VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Youth Theatre will perform at the Vientiane Performing Arts Festival 2016 that will be held from January 29 to 31 at the National Culture Hall.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Multiple boats have begun transporting a wide range of ornamental trees and flowers from the Mekong Delta region to Binh Dong Wharf in HCMC’s District 8 for citizens in this city to buy for decoration

 VietNamNet Bridge – Greater efforts at a national level are needed to create a new wave of investments in Viet Nam, Vuong Dinh Hue, head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission, said.

  Interest reduced on dollar, euro loans, Site for customs checks to be built at Moc Bai border gate, Footwear industry exports to grow 20 per cent, SME support law needed, Retailing firms target rural markets

Delegates reviewed outstanding achievements the country has made and proposed measures to effectively realise national development goals and tasks in the next tenure during the National Party Congress.

Vietnam applauds parties for strictly obeying commitments stated in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and P5+1 on the former’s nuclear issue in recent time, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.  

 The baby girl, weighing 3.6kg, was born at 7.25am by C-section to a 38-year-old woman from the northern Ninh Binh Province.

 Three people died while four others were buried under rubble when a stone mine collapsed here this morning in Dong Son Hamlet, Yen Lam Commune, Yen Dinh District of Thanh Hoa Province.

 Some of Apple Inc's main Asian suppliers expect revenues and orders to drop this quarter, indicating iPhone sales are almost certain to post their first annual decline since the flagship product was launched almost a decade ago.

 A massive winter storm was barreling toward Washington D.C. on Friday, with the system poised to drop near-record snowfall on the U.S. capital before walloping New York and other East Coast cities with blizzard conditions.

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate prices are rising again, thus raising concerns that a real estate bubble may return.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tax authorities conducted investigations and checks at more than 70,000 businesses, reducing losses of around VND20 trillion ($889 million) in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport departments and agents across the country have been asked to remove all 50km per hour (kmph) speed limit signs on national highways by the end of January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both Vietnamese and English will be used parallel for all directions on Cat Linh–Ha Dong urban railway trains, according to the Ministry of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese judokas will have to work hard to earn places at the Brazil Olympics this summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is busily decorating streets to welcome the lunar New Year 2016 (Tet holiday), which is coming in three weeks. Some images of the capital city before Tet:

Vietnam attracted $23 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in 2015. The figure is expected to be even higher in 2016 as foreign investors have been flocking to Vietnam to take full advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs).

 VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly a week, peach growers in Hanoi’s famous flower villages of Nhat Tan and Phu Thuong have displayed their products to serve this lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

VietNamNet Bridge – Although snowboards and toboggans are not commonplace to Vietnam, when the cold air and white, fluffy, powder starts to roll in, here’s a list of five places to take your children sledding or to just enjoy the snow.

 The ongoing 12th National Party Congress had a plenary session in the morning of January 22 under the chair of 11th-tenure Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 Interest reduced on dollar, euro loans, Site for customs checks to be built at Moc Bai border gate, Footwear industry exports to grow 20 per cent, SME support law needed, Retailing firms target rural markets

Collaborative performing arts project to be launched, Quang Ninh: Ngoa Van festival to be held annually, Students engaged in Vi-Giam folk singing festival, Free wifi at HCM City festival spots, Work begins on Tet flower show

  The technical crew for Legendary Pictures arrived in Ninh Binh Province on Wednesday to prepare for the company's new film, Kong: Skull Island or Titan, the upcoming King Kong prequel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several flowers being grown in southern Da Lat-Lam Dong in preparation for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) have bloomed ahead of schedule, posing a loss risk to local farmers.  

 People who eat more green leafy vegetables, a good source of nitrate, may significantly decrease their risk of developing glaucoma, according to a large study.