Supported by strong liquidity in 2016, a range of foreign invested real estate projects in major Vietnamese cities is expected to launch for sale in 2017.

CEO of Cisco Vietnam Luong Thi Le Thuy talked about her experience leading Cisco Vietnam as well as Cisco’s role in helping Vietnamese companies and the government become more competitive as the world undergoes a digital transformation.

 Foreign breweries’ thirst for the Vietnamese beer market has by no means been quenched.

 PetroVietnam may not have to purchase the products of Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex (NSRP) at the preferential price earlier agreed upon.

With Apple’s recent decision to produce iPhones in India, and with its rumoured plans in Vietnam seeing no news/mention at all, Vietnam may have to reconsider its business environment and incentives for investors in electronics manufacturing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Viet Nam won her first round match at the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championships 2017 yesterday in Tehran, Iran.

 In a bid to raise capital and improve medical treatment services, Hanoi is seeking both local and foreign investors to buy stakes in public hospitals it owns.

 Made-in-China trucks which had once dominated the Vietnamese market are facing the slow sales since early 2016.

 Musical "La La Land" won big at Britain's main film awards on Sunday as it scooped the prize for best film, while Emma Stone and Damien Chazelle picked up awards for best actress and best director respectively.

 The first among 13 trains imported from China for Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway route in Hanoi has been transported to Vietnam.

No injuries were reported after a fire broke out on board a tourist junk on Ha Long Bay on Monday afternoon. 

 The paucity of skilled IT (information technology) workers in the country was highlighted as the FPT Corporation opened its second software village, F-Ville 2, in Ha Noi on February 13.

 Hanoi authorities propose to issue badges for Uber and Grab taxis as they currently do with traditional taxi companies.

 Investment funds are expected to perform better this year, following the successful 2016, on expectations that more individual investors will purchase their own investments, reported Dau tu Chung khoan (Securities Investment) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha tells the Tien Phong (Vanguard) that a programme to attract foreign lecturers and students to Viet Nam has yielded modest results.

 Adele swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking home statuettes for the top prizes - album, record and song of the year - in a shock, history-making victory over Beyonce on a night marked by political statements and emotional tributes.

 A fire that broke out at two sites of a bus assembly plant early this month destroyed spare parts and components worth VND250 billion (US$11 million).

 Viet Nam will have some 116 warehouses at the border gates with Laos and Cambodia by 2035, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Authorities in the central province of Quang Nam have requested agencies to collect and inspect oil clumps that have soiled local beaches over the past week.

 Hanoi Police said they have determined the suspect who carved xa cu trees or African mahoganies (Khaya senegalensis) on Lang Road in Dong Da District.

 Two Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the International Chess Festival -- Aeroflot Open - in Moscow, Russia, from February 20 to March 3.

 Valentine’s Day weekend is almost here, and while one can’t go wrong with any of the top restaurants in Hanoi, here are a few coffee shops that put extra-romance in the equation.

 Newly-recognized national intangible cultural heritages announced, Hanoi court to trial large corruption case at Oceanbank soon, New Mien Dong Coach Station breaks ground in District 9

 Love is in the air, with products wrapped and presented on store shelves, waiting to be bought by love birds for their significant others.

 Colourful lanterns have long been a symbol of the ancient town of Hoi An, QuangNam province. In the evening, the whole town is lit up with lanterns of all shapes and sizes.