The country’s first lung transplant will be performed earlier than planned because many patients may not wait for transplant, said   National Lung Hospital director Nguyen Viet Nhung.

 Paris plans a major boost to its cycling infrastructure and will ban cars from outside the Louvre museum as it steps up its fight against traffic pollution,

 Twelve walls in Nguyen Thai Binh Ward in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 will be painted by graffiti artists.

 Vietcombank’s pre-tax profits in 2016 rose by 23.4% to VND8,212 billion (US$361.3 million), exceeding its target for the year by 2.7%, the lender reported on January 7 at a ceremony to review its performance in 2016.

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) held a conference on January 7, gathering heads of higher education institutions in Da Nang to discuss ways to enhance the quality of tertiary education.

 Vietnam Airlines and its subsidiaries earned combined revenue last year of more than VND76 trillion ($3.34 billion), an increase of more than 10 per cent against 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some two weeks ago, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc himself weighed in on a high-profile apartment building complex planned in the capital by a leading real estate developer.

A musician in the northern province of Phu Tho is running a permanent exhibition of his own music instruments collection at his home. His house has become a tourism destination for visitors to Thanh Thuy District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s struggling rail transport sector continues to falter, with output and revenues of Viet Nam Railways (VNR) declining considerably, falling short of set targets.

After Doan Nguyen Duc, owner of a powerful real estate group, and Tran Dinh Long, owner of a steel corporation, decided to pour money into agriculture projects, a number of other billionaires did the same. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports by Vietnamese and international institutions have all pointed out that Vietnam’s logistics industry is weak in competitiveness. 

 "La La Land" danced off with four early Golden Globes on Sunday in a ceremony marked by surprises, diversity and digs at the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of Ha Noi artist Dinh Thanh Van’s paintings featuring flowers has opened in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa easily defeated Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) 2-0 in the first round of V.League 1 play in the central province of Thanh Hoa yesterday.

 Authorities of the central province of Thua-Thien Hue have decided to revoke the land of a VND-70 billion (USD3.3 million) water park project which has been left unused for many years.

 Migrants from the Mekong Delta live together in the centre of HCM City.

 HCMC to open flower trading center, Car rental cost doubles ahead of Tet, High hopes for Vietnamese economy, RoK’s Inha University keen on Long Thanh airport project, Airlines announce red hot TET holiday flight deals

 The Vietnamese basketball team Hanoi Buffaloes defeated Dunkin’ Raptors of Thailand 71-70 in the second match of the Thailand Basketball League (TBSL) 2017 in Bangkok yesterday.

 Viet Nam’s Saigon Heat lost to Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Truth 83-82 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at Kaohsiung Municipal Senior High School in Taiwan on Saturday.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday asked authorities in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, and in Tra Linh District in particular, to ensure a happy Tet (Lunar New Year) for everyone, especially the underprivileged.

 HCM City’s annual Street Book Festival will be held from January 25 to 31, the city People’s Committee has announced.

 Tom call-and-response singing is the most popular folk singing genre of the Kho Mu.

 'Com hen' is no longer the preserve of the poor people in Central Vietnam, but the favorite of Hue locals and tourists, thanks to its deliciousness and simplicity.

 More European enterprises are becoming keen on the Vietnamese food and beverage industry in anticipation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

 State budget revenues surpassed the yearly target to hit VND1.1 quadrillion (US$48.4 billion) as of December 31, 2016, up 7.8 % or VND79.6 trillion higher than the target.