VietNamNet Bridge – Many young Vietnamese couples seem to deliberately avoid pre-marital health screenings for fear that these will find health problems and ruin their budding marriages, a survey found.

 The Hanoi Department of Foreign Affairs has decided to remove its deputy director Nguyen Duc Hoang from his positive because Hoang has assailed former lecturer 76 year old Nguyen Khanh 

 Vietnam’s real estate market will continue to see stable development in the apartment segment with abundant supply in 2017, a conference in Hanoi on December 20 heard.

 The number of newly-established firms set a record in 2016, reflecting improvement in business confidence, following the Government’s efforts to boost reform.

In our country, the population who live on agriculture accounts for 70% of the national population. 57% of working-age people working in the agricultural sector, but they generate less than 20% of the country’s GDP.

 $1.3million water supply plant suspended, Zika on the rise in HCM City, Sixteen labour export businesses fined for violating regulations, Vietnamese, Chinese women’s associations reinforce ties

 Authority of Information Security under Ministry of Information & Communications yesterday held a conference in Hue city to instruct law policies and technological measures for ensuring information security.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has decided to hire a foreign consulting company operating in Vietnam to draft an investment plan on steel by 2025 and visions till 2035. 

 The military-run Viettel continues to be No.1 in the local telecommunications and ICT industry with high revenue, profits and contributions to the State budget in 2016, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

 The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has blamed the El Nino phenomenon for the recent inaccurate weather forecast reports.

 24 people are killed and 60 others injured in road accidents every day in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh revealed at a Hanoi conference on December 22.

 The government will keep inflation below 5% in 2016, said Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Price Management in Hanoi on December 22.

 The tourism sector has recorded positive changes in 2016 thanks to close coordination between ministries, sectors and localities.

 Cooperation among six countries that share the Mekong – Lancang River should focus on water management for mutual benefit and sustainable growth in the region, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Lee Hyuk and Ambassador of Iran Saleh Adibi in Hanoi on December 23.     

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 Viet Nam’s national men’s football team have dropped five spots to 134th place in the latest FIFA rankings.

 Two Vietnamese artists Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep have broken Guinness World Record by climbing 90 stairs in 52 seconds with one sibling balancing atop the other using only their heads.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed on a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.

 A majority of company leaders and mid-level personnel in Viet Nam are not keen on their jobs.

 The recent launch of motorbike models with high-engine displacement has attracted the Vietnamese and stirred the domestic market, even though import prices are 2-3 times higher than world prices.

 Bao Viet Group, listed on the HCM Stock Exchange as BVH, has become the first finance and insurance company in Viet Nam to earn revenues of US$1 billion.

 Despite the many fluctuations of the world stock market, Viet Nam has maintained positive growth rates, as one of South East Asia’s five markets with the highest potential for development.

 Sai Gon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) has announced it will organise auctions to select consultancy firms to sell state ownership in the company.

 Dung Quat Refinery is working with foreign oil groups to seek strategic investments for its privatisation, which is expected to be carried out in 2017.