The Indika Tet (Lunar New Year) Market will be held from February 3-4 at Indika Saigon at 43 Nguyen Van Giai Street in HCM City’s District 1.

The Bike Shop will host the Tri An Lake Sunday Ride Tour from 6.30am to 3.30pm on Sunday, February 4.

 FLC Thanh Hoa lost to Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-5 in the AFC Champions League play-offs in South Korea on January 30.

 V.League 1 newcomers Nam Dinh have signed Trinidadian forward Neil Benjamin ahead of the upcoming football season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of migrant workers in HCM City are worried about transport ticket shortages as the biggest festival of the year approaches, 

 Viet Nam has sent a team of three athletes to participate in the eighth Asian Indoor Athletics Championship, which will kick off at Aftab-e Enqhelab Stadium in Tehran, Iran, today.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the eighth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 30.

 State leader presents Tet gifts in Ho Chi Minh City, Ambassador presents credentials to Portuguese President, VFF leader receives Cambodian army official, Italy to host special event to mark Vietnam-Italy diplomatic ties

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project that would build a national database of waste resources, helping authorised agencies better control the discharge of waste nationwide.

 The Hanoi City People’s Court handed down imprisonment sentences ranging from 6 to 8 years to three defendants on the charge of spreading anti-State propaganda during a trial on January 31. 

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on January 31 officially launched the Sao Khue Awards 2018 – the most prestigious award in the Vietnamese software and IT services industry over the past 15 years. 

 The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) sold all 468.37 million shares it offered at the initial public offering (IPO) at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on January 31, raising nearly 7 trillion VND (308 million USD).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated the United Nations’ assistance for Vietnam in implementing Millennium Development Goals while receiving UN Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Gerda Verburg on January 31.

Over 2,160 cattle were killed or starved to death as of January 30 as a result of the cold spell that was raging across mountainous areas of the north, central and Central Highlands regions.

Courts at all levels handled over 438,625 out of the total 491,384 cases received, or 89.3 percent, in 2017, the Supreme People’s Court said at a press conference on January 31 in Hanoi. 

 Vietnamese shares ended January 31 on a negative note, driven by the financial-banking, energy and brokerage sectors.

 WeFit is a well-known gym-sharing application that helps gyms run more efficiently. With a smart phone, users can enjoy the benefits of many different gyms, at a time of the day which fits their schedules best.

As Tet draws near, most peach trees are, thankfully, not blooming early - thanks to the cold. With more than 10 days to go to the Year of the Dog, ornamental wholesalers are rushing to peach-blossom gardens in Hanoi

 Vietnamese garment companies increase competitiveness, Forestry, wood exports to top $9b, Steel sector set for 20% growth, Blockchain technology may open new era, Jewellers seek better loans for 2018

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks say that people are converting dollar into dong and investing dong in securities.

“Many Vietnamese people don’t know anything about blockchain, but are still willing to pour millions of dollars into ICO (initial coin offering) ,” the founder of Vietnam Blockchain Developers Nguyen Sy Thanh Son said recently.

 As more high-rises have been built in urban areas, more trees have been chopped down and the green space has shrunk.

Twenty-three state-owned universities are following the autonomy policy on a trial basis under a government resolution. However, they say they don’t have the right to make decisions on personnel and budgeting. 

 An update on the securities law this year focuses on nine targets in the hope of giving a boost to the development of the securities market as well as the broader financial sector.

 Hanoi ready for Huong Pagoda Festival 2018, Contest calls for songs about children with heart defects, Rice relief delivered for Lunar New Year holiday, Vietnam-Japan Festival lures 300,000