Insurance revenues seen higher than payouts in 2016, Vietnam enjoys US$760 million trade surplus in January, ODA disbursement expected to reach US$25-30 billion during 2016-2020, Market moving away from social housing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drought and saltwater intrusion began affecting the Mekong Delta last December, two months earlier than previous years. This is the worst in the last 100 years, harming hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops.

 VietNamNet Bridge  – Vingroup has issued a press release admitting that about 135 monkeys had fled from the cages of the Vinpearl Phu Quoc Safari, the first semi-wild zoo in Vietnam.

The "Kong: Skull Island" film crew arrived at the Dong Hoi International Airport in Quang Binh Province on Monday morning to a warm welcome from officials of Quang Binh Province and hundreds of fans.

VietNamNet Bridge - Users have been told not to be too eager for 4G because it may be not as wonderful as they imagine. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Most garment companies report that they have orders until the end of the second quarter, while some companies said they have enough jobs for the entire year.

 In 2015, the Vietnam trade deficit with China hit an all-time record high of US$32.3 billion and the effect on the nation’s economy has not been beneficial, says the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scale modeling is a growing pastime in HCMC. And coffee shops displaying scale models are no longer new. Café DMT at 6B Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in District 3,

 PM okays expansion of road to Cambodia, Health insurance buyers to benefit from fee hikes, HCM City leader pledges full support for residents, businesses, Cameras to curb stone-pelting, HCMC Party Chief’s hotline receives 1,200 calls

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have agreed to preserve the body of the Hoan Kiem turtle in the long run but they have not fixed the measure of preservation.

 Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after acrid smog triggered the city's first ever "red alerts".

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese entrepreneurs are willing to spend billions of dollars and race against time to build their own retail chains as foreign groups flock to Vietnam’s promising market.

 Vietnam’s super-rich are indulging themselves in buying luxury yachts worth millions of US dollars.

 It is difficult to identify the architectural structures of palaces built under the Dynasties of Ly (1010-1225) and Tran (1225-1400) due to the lack of data, heard an international workshop on February 22.

Traffic police can commandeer assets of organizations and individuals, including vehicles and communication devices, under Circular 1/2016 of the Ministry of Public Security.

 Though experts forecast a rise in lending interest rates in 2016, a central bank official believes it is feasible to keep the rates stable and reducing it slightly this year.

 The local authority in the northern Hung Yen Province should return pythons found in the area back into the wild, animal experts have said.

 Amateur golfers will compete in the Mercedes Trophy Qualifier at Montgomerie Links Viet Nam on March 5.

Veteran artists who symbolise Vietnamese beauty will perform in an Ao Dai festival that will be held at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from March 1 to 4.

 The transport ministry will conduct the feasibility study of a 550km-long railway line, linking Laos' Vientiane to Vung Ang in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam, from December 2015 to December 2017.

 The transport ministry wants electronic toll collection systems (ETCs) installed at all toll booths nationwide from 2020, to end delays and cut costs, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong said. 

 Residents of Tam Kỳ City's Tân Thạnh District in this central province yesterday obstructed Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Road to prevent the passage of trucks carrying soil and rocks.

 Tourists from Russia will be honourable guests at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2016, Vietnam’s leading tourism show in Hanoi from April 14-17, according to the organising board.

 The 14th annual Vietnam Poetry Day 2016, themed “Dat nuoc-Canh buom xuan” (Motherland-Spring Sail), opened in Hanoi on February 22.

 The city of Hoi An will host a festival to honour maize – a farm produce grown in Cam Nam commune – for the third year on February 23.