Footwear industry exports to grow 20 percent, Long Thanh airport project likely years behind schedule, Da Lat to grow flower exports, HCMC IPs to see more foreign funding, Vinachem targets US$2.2 billion in 2016 earnings

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a devastating Lupus diagnosis, dedicated martial artist Nguyen Kim Hoang came back from the brink of death to continue his teaching career, despite financial difficulties.

 The central city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to open a book street to create a bigger space for avid readers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 17,300 people were hospitalised for injuries suffered in road accidents during three days of the Lunar New Year holiday from Saturday to Monday, a 113 per cent increase year-on-year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Newly built rural roads in HCM City have brought greater ease of movement to many residents, but more capital is needed as the city continues developing its rural transport infrastructure for the 2016-20 period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation decided to sack the Japanese coach after nearly two years of cooperation . During his time in Vietnam, Miura made improvements even though fans were frustrated in the later period.

The World Health Organisation advised women on Wednesday on how to protect themselves from Zika, particularly if pregnant, but also reassured them that most women in areas affected by the mosquito-borne virus will give birth to "normal infants."

VietNamNet Bridge – Shim Dong-woon's hat-trick gave Pohang Steelers a 3-0 win over Ha Noi T&T in the Asian Football Championship Champions League play-off match on February 9 in South Korea. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Though having received orders big enough to ensure jobs until mid-2016, Vietnamese export companies still are not satisfied.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Senior expert of the Ministry of Education and Training's National Foreign Languages Project 2020, Nguyen Lan Trung, speaks to Kinh te&Do Thi (Economic and Urban Affairs) about English teachers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution caused by rotten products and wastewater has become alarming at the Long Bien Market, the biggest wholesale market of the northern region, reported Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh (Business Times) Newspaper.

 Fresh cracks appeared in global markets on Thursday as investors sought the safety of Japanese yen, gold and top-rated bonds while dumping U.S. dollars on bets the Federal Reserve could be done raising interest rates.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Chinese smartphone brands have entered Vietnam in the last three years but have not sold that well. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sticky rice cakes are a popular finger food among Vietnamese people.  However, sticky rice cakes of Muong ethnic minority group in the mountainous district of Tan Son in the northern province of Phu Tho are special

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has seen implementing component projects in preparation for the building of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plants, the first of their kind in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New air services linking the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and other parts of the nation have helped send visitors to the region surging, heard a media briefing in Can Tho last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Until three months ago, Sam Thi Xinh had never held a camera. Xinh, a Mong ethnic woman from Phuc Loc Commune in Bac Kan Province, was chosen to take part in a research team with other women from her district.

According to Ms. Huynh Thi Anh Van, Director of the Museum of Hue Royal Antiquities, the Museum manages more than 13,000 artifacts, including many that have symbolic and spiritualvalue of the Nguyen Dynasty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is emerging as a key player among the world's major agricultural exporters thanks to its large reserves of arable land suitable for crops, radical economic reforms and aggressive trade policies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last August, violinist Hoang Rob's debut music video, a cover of Say You Do by songstress Tien Tien, received more than 100,000 likes in a single day. The video featured the fairytale landscape of Tien Cave

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health problems, such as scoliosis, short-sightedness, obesity, dental diseases and mental disorders, among school-age children have become more rampant in Vietnam,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of thousands of enterprises in Vietnam mat face lawsuits due to tough regulations on copyright protection stipulated in the Trans-pacific Partnership.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Minh Tri has asked the host’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to actively work with relevant agencies to address the raid and arrest of Vietnamese citizens in Odessa.

Competition for high-quality labor will become tougher when the ASEAN Economic Community is formed, and with relatively low salaries of the Vietnamese, ranked 8th in ASEAN, the trend of labor shifting from Vietnam to other countries may take place.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The most unique, old motorbikes in Vietnam are owned by Mr. Duong Minh Chinh, from the northern province of Bac Ninh.