An Antraxit coal monolith currently displayed at the Museum of northern Quang Ninh province has been recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) as the largest of its kind in Vietnam.

Workers will enjoy an average Lunar New Year (Tet) festival bonus of VND5 million ($234), an increase of 15 percent from last year, according to a survey by the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 The apples contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes were exclusively produced by the California-based Bidart Bros Company, confirmed the US Embassy in a working session with the Plant Protection Department on January 22.

Senator John McCain and Congressman Eliot Engel spoke glowingly of Vietnam’s status and role in the region at their January 22 meeting with Vietnam Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh. 

Two Vietnamese tennis players reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Asia U14 Tennis Championship, Division II, in HCM City's Phu Tho Sports Centre yesterday.

 Vietnam jumped up four steps in international football rankings, according to FIFA's latest list.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ma Xuan Cuong reached the semi-finals of the seventh Asian Three-Cushion Billiards Championship in South Korea on Wednesday, Jan 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Central Party Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs has announced that Phan Dinh Trac will temporarily replace Nguyen Ba Thanh to run the commission.

 Director of Viet Nam Railway Authority Nguyen Huu Thang was found dead in his office yesterday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 13 members of one of the largest-ever networks producing and selling fake degrees and certificates of all kinds, even M.A. and Ph.D diplomas, have been arrested by HCM City police.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The remains of at least four 800-year-old pottery kilns of the Champa culture have been unearthed by experts of the museum of Binh Dinh Province in central Vietnam at the archaeological site of Truong Cuu Hill in An Nhon Town.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bears in captivity at three farms in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh Province are starving and dying en masse within a short time, reported Animals Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seaport authorities complained that they have lost many customers because of stricter control over overloaded vehicles.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Each year, Ho Chi Minh City has to pay the Vietnam Waste Treatment Co. Ltd $3 million higher than the price offered by other water treatment companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Chinese workers were killed in a labor accident at the construction site of the Thuan Hoa hydropower plant in Ha Giang, a northern province of Vietnam, on Wednesday.

Uruguay’s top legislator wraps up Vietnam visit; Vietnam, EU talk human rights in Brussels; Deputy PM welcomes US trade official; President welcomes Lao Deputy Prime Minister; Vietnam, Argentina seek stronger friendship

Vietnam supports the normalisation of the Cuba-US relationship and views the ongoing high-level talks on the resumption of diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba is a significant step towards a new period in the countries' relationship.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment launched an Advisory Council for the National Committee on Climate Change on January 22.

US Assistant Secretary of State Puneet Talwar will attend theVietnam – US politics, security and defence dialogue in Hanoi on January 22-23, Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang told the media on January 21.

 Vietnam firmly requests China immediately desist upgrade and construction projects that damage or destroy the status quo of Truong Sa archipelago and not repeat similar erroneous actions, Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said.

DAP Joint Stock Company has found a solution after many efforts to deal with gypsum created during production processes. The public has criticized the company for many years because of the acid leaking from its gypsum dumping ground.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung underscored that ministries and sectors must firmly move towards the targets set from the beginning of the year, including a GDP growth rate of 6.2 percent and an inflation rate of around 5 percent.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has reiterated Vietnam’s political commitments to negotiating and realising the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the benefit of all TPP members.

VietNamNet Bridge – The construction ministry will focus on housing development this year, especially social housing projects, said Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a recent meeting.

 Viet Nam has been recently voted as one of the top 5 suggested destinations for travelers for 2015, according to Malaysia’s independent newspaper, Malay Mail Online.