Doctors get less aggressive care before death

 Doctors tend to get less aggressive care before death than the average person, a new study finds.

Insight: Electric vehicle sales fall far short of Obama goal

 Back in 2008, with gas prices averaging nearly $4 a gallon, President Barack Obama set a goal of getting one million plug-in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015.

First surrogate babies to be born in Vietnam this month

 VietNamNet Bridge – One year after hospitals in Viet Nam started implementing surrogacy technologies, the first surrogate babies will be born this month at the Ha Noi-based Central Maternity Hospital and the HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital.

VN travel firms urged to screen guests of outbound tours

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has called on travel firms to carefully screen guests joining their outbound tours after several dozen Vietnamese tourists went missing shortly after their visa-free arrival on Jeju Island.

Vietnam among world's top-performing economies in 2016: Bloomberg

 Vietnam's economy is forecast to expand 6.7% this year, the same pace as in 2015, making it among the fastest-growing markets in the world, according to Bloomberg. 

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Hanoi to host Tet DOME, Phu My Hung Flower Fair to feature Vietnamese countryside, Free wifi to be available for tourists during Huong Pagoda Festival, Exhibition gives insight into Communist Party of Vietnam

Cambodian, Thai, Filipino workers expected to flock to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnamese workers have to struggle hard for jobs in Vietnam, the home market is expected to attract many candidates from Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Photos: The magical journey to save woman with disfigured face

 VietNamNet Bridge - After surgery and nearly a month of treatment, Ms. Trieu Thi Chai in Tam Kim commune of Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province has escaped from a 20kg tumor on her face, happily returning to her village and family.

Tu Van – a pagoda with unique spiral architecture in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Van Pagoda (spiral pagoda)60km from the south of Nha Trang City is located in Cam Linh Ward, Cam Ranh City in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Photos: Peach blossoms add Tet colour to Hanoi market

 Tet is in full bloom on the streets of Hanoi, nowhere more so than amid the peach blossoms and ornamental trees on display at the Quang An Market.

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Azimut Yachts adds distributorship in Vietnam, Italian luxury carmaker Maserati arrives in Vietnam, Mekong Delta positive about fruit export, SOEs share auctions earn 463 million USD for State, Vietnam manufacturers optimistic on 2016

Largest thermal power centre of Vietnam goes on stream

  The 2,300 megawatt (MW) Mong Duong Power Centre in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam’s largest power centre, has come into operation after four years of construction.

VN fitness, dance sport fest to be held

 The second Viet Nam Fitness and Dance Sport Stars Festival will be held at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi on Saturday.

International race fleet to visit Da Nang

 More than 220 international participants of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race set sail for Da Nang city on Monday from Whitsundays, Australia.

Binh Duong to play Muangthong in friendly match

 V.League defending champions Becamex Binh Duong will host SCG Muangthong of Thailand during the visitors' ASEAN Tour 2016 on January 23 at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.

Anti-war poet wins VN art award 2015

 The 2015 Literature and Art Prizes were awarded to 67 works of literature, fine arts, music, cinema, photo-graphy, dance, folk art and theatrical art yesterday.

Tet Art unites 100 global artists

 Tet Art 2016, the biggest Vietnamese and foreign art fair of the year, will kick off on January 21 in Ha Noi.

Vietnam, Japan step up cooperation in semiconductors

 Vietnam and Japan will join hands to develop a semiconductor industry in Vietnam, as stipulated at a cooperation agreement signed between the Integrated Circuit Design Research & Education Centre and Japan’s Nagano science and technology fund.

Lunar New Year bonus for workers up 15.7 percent

 The Lunar New Year festival bonus is expected to increase 15.7 percent from last year, averaging 250 USD per worker, according to head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Labour and Wage Department Tong Thi Minh.

New technology to create ‘royal sweetener’

VietNamNet Bridge - With a new extraction process discovered by Hoang Phuong Lan, MA, it will be more simple to extract stevioside, the element responsible for the sweet taste of leaves from stevia rebaudiana.

Thermopower plants’ fate questionable as Vietnam tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

VietNamNet Bridge - The fate of thermopower plants is one of the issues intensely debated among policymakers who are programming the electricity generation development. 

Agriculture 2015: Rebounding from 'dual' difficulties

 VietNamNet Bridge - 2015 was a year of difficulties, from the weather, to the market to resources. However, thanks to timely measures of the agricultural sector, Vietnam’s export of agricultural-forestry products reached $30.13 billion.

Students spend sleepless nights to register for classes

VietNamNet Bridge - Registering for class schedule has left many university students short of sleep. 

More Speake-Marin Dong Son Tourbillon watches delivered to Vietnam collectors

 VietNamNet Bridge - After the first two Speake-Marin Dong Son Tourbillon watches were delivered in late November 2015, Speake-Marin continued delivery of the 3rd and 4th to Vietnam.

Investors, tourists eye Phu Quoc island

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite huge investment flows into Phu Quoc Island, Government officials revealed that the number of projects actually underway is much lower than expected.