Parkson Ha Noi Company Ltd. will close its last trade centre in Ha Noi on December 15 after eight years of operation in the capital city.

 The Mekong Initiative for Startup Tourism (MIST) has been launched in HCM City to boost investment and innovation in the tourism sector in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam.

 Vietnam Airlines will add nearly 900 flights during the peak period of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays from January 15 to February 13, 2017 to meet the demand for travel during the holiday. 

 President Tran Dai Quang and Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe have agreed that the two countries’ relationship has grown robustly acrossthe board and it should be further expanded.

 The visit to Italy by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang represents a major milestone in outstanding bilateral relations between Vietnam and Italy, said Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian President Emanuela D’ Alessandro.

 The Government has issued a plan of action for 2016-2021, focusing on six major tasks, including the implementation of measures to reform the growth model and improve the quality of growth.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong will visit Laos from November 24-26 at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith.

 Hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year in 2017 is the centre of Vietnam’s external activities, demonstrating the country’s desire to contribute to APEC and regional development, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Some provinces have been praised as pioneers in the movement to build a new countryside, but they are big debtors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When he married his cousin some 20 years ago, Hoang Van Thuong of the Tay ethnic minority in Ha Giang Province did not know how badly his marriage would affect his child.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are competing in Group B of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation’s Beach Football Championship. Other teams making up the group are reigning champions Iran and Chinese Taipei.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A play depicting family problems, written by Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, one of Viet Nam’s leading female scriptwriters, will be presented in California next weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has been named among the Top 10 Holiday Destinations in Asia by Smart Travel Asia – an online tourism magazine for Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Cong Vinh’s 50th goal for the national team secured a 2-1 win for Viet Nam over hosts Myanmar in the ASEAN Football Federation’s Group B second match yesterday in Yangon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bags of sugar made in Thailand are piled along Viet Nam’s border, ready to be carried across by boats to waiting Vietnamese motorbike drivers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The attractive profits from leasing and property price increases attract investors to buy apartments for lease. The trend has been growing in the last two years.

 Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skipping check-ups

VietNamNet Bridge - The B-52 Victory museum illustrates the victory of Hanoi people over the US B-52 air raid in late December 1972. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities plan to relocate people living in 20,000 houses in slums along canals and rivers by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only about 65 per cent of rural households in Viet Nam have standard toilets,

 Chinese importers survey An Giang’s rice market, Airlines talk facilitating transport, Wood consumption to rise by 10%, Vietnamese banks urged to go digital, TPP leaders promise efforts to implement deal

 Viet Nam is unlikely to meet the 10 per cent export growth target for this year, said Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Tuan Anh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One October day, one of Ha Noi’s air monitoring stations showed that air pollution had reached dangerous levels.

 Amidst Hanoi’s urban buzz, members of the Viet Village Heritage Club have found peace of mind, contemplating Vietnam’s traditional aspects.

 Rhino horn smuggling case busted in HCM City, Vietnamese expats in Malaysia updated with East Sea issue, Deputy PM vows to support IFRC’s operations in Vietnam, More than 3,000 applicants set for Korean language exams