VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being recognised as one of the best performing Vietnamese real estate market segments, retailers are still facing big challenges.

 The Commanding General of the US Army Pacific, General Vincent Brooks met with Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty in Hanoi on January 19.

 Nguyen Hoang Thanh won the gold medal in the men's 21km professional category at the HCM City Run on Sunday.

 Viet Nam was placed second on the medals table of the World Pencak Silat Championships, which took place in Phuket, Thailand, from January 10 to 16.

 Vietnamese volleyball player Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa was named one of the best spikers of the Thai National League's first stage.

PM welcomes Danish trade minister; Communist Review launches tasks for 2015; Judicial system shows progress, but needs further reform; Deputy PM calls for deeper ties between Vietnam and Uruguay; Deputy PM seeks answers on low labour export rate

 VietNamNet Bridge –A performance featuring xam, the music of blind street performers, along with contemporary music genres, will take place tonight (Jan 20) at the Ha Noi Opera House.

 US Ambassador Ted Osius delivered a speech on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the normalization of relations between Vietnam and the United States. Following is his speech.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over one month before Lunar New Year (Tet), more than 1,200 farmers in Nhon An commune, Binh Dinh province, are very busy harvesting apricots, with the expectation of earning tens of thousands of USD this Tet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national U-23 football team will challenge themselves in two international friendly matches after the Lunar New Year vacation before heading to Malaysia for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifying round

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of Hoa Binh Province sentenced eight people to death and five others to life imprisonment for trafficking 189.35kg of heroin yesterday, Jan 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts believe that 2015 will be the “year of bank merger & acquisitions”, especially for banks in danger of a “merge or die” situation.

DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which paralyzed many information portals, online newspapers and government agencies’ websites in 2014, will continue to be the biggest threat in 2015.

The battle in the beer market is especially harsh in the high-end segment as Vietnamese breweries are now trying to target high-income earners.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At least 21 sets of remains buried in different postures were excavated from a 150m2 garden in Ba Ngoi Ward, Cam Ranh City of the central province of Khanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge – At least 20 health workers in Thanh Hoa, a province in central Vietnam, have been detected using fake certificates and diplomas. Many of them had conducted examination and treatment services.

VietNamNet Bridge – This Lunar New Year (Tet), HCM City will turn 580m-long Ham Nghi Road into a road of flowers. Below are sketches of the road for Tet holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Worms illegally imported from China could harm domestic agriculture and damage the soil.

 Vietnam’s labour market in 2014 saw a surge in demand but a slight decrease in supply, according to an online human resources report released recently by the job website VietnamWorks in Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sa Huynh is one of the most beautiful and amazing places that we have visited.

 2014 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average, US government scientists have said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The food and beverage (F&B) market has witnessed big changes in recent years, with Vietnam’s most famous brands, one after another, seized by foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Kien, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Economic Affairs, spoke to Kinh te Viet Nam & The gioi newspaper about growth goals.

 Tet trees in a jar win fans in Hanoi; Ministry seeks to treat truck overloads as criminal offense; Goats for poor go to local cadre; Patients complain about overprescribing; Mekong Delta strives for 4.5 percent poverty rate in 2015

Real estate inventory value drops 21.8%; Project supporting wind power use approved; Petrochemical and oil refinery project to start in Binh Dinh; HCM City targets 700 mln USD in investment in IZs