VietNamNet Bridge – Vinaphone targets to become the second biggest mobile service provider in terms of user numbers in 2016.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will not issue new banknotes with denominations lower than VND5,000 (22 US cents) for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday to save costs.

Basic knowledge of climate change, its impacts and measures to tackle and respond to the issue have been introduced to officials in Quang Ngai and  Lai Chau as part of a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme.

 Vietnam has no case of Zika fever so far, but there is a high risk that the virus may enter and spread in the country, as it has been recorded in several other Southeast Asian nations, the Preventive Medicine Department said on January 12.

Exhibition to recreate taste of old Tet, Art fair to welcome Lunar New Year festival, Vietnam aims to further engage in UNESCO’s activities, Nationwide film season to celebrate 12th National Party Congress

 The sixth leg of the Clipper World Yacht Race will begin in Australia on January 18 and finish in the central city of Da Nang on February 17-21, as heard a press conference in Da Nang on January 12.

 State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) remains at the top of the 500 Vietnamese biggest enterprises list in terms of revenue (VNR500) this year.

 More than 90 percent of train tickets on peak days of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which begins next month, have already sold out, according to Vietnam Railway (VNR).

 Hanoi’s police ordered to ensure security during Tet, Vietnamese Student Association in US Harvard University to launch summer program in HCMC, Disaster-hit localities to receive support, Poor diet, lifestyle fuel health problems

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training’s latest circular which sets limitations on university training has stirred controversy. However, many experts have defended the decision.

 Hungary hopes its relationship with Vietnam will be a pillar in the European Union – ASEAN relations in the future, visiting Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on January 12.

 National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son has expressed his wish that Vietnamese and Lao legislative bodies will continue their coordination and facilitate joint investment projects, helping spur socio-economic development in each country.

Vietnam resolutely rejects the viewpoints in the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman’s statement on January 11 regarding Chinese planes’ flights to an illegally built airstrip on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef.

Hotel room tariffs high on Phu Quoc Island, Slight advantage decides Vinamotor race, Five-year bond yield seen rising, Residential market soars in 2015, ODA for poor localities meager, Sun Life Financial raises stake in PVI Sun Life

 VietNamNet Bridge – Remarkable landmarks in HCM City, such as Sai Gon Notre Dame Basilica or Caravelle Hotel, are familiar to many tourists, but the history behind each building often remains a mystery, even to local people.

The Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security have successfully made an unmanned long-range reconnaissance aircraft which serves scientific research and national defence purposes.

 The HCM City Department of Planning and Investment has just proposed the city’s people’s committee to green-light Australia-owned Trisun Green Energy Co. to carry out a more comprehensive study for their waste-to-power manufacturing plant.

VietNamNet Bridge - A survey conducted by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) has found that the majority of Korean investors who plan to scale up their outward investment plan plan to come to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The most recently radioactive incident in Bac Kan province was not the first in Vietnam. This shows 'loopholes' in management of radioactive objects in the country.

 Many South Korean suppliers have followed Samsung, LG, Lotte, Emart and other major companies to set up shop in Vietnam in recent years, resulting in a sharp rise in Korean investment activity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the last three years, nearly 13,000 traffic accidents have occurred in HCM City, killing 2,141 people and injuring 11,686, of which 80 per cent were caused by lack of driver awareness about traffic laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the State Security Commission of Vietnam (SSC) Vu Bang has said that the goal of Vietnamese stock market for this year is stability in stead of growth because of many negative impacts abroad.

 11th Party Central Committee members continued discussing Politburo reports on personnel preparations for the next tenure during their ongoing 14th meeting on January 12.

 The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman put forward a number of wrong and dangerous arguments to defend the country’s recent test flights to a reef in the East Sea, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has said.

 The Government has promulgated a Resolution underlining key measures to realise the socio-economic development plan and State budget estimates in 2016.