The 2016 Hue Festival has been shortened from 10 to six days from April 29 to May 4, announced Deputy Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thua Thien- Hue Nguyen Dung.

 IBM has appointed Mr. Eric CW Yeo as the Country General Manager of IBM Vietnam, taking over from Mr. Jee Toon Tan, who has been named Regional Director for ASEAN Analytics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students in grades one, two and three have shown signs of improving their reading skills, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five academic majors of Hoa Sen University's Faculty of Economics & Commerce have been accredited by the US Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP).

VietNamNet Bridge - Big changes can be seen in the range of products displayed at supermarkets after the supermarkets fall into new hands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The wholesale market of Van Quan in Ha Dong district supplies a huge amount of vegetables for Hanoi. It is always bustling from 11pm until 6 am the next day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's Department of Home Affairs has recommended the city government should recruit people from other localities as officials, a practice it has so far refrained from, to enlarge its talent base.

 Electronic Music with La Fine Equipe, Vung Tau festival hosts 70 artists, troupes, Hue to host international circus festival in Mayi, Music, culture festival recognises Japanese New Year, Hue to host international circus festival in May

 Car owners across the country have been hot under the collar the past few days after the government required them to equip their vehicles with fire extinguishers.

 As the Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches, a number of public places are being upgraded to make the capital more beautiful.

 A short clip recorded scenes of a young man dressed in his stylish suit with money attached to it have recently caught the attention of net citizens.

 Toshiya Miura announced the player list of the Viet Nam U23 team to compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship's final round in Qatar on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – El Nino is forecast to continue its strong impacts in Vietnam in the first months of 2016 and abate in early summer. 

 Members of the famous Vietnamese rock band Buc Tuong (The Wall) will rock the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre for a night concert aimed to support its leader Tran Lap, who is in a battle fighting cancer.

 Landscapes and heritage of Morocco and Viet Nam are featured at an exhibition by artist Naima R Deniale, the wife of the Moroccan Ambassador to Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vinaphone targets to become the second biggest mobile service provider in terms of user numbers in 2016.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will not issue new banknotes with denominations lower than VND5,000 (22 US cents) for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday to save costs.

Basic knowledge of climate change, its impacts and measures to tackle and respond to the issue have been introduced to officials in Quang Ngai and  Lai Chau as part of a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme.

 Vietnam has no case of Zika fever so far, but there is a high risk that the virus may enter and spread in the country, as it has been recorded in several other Southeast Asian nations, the Preventive Medicine Department said on January 12.

Exhibition to recreate taste of old Tet, Art fair to welcome Lunar New Year festival, Vietnam aims to further engage in UNESCO’s activities, Nationwide film season to celebrate 12th National Party Congress

 The sixth leg of the Clipper World Yacht Race will begin in Australia on January 18 and finish in the central city of Da Nang on February 17-21, as heard a press conference in Da Nang on January 12.

 State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) remains at the top of the 500 Vietnamese biggest enterprises list in terms of revenue (VNR500) this year.

 More than 90 percent of train tickets on peak days of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which begins next month, have already sold out, according to Vietnam Railway (VNR).

 Hanoi’s police ordered to ensure security during Tet, Vietnamese Student Association in US Harvard University to launch summer program in HCMC, Disaster-hit localities to receive support, Poor diet, lifestyle fuel health problems

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training’s latest circular which sets limitations on university training has stirred controversy. However, many experts have defended the decision.