VietNamNet Bridge – Officials are deeply concerned about the “serious degradation” of water quality in the Dong Nai River basin.

Myanmar National Tele & Communications, a JV between Viettel Global, Myanmar National Telecom and Star High on January 14 officially received a licence to begin offering nationwide telecommunications services under the Mytel brand name.

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (VCB) and the Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB) issued a total of $452 million worth of bonds in 2016.

Buddha’s hand fruit, or finger citron, a special product in Dac So commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi are believed to have a spiritual meaning symbolizing good fortune to every family when the Lunar New Year festival or Tet comes.

HCM City’s streets in Districts 1 and 3 are beautifully decorated with flowers and colourful lights welcoming the fast-approaching Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 Vietnam has expanded its participation in activities of the World Economic Forum (WEF) during recent years.

 Saigon Heat found their first win in the ASEAN Basketball League after defeating Kaohsiung Truth 99-86 on January 14 on their home turf in HCM City.

 Vietnam will continue to supply up to 1.5 million tonnes of rice per year to the Philippines as the rice trade agreement between the two countries has been extended to December 31, 2018, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The Electricity of Vietnam mobilised 2.96 billion USD worth of official development assistance and preferential loans last year.

 Seventeen Vietnamese banks were listed among the 500 strongest banks in the Asia Pacific region.

 Provinces in the Mekong Delta region aim to earn 15 billion USD from exports in 2017, up 9.4 percent from 2016, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region.

 The official visit to Vietnam by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to strengthen political trust and coordination between the two nations.  

 Authorities in Danang City are considering limiting the number of private vehicles in an effort to ease rising traffic congestion in the city. 

 Vietnam’s auto industry saw its highest level of foreign direct investment thanks to loosened tax policies and rising personal incomes.

 Pursuing a consistent policy of attaching much importance to the relations with the US, Vietnam stands ready to work with the Trump administration.

More Chinese businesses have set up wooden furniture processing factories in Vietnam order to take advantage of preferential tariffs importers are offering to Vietnamese exports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven writers, poets and a translator have won Viet Nam Literature Association Awards for the year 2016.

The Aviation Airport Corporation of Viet Nam has started collecting feedback from the local community in HCM City regarding the architectural plan of Long Thanh International Airport’s passenger terminal from January 12 to 23, 2017.

Regardless of global uncertainties, domestic policy changes and market fluctuations, Vietnam’s real estate market will continue growing in 2017 thanks to a plethora of driving factors.

 Electric cars will pick up critical momentum in 2017, many in the auto industry believe - just not in North America.

Seminar discusses technology needs of Vietnamese firms, Remittances support VN development, $10b pact to develop gas-powered plants signed, Local investor agree strategy deal with foreign partners

 Fertiliser stocks which suffered a dismal 2016 are expected to rebound this year given long-term rising demand as well as global price hikes, according to industry estimates.

 Viet Nam’s textile and garment industry has targeted a growth in exports of 6.5-7 per cent to US$30 billion this year.

 Nearly 200 Vietnamese enterprises are participating in the component supply chain used by three Samsung plants in Viet Nam, including 20 tier-1 vendors and 178 tier-2 vendors.

 Viet Nam took top position in the Southeast Asian Vovinam (Vietnamese traditional martial art) Championship, yesterday in Seam Reap, Cambodia.