The national women's football team gathered on January 5 in Hanoi to prepare for the final qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Representatives of the national steering committee for searching for and repatriating Vietnamese martyrs’ remains have paid a working visit to China to discuss cooperation in the field, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported.

 Ho Chi Minh City has implemented two major plans which will form enlarged center area alongside Saigon River, reported the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper.

 More than 1,000 residents applied for the new identification cards at 31 authorised offices across Hanoi on the first day the city’s Police Department started issuing the cards, January 4.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VFS) has vehemently opposed China’s ramming of a local fishing boat in Vietnam’s waters, describing it as an inhumane action.

 Vietnam's Becamex Binh Duong were one of Asia's five most successful clubs in 2015, according to the Football Channel Asia.

 Professional and amateurs are invited to enter a street arts contest in music, dance, circus, magic, martial arts, and variety shows.

The State Bank of Vietnam on January 4 launched the daily average inter-bank exchange rate between the Vietnam dong and the U.S. dollar and reference exchange rates between the dong and some other foreign currencies.

 Foreign credit institutions intending to contribute to establishing non-banking financial companies will be required to have a minimum US$10 billion of assets at the end of the previous year as of February 8.

 Foreign capital flowing into Vietnam reached a record high last year, promising more economic growth but more competition for domestic companies.

Many individuals and enterprises yesterday blocked the Quan Hau Toll Collection Station on National Highway 1A to protest the station's decision to raise toll fees from January 1.

Police have arrested six people in separate drug crime operations since the beginning of the year, uncovering major stashes of heroin, cannabis and synthetic drugs.

VietNamNet Bridge - The monetary market on the last days of the year was hot, with the interbank interest rate reaching the year’s peak and the dollar price hitting the ceiling.

 The People's Committee of Can Tho City of Can Tho Province yesterday put into operation the most modern bus station in the Mekong Delta.

 President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) held talks with President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Ged Kearney in Hanoi on January 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministries all admitted that the rate of unemployed university graduates is ‘abnormally high’, but none of them has taken responsibility for this.

VietNamNet Bridge – The objects that fell from the sky in two northern provinces of Vietnam on January 2 may be the gas tank of an expired satellite that did not completely burn in the atmosphere, or the result of a failed launch of a satellite.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of Chinese tourists to the coastal city of Nha Trang in 2015 reached 180,000, an increase of 5.4 times compared to 2014 (33,000 people), reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - The network of universities in Vietnam, which has expanded in recent years, will shrink as the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to tighten control over the establishment of universities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Located on a high mountain, Lung Ac Village in Vinh Yen Commune, Bao Yen District in the northern province of Lao Cai seems to be surrounded by slowly rolling clouds all year round. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of households in An Khe town of Gia Lai province live on the water from Ba River but much of it is used by the An Khe hydropower plant.

“In the old days, ship owners were kings. Now, they are beggars,” a representative of VISABA (Vietnam Ship Agent and Brokers Association) said, speaking about the plunge in bulk sea transport charges.

VietNamNet Bridge – An art exhibition by renowned US artist Mark Cooper, in collaboration with his Vietnamese partners, is running at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese exporters of agricultural products must join global production chains if they are to take advantages of the opportunities of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced Brazilian superstar Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, more commonly known as Ronaldo, will be one of many Brazilian big name players coming to Hanoi this April.