VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa completed their first hat trick of the season, after winning the V.League’s third match yesterday, by defeating Long An 2-1 on their home turf.

Police in the capital city have said they are considering electronic (and automatic) charging of traffic fines to offenders’ bank accounts. Police officers are mostly supportive of the idea, while others, including car drivers and authority figures

 VietNamNet Bridge – Service fees at residential buildings in Ha Noi, ranging from VND700 (3 US cents) to VND16,500 (72 cents) per square metre, under the capital’s newly-issued decision are thought to be unrealistic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new production by Viet Nam Television (VTV) Film Centre and Ryukyu Ashahi Broadcasting Corporation will be aired on VTV channel 1 on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 2,000 canals around HCM City have been seriously polluted threatening people’s health, reported the Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Medical University is acquiring immune cell therapy know-how from Japanese experts to treat cancer patients.

Interested people can now drop by a traditional calligraphy market just outside the Youth Cultural House in District 1, HCMC. This is part of an annual program for celebrating the Lunar New Year, which falls in late January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Binh Province is not building a suspension cable to Son Doong Cave, the world’s largest cave located in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health plans to use geographic information system (GIS) technology for infectious disease surveillance in all 24 city districts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured this Sunday, January 22, at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national women’s volleyball team will have Japanese head coach Hidehiro Irisawa, who is expected to push Viet Nam to a higher level.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang plans to limit the number of personal cars and motorcycles in an effort to ease traffic congestion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dust concentration in the air, both in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, was several times higher in 2016 than the levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), endangering resident’s health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A newly-launched artbook entitled 5 Mua (Five Seasons) features more than 100 paintings selected from entries to an online painting contest held recently by the Kim Dong Publishing House.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh won the Cup of Victory as the best male athlete of 2016 in a Gala awarding ceremony held yesterday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has risen one step in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, announced on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam U23 team will convene on February 3 to prepare for the friendly match with Malaysia on February 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Botanical-Animal Museum has opened at the Sai Gon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Sai Gon Zoo) in HCM City.

Nguyen Van Kim, Acting Director of the Justice Department under the Government Inspectorate, speaks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay about proposed changes in the current Law on Complaints and Denunciation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s wedding season in Viet Nam and stories of the special ceremonies abound.