The Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa sea festival 2017, the eighth of its kind, will take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 10-13, with nearly 50 social, cultural and sport activities.  

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the State Audit to focus more on the management and arrangement of human resources during the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOE).

 The domestic economy was stable in 2016, particularly toward the end of the year, after a slump in the first half, said Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

 Tet flower gardens across Ho Chi Minh City blossom when the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is around the corner.

 The Management Board of the Hoa Lo Prison relic site on January 17 received valuable items from the family of US war veteran Walter Eugene Wilber for the second time.

 Construction started on January 17 on the six-star Four Seasons Hotel downtown Hanoi by investor Intimex Vietnam Joint Stock Corporation of the Bank and Real Estate Group (BRG) Corporation and its strategic partners.

 Air pollution is posing a serious threat to the public’s health, with children, pregnant women, and outdoor workers being the most vulnerable groups, heard a workshop in Hanoi on January 17.

  The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has announced 11 hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

 The central province of Phu Yen’s Border Guard Command on January 17 handed over two Filipino fishermen who were rescued in Vietnam’s sea to officials of the Philippines Embassy in Vietnam. 

 Vietnamese and Chinese leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950 – January 18, 2017).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Switzerland late on January 17 to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2017 from January 17-21.

VietNamNet Bridge - E-commerce firms now have more rivals as the most powerful conglomerates in the industry have arrived in the country.

 The unemployment rate in Vietnam reached 2.3% last year, but the number of jobless people still centered on those with bachelor’s or master’s degrees, according to an online conference in Hanoi last Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports show that the Vietnamese brain drain is affecting employers and businesses.

 Herbal plants presevation yields large profit, 150 potentially live artillery shells found in Quang Tri, Ethnic minority people get support, Deputy PM urges radical changes in vocational training

International organizations and the government of Vietnam are all considering solutions to supply safe water to the Mekong River Delta, one of three deltas in the world most vulnerable to climate change.

VietNamNet Bridge - The value of the medicine market in Vietnam was over $4 billion in 2015, while revenue is expected reach $10 billion by 2020.

 This year marks Vietnam’s 10th year after accession into the World Trade Organization.

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said at a conference on upgrading university education that school training quality was one of the reasons behind the high unemployment rate of bachelor’s degree graduates.

Nguyen Van Kim, Acting Director of the Justice Department under the Government Inspectorate, speaks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay about proposed changes in the current Law on Complaints and Denunciation.

 One thing that never fails to accompany the coming of Tet holidays is the repetitive drone of dire warnings about the risks of alcohol consumption.

 One year on, opportunities and challenges from the AEC are becoming evident to Vietnamese enterprises.

MOIT to take over control of milk formula prices, Vietnamese bank marks one-year anniversary in Laos, State bank keeps reference exchange rate stable, Instant coffee plant built in Dong Nai province

 Bus route launched to link airport and coach stations, NA expected to pass 24 bills this year, Tourism Department of Ba Ria- Vung Tau established,  Vietnam’s most modern children’s hospital goes into operation

 HCMC-based Anh Viet Tourist Company has asked the city government for permission to launch open-top buses to serve tourists wishing to take city tours.