Audience in HCMC will have a chance to watch ten popular German movies in the past years at the Spring Cinema, hosted by the Goethe Institut in Vietnam, every Wednesday at 7 p.m. starting from February 15 to April 26 in HCMC.

An alarm is sounded these days when the threat of an alien creature farmed in the Mekong Delta that may do harm to local agriculture makes headlines in local media. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Work to upgrade HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport must be completed at the earliest to ensure the new facilities can be used from next year,

 The “Spring cinema” program featuring the most popular German movies of the past years will be held by the Goethe-Institute in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from February 15-April 26.

For a long time, the Vietnamese custom of asking for and giving good words has become an indispensable traditional custom on the first days of the Lunar New Year. 

 Carlsberg will bid for the State-controlled Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Habeco) in March or April, but the Vietnamese Government may have more than one option to choose from when it comes to buyers.

 Besides Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, another Samsung Group member is ambitiously ramping up investment in Vietnam, promising to hit $6.5 billion in early 2017.

 A raft of unprecedented policies was proposed by the Ministry of Transport to charm investors to a major road building project in a pivotal south-eastern economic zone.

 The Vietnamese government’s latest effort to further accelerate administrative reform to the levels of ASEAN’s strongest economies has received the thumbs-up from international experts.

Casinos are feeling the heat from a pilot test on local sports betting, as the government is set to allow Vietnamese nationals to bet on international football games and horse and greyhound races starting March 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tai Thanh, a medical worker at Quoc Oai High School in Ha Noi feels put under great pressure at work.

 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games winner Le Trong Hinh was involved in a traffic accident and may not be able to defend his title at the upcoming games in Malaysia.

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities will use smart mobile devices to manage and examine work, a representative from the city’s Department of Information and Communications (DIC) told the Steering Committee of the Smart City project recently.

 Trinh Hoa Binh, head of Vietnam Sociology Association has criticised young people for wearing revealing clothes at pagodas or being violent at festivals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to demolish 68 illegally built houses, villas and restaurants in the Son Tra Nature Reserve if the households are not dismantled before a September deadline.

 MSCI adds ROS, SAB to iFrontier Markets Index, Uber faces new legal hurdles in Vietnam, Dong A bank recoups $185m of bad debts, Masan resources net rises 52 per cent in 2016

 Hanoi set to take on poverty, Sea encroachment collapses houses in Binh Thuan, Lao Bao border crossing welcomes first e-visa recipients, Hanoi strives to better school healthcare, VNĐ3.7 billion raised for the disadvantaged

 VietNamNet Bridge - The UK's leading travel publisher Rough Guides has revealed top 10 most beautiful places in Vietnam voted by its readers. 

Bac Ninh has offered three free tours of famous tourism sites like But Thap and Dau pagodas and Dong Ho village aiming to introduce the locality’s history, culture and people as well as helping visitors discover more new tourism routes.

 Valentine’s Day has become a special occasion for young people to celebrate romance and love by giving each other unique and special gifts.

 On February 12, Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi and Spanish motorcyclist Maverick Viñales arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend an event at the invitation of Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles.

 As the spring season revs up this year, colourful celebrations are taking place across the country. Here are some of the best festivals for spring 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In poor, remote, mountainous areas, teachers are going up hills and down dales, knocking on students’ doors to try and get them return to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established artist Pham Khac Quang is showing his latest paintings created using a relief printing technique at an exhibition launched recently in Ha Noi’s Goethe Institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and educators in HCM City are worried that the lack of quality children’s albums is forcing them to sing songs originally composed for adults.