Ly Hoang Nam will take part in two Men's Future events in Egypt later this month.

 A Vietnam Airlines aircraft from the central Da Nang City to Ha Noi landed safely at Noi Bai International Airport this morning, following an alert over reduced tyre pressure.

 Famous magazine Missosology has selected Miss Vietnam Thuy Van, Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach and Miss Indonesia Maria Harfanti in the Best of 2015, Quotable Quotes category.

 Vietnam jumped a place from December 2015 to 146th in the FIFA rankings issued for January 2016.

 The Ministry of Transport held a ceremony to inaugurate the Trung Hoa and Thanh Xuan road tunnels, which cost a combined 1.64 trillion VND (73.1 million USD) on January 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Faros Golf Tournament will present a huge bonus of VND25 billion (US$1.1 million) to the winners during its two-day event at the FLC Samson Golf Links course in Thanh Hoa Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi FC have successfully signed two contracts with defenders Nguyen Nam Anh and Nguyen Van Dung from Ha Noi T&T.

 China’s landing of two civilian planes on an illegally-built runway in the Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) reef, in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on January 6, has sparked protests in the region, and the world.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, Pham Quang Vinh, chaired the regular meeting of the ASEAN Washington Committee (AWC) on January 7, the first meeting since Vietnam assumed the chair of AWC from January to April.

 A lychee tree in northern Hai Duong province has recently broken the record to become the oldest of its species in Vietnam.

HCM City spends 437 million USD combating floods, Firemen extinguish house fire in Dak Lak, Hanoi helps Vientiane build military traditional house, Year-end sees labour shortage, New small hydropower plant serves remote areas in Hoa Binh

 Tax rates proposed for two fats for milk, Sai Gon Hi-Tech Park grants licenses to three enterprises, Confectioners ready for Tet, VN households may soon pay tax online, HCM City proposes new 520 million USD power plant

VietNamNet Bridge – From December 27, 2015 to January 9, 2016 the police will practice various scenarios to ensure security for the 12th National Party Congress, which will take place later this month in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have said the strong investment wave of investors from South Korea, Japan and the US would act as a counterpoise to rising Chinese investment.

 Much less sludge was spilled than first estimated from a dam burst at a Brazilian iron ore mine last November which killed 17 people,

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities approved the Department of Planning and Architecture's proposal to build more than 100 public parks and playgrounds with a total area of 59ha around the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thrillist - a leading US food, drink and travel website has cited the best countries in Southeast Asia to visit, including Vietnam.

 U.S. employers likely maintained a fairly strong pace of hiring in December, suggesting that a recent but sharp manufacturing-led slowdown in economic growth would be temporary.

 Asian shares rebounded on Friday, led by strong gains for battered Chinese stocks after China suspended its market circuit breaker system and set a firmer midpoint rate for yuan trading for the first time in nine days.

VietNamNet Bridge - In most of the merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in the textile and garment industry which were made recently, the buyers were foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police of the central province of Nghe An’s Hoang Mai town have summoned a man for investigation of photos related to the killing of a monkey which were posted on his Facebook page.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Metro Group (Germany) has announced the completion of the transfer of Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam to a Thai partner.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 tons of fish at fish farms on a branch of the Dong Nai River in the southern province of Dong Nai have been reported dead, placing many households in distress.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ASEAN Economic Community which is now in effect will cause products from ASEAN countries, especially Thailand and Malaysia, to penetrate the Vietnamese market.

 Viet Nam's second largest mobile network operator MobiFone has acquired 95 per cent of stake in Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG), an official told local media yesterday after completing negotiations.