VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Transport of Ha Noi has asked its inspectors to stiffen punishments of violating vehicles in order to ensure traffic safety during the Lunar New Year Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam was Ford’s third biggest market in Southeast Asia in 2015, after Thailand and the Philippines, said Mark Kaufman, director of the US car marker in the region. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 200 home appliance shops opened in 2015 as retailers expanded their business at ‘lightening speed’. However, the home appliance market posed challenges and many of them had to leave the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Festivals at the Va temple and Hat Mon temple in the capital city of Hanoi have been named as part of the country’s intangible cultural heritage, Ha Noi Moi newspaper reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are always a lot of gatherings and great food.

VietNamNet Bridge - An abundance of films, copyrighted films with no ads and high image quality are great advantages that will help Netflix compete with existing pay-TV programs. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Education & Training Department has announced it would allow educators to select student enrollees via interviews.

VietNamNet Bridge - Larger forestland areas are being cut down year after year but local authorities either turn a deaf ear to the illegal practice or unable to win their fight against loggers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Capital from regional neighbours into Viet Nam is increasing, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) said.

Viet Nam is endeavouring to be shoulder-by-shoulder with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in the field of labour and employment by boosting labour productivity as well as the competitiveness of Vietnamese labourers

Concerted efforts are needed to improve the operational efficiency of the No 5 seaport system, particularly the Cai Mep–Thi Vai Port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, to make it a regional entrepot in the future,

 VietNamNet Bridge – With two weeks remaining until the Lunar New Year Festival, Nhat Tan Village on the edge of Ha Noi's West Lake is blooming with a variety of flora, especially peach flowers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not until after 2022 will Vietnam have a full-fledged competitive power market, says a draft decision on a roadmap for development of the local power market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the 12th National Party Congress gets underway, the capital city of Hanoi is recognizing the significance of the architectural changes in the city over recent years with an extraordinary photo exhibition

 VietNamNet Bridge – An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale hit the Song Tranh Hydropower Plant No 2 reservoir in Quang Nam Province's mountainous Bac Tra My District about 2am yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors’ high interest in the consumer goods sector which has been growing very rapidly in recent years is believed to help boost merger & acquisitions (M&A), according to VnExpress.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Malaysian Futsal team arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for two friendly matches with Vietnam on January 25 and 26, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Westports Malaysia Dragons scored their 10th win of the season, to solidify their third place standings, after holding off Viet Nam's Saigon Heat, 86-76, at the MABA Stadium in Malaysia on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in the northwestern province of Dien Bien accidentally unearthed an age-old bronze drum while ploughing his fields.

 Viet Nam champions Becamex Binh Duong defeated Thai League runners-up MuangThong United 2-1 in a friendly match on Saturday at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.