The biggest icebergs breaking off Antarctica unexpectedly help to slow global warming as they melt away into the chill Southern Ocean, scientists said on Monday.

 Rapidly evolving technology is upending the traditional pecking order in the luxury car market, which until now has operated on the principle that bigger is better.

VietNamNet Bridge – Boredpanda – a leading art, design and photography community website in Europe- has published beautiful photos of nature landscapes and people in Vietnam’s northern mountain town of Sapa,

Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong has been listed alongside Mustafa Amini of U23 Australia and Chanathip Songkrasin from Thailand in the top 16 goal-scorers at the final round of the 2016 Asian U23 Football Championship.

The domestic automobile market witnessed a boom in 2015 with a series of records, but concerns still exist as manufacturers worry they cannot compete with imports after import tariffs are cut. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the northern province of Hoa Binh, visitors can drop by Chi Ne Town in Lac Thuy District to take a look at the first money factory of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This unique kumquat garden has an area of about 600m2 with over 300 bonsai kumquat trees in the shapes of a dragon, unicorn, phoenix and turtle.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A local company has successfully produced fireproof, bulletproof paint made from rice husks, with the price one third of foreign products of the same kind.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors to the Museum of Cham Sculpture can view three national treasures that are stored and exhibited in the museum of more than 100 years old located in the heart of Da Nang city.

Head of the Vietnam Food Administration Nguyen Thanh Phong yesterday said that the news of Vietnamese-made disposable chopsticks containing cancer-causing substance was not official; accordingly the department could not reach any conclusion.

 The final round of Miss World Vietnamese Businesswoman peageant took place at M3 Live Anaheim Art Theatre in the United States yesterday evening.

A group of researchers of the Hue Royal Traditional Art Theater has completed a scientific report on restoring the Phu luc dich (Phu luc for the flute), one of the Royal Court popular songs, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Center.

  The Hanoi People’s Court has accepted a request made by Realogy Group LLC, for Minh Viet Investment JSC to fulfil its obligation to Realogy in accordance with a foreign arbitral award judgement.

 Tran Thi Doan Trang won the first national motor race for women, which took place at Binh Phuoc Province Stadium on January 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though e-commerce is a promising industry in Vietnam, investors still hesitate to inject money into the field as they know e-commerce will need large startup costs.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications and South Korea's Korea Communications Commission (KCC) agreed to co-operate in-depth in the television field in Ha Noi last Friday.

 Bridge project suspended after scaffolding collapse deaths, Two held for possessing heroin, synthetic drugs, Police seize smuggled fireworks in Quang Ninh, Customs agency proposes removing food-safety checks on gifts

 Vietnam Airlines will launch a sales promotion for its flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to various destinations across Southeast Asia.

 The northern province of Quang Ninh will begin trans-border self-drive tours between its city of Mong Cai and bordering Dongxing city in China within one year.

 The Israeli Embassy in Vietnam will host a week of Vietnamese and Israeli cuisine from January 18 to 24, offering chances for food connoisseurs to figure out similarities in the countries’ cooking styles.

 The agricultural sector plans to slash rice cultivation by 100,000 hectares in 2016 to grow other grains used to feed animals, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

 Vietnam received 12.25 billion USD in remittances in 2015, the Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon)’s newspaper reported. 

 The Prime Minister has approved a programme to crack down on human trafficking in the 2016-2020 period.

 Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho have earmarked $202.5 million for upgrading and embellishing the Hung Kings Temple complex, aiming to turn the special national historical site into an attractive tourism destination.

 President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan, received Chairman of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Reinhard Marx in Hanoi on January 11.