasty Citadel, a World Cultural Heritage Site site in the central province of Thanh Hoa, will offer free entrance to both domestic and foreign tourists during February 15 – 17 or the first three days of the Lunar New Year. 

The UK Space Agency's International Partnership Programme (IPP) allocates 6 million GBP for Vietnam to build an early warning system of dengue fever outbreaks, said UK Science Minister Sam Gyimah.

The HCM City People’s Procuracy on February 9 proposed life imprisonment for Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Section of VietinBank’s HCM City branch, for “swindling to appropriate assets.”

Following are a couple of places worth visiting during the Lunar New Year (Tet), Vietnam’s biggest and longest holiday.

Streets leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Saigon Railway Station, Mien Dong and Mien Tay coach stations have been overloaded with traffic jam prolonging in HCMC.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship China 2018 recorded a historic high in television viewership ratings and social media engagement in Vietnam as the nation took on Uzbekistan in the momentous final on January 27.

 In January 2018, Crossbow Labs has issued the PCI DSS v3.2 certificate to CMC Telecom, Vietnam’s first and unique Data Centre, for meeting the latest security requirements.

Yellow apricot trees are more expensive this year, said local traders at Van Phuc flower market in Ha Dong district, Hanoi.