Crucial steps have been made, paving the way for Russia to construct Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant, worth over $10 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietinbank and PG Bank did not finalise procedures to merge in 2015 as planned, according to Vietinbank's chairman Nguyen Van Thang.

Tourists now have to pay a fee to visit Phu Yen Province’s major attractions, Ghenh Da Dia volcanic rock in An Ninh Dong Commune, Tuy An District, and Bai Mon-Mui Dai Lanh area in Dong Hoa District.

 More than 220 people died or went missing, while damage totaled 660 million USD a year due to unseasonal rains, landslides, erosion, whirlwinds and lightning between 2011 and 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prof. Dr. Do Ngoc Thong, vice head of the compiling board for general school curriculum, talks with Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper about the new curriculum of general education for the 2018-2019 school year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Household waste dumped by fisherman is polluting many small islands and beaches located on Con Dao District of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Microsoft Mobile Vietnam LLC, formerly Nokia Vietnam, recently paid all of its tax arrears incurred in 2013 and 2014, according to newswire baohaiquan.vn, effectively refusing possible tax incentives offered to high-tech companies.

 A lomography exhibition themed ‘No to Sorrow’ taken by photographer Maika Elan is set to get underway at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi from January 14 to 28.

 Duong Thi Hong, deputy director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, talks about the success of the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation since its launch in 1985.

On January 11, Vietnam Motors Industry Corporation (Vinamotor), Vietnam’s biggest bus manufacturer, will conduct an auction to sell 85.6 million state-owned shares, equalling a 97.7% its total stakes.

Viet Nam's U23 team lost 0-2 to Japan in a friendly match in Doha, Qatar, on January 7.  

 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.