VietNamNet Bridge – Since 1999, female students who move from provinces to universities in HCM City have had a safe, inexpensive place to stay at dormitories managed by local Catholic churches.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though three more banks will list shares on the UpCom market early next year, foreign investors have few opportunities to invest in Vietnamese banks.

 Fair treatment needed to attract OV intellectuals, Hanoi aims to lure over 23 million visitors in 2017, Don’t eat poultry meat with unclear origins: Ministry, HCMC chairman presides over citywide meeting to tackle traffic jam

 Those who love drinking tea and admiring antique items should head to Villa Royale Downtown, an old house at 25 Ho Tung Mau Street in HCMC’s District 1.

 Mr. Dang Xuan Truong, CEO & Founder of startup the Hachi Group, tells VET about its Smart Hydroponic System app.

VietNamNet Bridge – Van Lam Village is set to become a cultural landmark simply by preserving its traditional embroidery and lace trades, reports Bui Quynh Hoa. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are huge crowds at all traffic police stations in Ha Noi that accept registrations for the transfer of bike ownership, as the December 31 deadline draws to a close.

In order to be listed among top 10 stock billionaires by December 21, 2016, an individual must have stock assets of at least VND2.2 trillion, a figure higher than the total assets of many listed companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two music concerts featuring Viet kieu (overseas Vietnamese) will be held in Da Lat to usher in the New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Viet Loan Foster returned to native Ha Noi after a long stay abroad and used her multicultural and entrepreneurial background  to good effect. Now she has become the poster woman for luxury tourism

Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the high demand for skilled workers to meet new requirements of national economic development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Increased growth, reduced spending and less debt guarantees are the solutions as rising public debt and its repayment exerts a lot of pressure on the Government, 

 If you want to spend the New Year holidays with your close friends or family at a nice place near the capital city, here’s a good choice for top destinations.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 29 announced the top 10 culture, sports and tourism events in 2016, which were voted by 125 journalists representing media agencies across the country.

 Hospitals must work around the clock in New Year: Ministry, Chan May port welcomes 87,000 foreign visitors in 2016, No nurturing unnatural actions, Ensuring food safety during Lunar New Year and spring festival season

 Credit grows 18% in HCMC this year, HCMC spends up to US$105 million on annual waste treatment, Business climate improvement effort yet to pay off, HCM City rolls out support program for start-ups

 Repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants, toddlers and pregnant women in their third trimester might damage children’s developing brains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will operate additional buses and trains to better serve people travelling during the New Year (this weekend to Monday) and Tet holidays (from January 26 to February 1). 

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have rushed to buy terra-cotta chickens that are painted gold to search for luck in the Year of the Rooster in 2017.

Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh won a gold and a silver at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Tourism has said it intends to propose lifting a 50% discount cap on tours to make it possible to launch a series of programs offering steep discounts for customers to step up tour sales.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Transport to design a special compensation, support and resettlement mechanism for the Long Thanh airport project in Dong Nai Province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – An ancient stone tomb over 100 years old was found when people dig the ground to make an internal path in Phu Tho Post Office in Ly Thuong Kiet Street in HCMC’s District 10, Tuoi Tre reports.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has filed for a patent to use airships to store products and serve as a base for delivery-drones. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The stock market was affected by the news about sharp oil price falls and Brexit, but the influence did not last a long time.