Vietnam’s commercial banks reported solid results for 2017 with the total after-tax profit estimated to grow 44.5 percent from the previous year, according to an independent report of the National Financial Supervisory Commission.

 As Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, firecracker smuggling is again "hot" in the border areas. Several tonnes have already been seized by customs authorities as they head across the border into Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most people know now that HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted easily.

 Nguyen Khanh Duong, Comicola’s founder and script writer for the Phong Duong Comics duo, has been pioneering the Vietnamese historical comic movement with the ongoing hit series Holy Dragon Imperator

 VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2017 saw the rise of young actresses on the big screen, proving their talent and impressing audiences.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam hit a record high of more than 13 million this year, a year-on-year increase of 30%.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s Thanh Phu District have earned high profits from rotating rice and shrimp cultivation in the same rice field.  

Tung lamaow is a famous traditional dish of Cham people in the border town of Chau Doc in An Giang Province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - According to CafeF, 51 Vietnamese have stock assets of VND1 trillion and more. 

 A recent survey conducted by Vietnam Report revealed that finance and banking stocks would be the ones to watch out for in 2018 as a number of reputable financial institutions (FIs) schedule to hold their initial public offering (IPO) next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly two years after the 2016 Formosa toxic spill, fishermen in the coastal province of Quang Tri are slowly returning to the sea or finding alternative livelihoods.

In a Da Nang plot that has thickened steadily over the last several years, police are seeking a 42-year-old real estate tycoon, Phan Van Anh Vu, for criminal charges of “revealing State secrets.”

 HCM City aims for 8.3%-8.5% GRDP growth in 2018, Vietnamese exports enjoy stellar growth, FLC Group Chairman becomes richest man in stock market 2017, 2017- A good year for paper industry

 In such a village in the central coastal province of Phu Yen the beauty of apricot blossoms, one of the typical flowers of Vietnam in Tet holiday is attracting visitors.

Bui Van Ga, former deputy minister of Education and Training, speaks to Thanh nien newspaper about the need to reform curriculum and encourage businesses to support scientific research in higher education institutions.

 State-owned commercial banks are growing concerned over the critically low capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of around 9%, which also hit the minimum required CAR for the Vietnamese banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet, Petrolimex, VP Bank and Vincom Real were the five ‘blockbusters’ that significantly increased the capitalization of the stock market.

 HCM City authorities will work with Vietnam Education Publishing House to draft textbooks that suit the city's socio-economic development and pupil abilities.

 Playing the Khen panpipe and dancing is a custom of the Mong. The Khen panpipe is a musical instrument that expresses deep feelings and connects this life to the spiritual world.

 The enthusiasm and passion for business found in much of the local youth could make Vietnam a future incubator for startups. Is this enough for the country to build up its own Silicon Valley?

 Residents in several apartment buildings in Ho Chi Minh City are complaining about the ban on keeping pets at their apartments.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was defeated in the semi-final of the Hong Kong F6 Futures tennis tournament yesterday. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception for UK Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field in Hanoi on January 5, where they commended active developments of the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership. 

Next year, Vietnam will celebrate National Tourism Year in Quang Ninh. John Ball traces the origin of the province’s world famous Ha Long Bay to a vast plain that embraced Vietnam and Cambodia and spread all the way, 

Chang Thanh To living on Po Ly Ngai peak in Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province, is the single silver graver who can make 12 sets of traditional jewelries for Nung ethnic brides.