VietNamNet Bridge – Two music concerts featuring Viet kieu (overseas Vietnamese) will be held in Da Lat to usher in the New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Viet Loan Foster returned to native Ha Noi after a long stay abroad and used her multicultural and entrepreneurial background  to good effect. Now she has become the poster woman for luxury tourism

Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the high demand for skilled workers to meet new requirements of national economic development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Increased growth, reduced spending and less debt guarantees are the solutions as rising public debt and its repayment exerts a lot of pressure on the Government, 

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will operate additional buses and trains to better serve people travelling during the New Year (this weekend to Monday) and Tet holidays (from January 26 to February 1). 

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have rushed to buy terra-cotta chickens that are painted gold to search for luck in the Year of the Rooster in 2017.

Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh won a gold and a silver at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Tourism has said it intends to propose lifting a 50% discount cap on tours to make it possible to launch a series of programs offering steep discounts for customers to step up tour sales.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Transport to design a special compensation, support and resettlement mechanism for the Long Thanh airport project in Dong Nai Province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – An ancient stone tomb over 100 years old was found when people dig the ground to make an internal path in Phu Tho Post Office in Ly Thuong Kiet Street in HCMC’s District 10, Tuoi Tre reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 12,200 elementary students nationwide have been taught to enhance awareness on water resource protection during this school year via the program “Mizuiku – I love fresh water.”

VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Van Trinh, Director General of the Viet Nam Institute for Agricultural Environment, tells the Nong thon Viet Nam Newspaper that the soil in the Red Delta is fast losing its nutrients, and is severely polluted in many areas. 

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 3 and 4, L’Espace will host a charity music night entitled The Trip – A Beautiful Harmony of Love with the participation of junior artists from TV reality shows such as Viet Nam Idol Kids,

VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners planting cherry blossom and kumquat trees in Nhat Tan and Tu Lien wards in Tay Ho District in Hanoi are making hectic preparations for Tet. Currently, there is bustling atmosphere at these gardens

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Black Box will host a drama improvisation workshop with Austrian facilitator Julia Fusselberger on Wednesday, January 4, from 7.30 to 10.30pm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians still see three-wheel vehicles carrying bulky goods on a lot of local streets, ignoring regulations.

The excavation of Kinh Thien Palace in 2016 continues to demonstrate the variety and complexity of the relics within the main area of the palace, as well as contributes to clarifying the enormous values of Viet Nam’s world heritage,

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Acoustic will host a metal concert featuring international rock stars on January 9. 

The central city of Da Nang will commence construction on a tunnel under the Han River – the first of its kind in the city and the central region – in 2018 following a final decision taken at the city’s people’s council meeting on Tuesday night. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Priority will be given to the restructuring of agriculture next year to ensure higher growth for the sector, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement.