A woman in the central province of Ha Tinh will sue the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam for the agency’s lax management over a local junction which was partially blamed for a recent accident leading to her husband’s death.

 Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh believed eight Vietnamese were involved in an illegal surrogacy service.

 The fifth Vietnam-Japan Environment Policy Dialogue was held in Hanoi on January 9 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

The financial sector collected $60.2 billion towards the State budget in 2018, or 7.8 percent higher than projected, heard a conference to review financial and budget works in 2018 and put forward tasks for 2019.

 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang underlined Vietnam’s stance on the US vessel USS McCampbell’s passage through Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) waters, while responding to reporters’ questions regarding the case on January 9. 

 MicroDragon, a made-in-Vietnam earth observation satellite, will be launched into orbit by an Epsilon-4 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture at 7:50 of January 17 (Hanoi time).

 The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre is partnering with US Seagate and CyArk companies to digitalise data of two heritages of Tu Duc Tomb and An Dinh Palace, Director of the centre Phan Thanh Hai said on January 9.

 The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau (China) on January 9 met with sides relevant in an oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters to find the causes of the incident and discuss search and rescue measures.

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 The popping up of diverse modern performances and art shows have made it much more difficult for traditional art genres to sustain stay popular. 

 V.League 1 side Viettel have signed three-year contracts with two Brazilian footballers to prepare for the upcoming season.

 A flower garden has changed its theme to cheer on Viet Nam’s football team who are playing at the Asian Cup in Qatar.

 Hanoi authorities have been working hard to make more Vietnamese products present in foreign-invested supermarket chains in Vietnam, seeing it as an efficient channel for the products to reach the global market.

 The central province of Quang Nam has two herds of wild elephants living in some forests in Bac Tra My, Tien Phuoc and Nong Son districts.

 The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) is joining hands with local competent authorities to look for two missing Vietnamese sailors, and identify one deceased in the oil tanker blaze in Hong Kong’s southern waters on January 8.

 Fox Sports Asia has named Cong Phuong as the “Player of the Day” thanks to his outstanding performance in the Group D match between Vietnam and Iraq in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 on January 8.

 Closed-loop organic waste processing technology and de-centralised waste processing are possible solutions for Vietnam’s organic waste problems, experts said at a discussion panel earlier this week.

A new production of the operetta The Merry Widow, the ballet Rite of Spring, revivals of the opera Der Freischutz and the ballets Café Saigon, Giselle and Cinderella will be performed in 2019.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 in Hanoi on January 13 to introduce Japan’s traditional instruments Shakuhachi and Shamisen.

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