VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 200 home appliance shops opened in 2015 as retailers expanded their business at ‘lightening speed’. However, the home appliance market posed challenges and many of them had to leave the market.

On January 24-26, the tourist town of Sa Pa (Lao Cai province) was completely covered with snow. As the temperatures fall below 0 degrees Celsius, people have to go out with a blanket wrapped around their body.

 More than 10,000 visitors are estimated to have descended on the northern resort town of Sapa on January 24 to catch a glimpse of the snowfall - a rare occurrence in a tropical country like Vietnam.

Photographer Le Bich evokes the Tet atmosphere with Traditional Villages in Tet exhibition, one of the opening events for Lunar New Year programme at the Hanoi's Old Quarter. 

  With sales down on expectations, BKAV introduces program where owners can trade-in their old smartphone and pay the difference on a new Bphone.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Festivals at the Va temple and Hat Mon temple in the capital city of Hanoi have been named as part of the country’s intangible cultural heritage, Ha Noi Moi newspaper reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are always a lot of gatherings and great food.

 Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is expected to report iPhone sales increased slightly more than 1 percent in the holiday quarter when it announces earnings on Tuesday, its slowest growth ever and far from the double-digit growth investors have come to expect.

 Quang Binh Police seize 350kg of dog meat, Hoi An to celebrate 8 millionth tourist, Ha Noi to honour outstanding young people, Da Nang-Bangkok flight launched for Tet travellers, Health Ministry works to curb contaminated food

VietNamNet Bridge - The temperature of 5.4 degrees Celsius in Ha Dong district, Hanoi on the morning of January 24 was the lowest since 1977.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Eight tablets will be available at the international terminal of the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City for check-in procedures this Lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forbes Vietnam has released its list of 30 of Vietnam's brightest stars under the age of 30 in different fields, including business, communications, science and technology, social activities, music, entertainment and sports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Sunday morning (January 24), some people passing through Da Tuong Street of Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province were startled to see a corpse hanging on the rooftop of a hotel.

Frost and snow have appeared across northern mountainous provinces in recent days due to a record cold spell over the last 40 years.

 Two Vietnamese troupes joined the 9th International Lion Dance Competition which is part of Lunar New Year celebration in Chinatown, Singapore from January 23-24.

 India examines antidumping duty slap on DVDs imported from Vietnam, VN, EU reach wood product deal, Fresh measures needed to support G-bond market, Exporters' outlook for 2016 remains mixed

 Delegates to the 12th National Party Congress cast their votes on members of the 12th Party Central Committee in Hanoi in the morning of January 26.

 Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy won a bronze medal in the women's 52kg at the Hungary Judo Cup in Budapest on Sunday.

 The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) yesterday signed a contract with Sportradar to prevent match-fixing in the national football leagues during the 2016 season.

 Commercial banks cut the exchange rate of the United States (US) dollar against the dong by VND30 to VND40, bringing it to its lowest level in the past three months.

 The recent rumours about property and agriculture group Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) facing an inspection were groundless, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Nguyen Phuoc Thanh said.

The record cold spell that brought unprecedented snow to parts of Viet Nam has been a hit with tourists, but made life miserable for poor households.

VietNamNet Bridge - An abundance of films, copyrighted films with no ads and high image quality are great advantages that will help Netflix compete with existing pay-TV programs. 

Vietnam always stands ready to cooperate with the international community within multilateral and bilateral frameworks to fight terrorism and violent extremism, Deputy Minister of Public Security Pham Dung said.

The 11th Party Central Committee's report on documents submitted to the 12th National Party Congress defines the fight against corruption and wastefulness as an important task, but also a difficult one that will take time to accomplish.