VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese judokas will have to work hard to earn places at the Brazil Olympics this summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is busily decorating streets to welcome the lunar New Year 2016 (Tet holiday), which is coming in three weeks. Some images of the capital city before Tet:

Vietnam attracted $23 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in 2015. The figure is expected to be even higher in 2016 as foreign investors have been flocking to Vietnam to take full advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs).

 VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly a week, peach growers in Hanoi’s famous flower villages of Nhat Tan and Phu Thuong have displayed their products to serve this lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

VietNamNet Bridge – Although snowboards and toboggans are not commonplace to Vietnam, when the cold air and white, fluffy, powder starts to roll in, here’s a list of five places to take your children sledding or to just enjoy the snow.

 The ongoing 12th National Party Congress had a plenary session in the morning of January 22 under the chair of 11th-tenure Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 Interest reduced on dollar, euro loans, Site for customs checks to be built at Moc Bai border gate, Footwear industry exports to grow 20 per cent, SME support law needed, Retailing firms target rural markets

Collaborative performing arts project to be launched, Quang Ninh: Ngoa Van festival to be held annually, Students engaged in Vi-Giam folk singing festival, Free wifi at HCM City festival spots, Work begins on Tet flower show

  The technical crew for Legendary Pictures arrived in Ninh Binh Province on Wednesday to prepare for the company's new film, Kong: Skull Island or Titan, the upcoming King Kong prequel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several flowers being grown in southern Da Lat-Lam Dong in preparation for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) have bloomed ahead of schedule, posing a loss risk to local farmers.  

 People who eat more green leafy vegetables, a good source of nitrate, may significantly decrease their risk of developing glaucoma, according to a large study.

 Vietnam suffered another loss in the last-round Group D match of the Asian U23 Football Championship on January 21 in Doha, Qatar.

 An eight-minute film featuring Vietnam’s beautiful landscapes, unique culture and 30-year reform achievements, began a seminar held in Panama on January 20, to popularise Vietnam’s people and tourism potentials.

Northern Vietnam will experience the strongest cold spell since the onset of winter from January 22, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

 Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has sought permission from the Ministry of Transport to commence negotiations with French group Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the potential partner in the firm.

The Indonesian authorities, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, completed procedures to repatriate 10 Vietnamese fishermen on January 21.

 Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son has urged the media to not only disseminate the Party policies and guidelines but also fight false allegations by hostile forces.

 The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics awarded the insignia “For the course of building and developing the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics” to Preeti Saran, Ambassador of India to Vietnam , at a ceremony held on January 21.

 The ongoing 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam received congratulatory messages from 167 foreign parties and organisations worldwide by the end of January 20.

 Implantable mobile phones. 3D-printed organs for transplant. Clothes and reading-glasses connected to the Internet.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese scientists believe that Vietnam has sufficient conditions to carry out human head transplant operations through technology transfer. 

Da Lat City in the central highlands province of Lam Dong is called with different names due to its romantic beauty such as “Little Paris”, “City of Pine Forests”, “Land of Mist”... Da Lat’s flowers, lakes and waterfalls attract tourists

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that ANA Holdings has serious future intentions after buying an 8.8 percent stake of Vietnam Airlines.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of kilos of vegetables with unclear origin were brought to seven schools in Tay Ho district in Hanoi, creating a public stir.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local media have reported that a species of giant mushroom has appeared in the gardens of several households in Luong Quan of Thuy Bieu Ward, Hue City in Thua Thien Hue Province.