General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on the night of February 15 (the last day of the last lunar month) visited and extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to Hanoi’s Party Committee, authorities and people.

 The retail pharmaceutical sector is increasingly moving towards chains over stand-alone pharmacies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite great potential, private supermarket brands are not developing rapidly as retailers and manufacturers are trying to avoid direct confrontation.

Vietnamese tennis players will compete in the Davis Cup’s Asia/Oceania zone, Group 3 to be held in Hanoi in April.

Book lovers in Hanoi can enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday by reading to their hearts content, with a book festival set to take place on Book Street on February 18-25.

The bumpy road thus far for ride-hailing companies Uber and Grab in Vietnam could well end in a jagged cliff as authorities turn the scanner on their operations, tax practices and competition with domestic taxi operators.

A fund of VND46 billion (US$2 million) has been allocated for the development of public beaches and coastal tourism service in Thanh Khe District.

The Philippine government objects China's naming of a number of undersea features in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), which the UN designated as within the Philippines’ jurisdiction, according to AFP.

Together with high profits of trillions of VND at the end of 2017, domestic commercial banks reportedly hired thousands of employees to boost their performances and seize new opportunities.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan has had a meeting with Governor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko, during which both sides shared hope for closer partnership between Ukraine’s capital city and Vietnamese localities, especially Hanoi.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2018, President Tran Dai Quang offered greetings to all Vietnamese nationwide and in foreign countries, wishing them and people around the world a new year of peace, friendship, happiness and prosperity. 

The dan nhi, a bowed two-string instrument, is a multi-purpose fiddle in the vast treasury of Vietnamese traditional music.

 In 2017-2020 Vietnam will construct the eastern section of the North-South Expressway. The country needs a mechanism or policy to mobilize $2.8 billion of private capital for this $5.23-billion project.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, formerly known as the TPP, brings new hope for not only member states but also regional and global trade in the coming years.

 Regular citizens have joined with activists in signing a petition and spreading the word about the damaging effects of pollution from thermal power plants.

 Vietnam’s logistics costs remain high as they represent 20.8% of GDP and are double the world’s average, with transport expenditures making up the largest proportion and thus hurting the competitiveness of domestic products.

 The major task of the Central Military Commission and the Defence Ministry of Vietnam in 2018 is to reorganise the army forces to make the Vietnam People's Army elite, streamlined, strong and flexible by 2021.

Hanoi on the first day of the Lunar New Year is so different from normal days.

Vietnam, with a high-quality labor force which can satisfy requirements of the digital revolution, deserves to be a partner for foreign companies to team up to develop smart factories.

The latest report about the Vietnam macroeconomy released by the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) shows that macroeconomic indicators are relatively good.