VietNamNet Bridge – A South Korean firm has agreed to build a US$420 million horse racetrack in Soc Son District, Hanoi, chairman of Ha Noi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hon has been a farmer all of his life. Now, in his mid 50s, he is working as a tour guide. 

 Online retailer Amazon is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, the company said on Monday, boosting its investment in the country once more even as it prepares to leave the European Union.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Viet Nam National University-HCM City, Huynh Thanh Dat, talks to chinhphu.vn about the role of universities in encouraging students to start their own business and promoting startups.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp (S.N) and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States,

 VietNamNet Bridge – As new travelling trends emerge, the Vietnamese hospitality industry is making some crucial changes to herald in a busy 2017.

 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to make job creation the focus of her campaign over the next month, beginning with a $275 billion infrastructure spending plan that will be released this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ta Dinh Han, 38, a blind man, and his disabled wife, Vu Thi Thanh, have finally realised their dream of buying a spacious house after 10 years of constantly working for between 15 hours and 17 hours per day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment has been drafting a law for the operation of three special economic zones in three provinces of Viet Nam for foreign investment projects.

 EU leaders have agreed to re-evaluate the bloc's agenda after voters "sent a strong message", European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bamboo roots used to be burned as firewood in rural areas of Viet Nam, since farmers only used trunks of bamboo trees for handcrafts or the building of houses.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government spent more than VND700 trillion (36 billion USD) on nationwide poverty reduction efforts in the 2005 – 2012 period, an average of 90 trillion VND (4.2 billion USD) per year,

VietNamNet Bridge – IMF Resident Representative for Viet Nam Sanjay Kalra applauded on the Government’s success in stabilizing the macroeconomy, curbing with the inflation rate and accelerating the export turnover.

European leaders on Friday agreed to deploy 8.0 billion euros ($10.4 billion) to help create jobs for young people at a summit that also backed a tentative deal on the EU's next trillion-euro budget, despite simmering doubts.