Vietnamese and Cambodian defence ministers signed a cooperation plan for 2017 between the two ministries at their talks on January 9.

 President Tran Dai Quang lauded the effective collaboration between Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry and Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Samdech Sa Kheng.

 A banquet and music performance was held in Hanoi on January 9 to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Vietnam – China ties (January 18, 1950-2017) by the Hanoi People’s Committee in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Public Security maintained a close liaison with Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs to fight crime last year, stated Minister To Lam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed Vietnam’s constant policy of reinforcing the fine neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability with Cambodia.

 The upcoming visit to China  of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from January 12-15 is aimed at further strengthening the Vietnam-China ties and defining the long-term direction for bilateral relations future. 

Projects incurring losses of trillions of dong, personnel scandals and multi-level marketing firms swindling customers were the top issues dominating 2016 for the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

VietNamNet Bridge - The owners of large conglomerates such as Novaland, Hoang Huy and Vietjet Air have left the rank of ‘hidden billionaires’ to join the force of recognized stock billionaires.

 Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday and laid out the Chinese e-commerce company's new plan to bring a million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers

Vietnamese telcos have geared up to shift from being mobile network operators that provide traditional voice services and SMSs into content service providers in order to seize opportunities from IoT (internet of things).

VietNamNet Bridge - Only 80km away from Viet Tri City, Heaven Pond – Fairy Spring is among the most famous tourist attractions in the northern province of Phu Tho.

One of the important issues in the Water Resources Act is the shift from subsidy management to market price management. However, this has raised fears that  agricultural production costs will increase.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students, who are furious about their theses sold on the cheap, have asked for intervention from school management boards.

VietNamNet Bridge - December 31, 2016 was the ‘first death anniversary’ of Deca, an e-commerce site. In 2016, Vietnam’s e-commerce witnessed the departure of another name – Lingo. Many stars in the market faded after a short time of burning bright.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Luyen was very happy to buy 12 clothing items and a blanket at the VND 2,000 market (known as E2K) - a local version of "dollar stores".

 The Government has issued Resolution 01/NQ-CP detailing key tasks and measures to realize the socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They do their tai chi early in the morning, or dance a few waltzes in the park and join peer-group associations, but at the end of the day, they’re home most of the time, sitting in front of the TV.

 EPI to focus on increasing vaccination rate, quality, HCM City confers Environment Awards on individuals, organisations, EVN to stop sending bill collectors to homes, Large suspected rhino horns being smuggled at airport

 While Vietnamese goods find it hard to penetrate the ASEAN market, other countries in the AEC have quickly managed to take advantage of tax cuts to boost their exports to Vietnam. 

 The performance of Vietnamese circus artist brothers Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep by scaling 90 stairs in 52 seconds on the steps of Girona Cathedral in Spain has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs spent VND212bn (USD9.4m) buying training programmes from foreign countries last year.

 Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha has signed a decision to inspect 12 large real estate companies in 2017.

 A tropical depression is drifting west, north-westerly toward the East Sea, and forecasters say it could potentially become a typhoon and cross-over northern Vietnam later this week.

 As the traditional Lunar New Year festival or Tet is approaching, many special and unique agricultural products like watermelon, bonsai kumquat, chicken listed in “Red book”, and Tran Mong orchid are coming onto the market.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set an export target for 2017 with 13 key products projected to reach billions of US dollar each.