When the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) comes around, crowds of people eagerly ‘hunt’ for the most picturesque settings in Hanoi for beautiful photos during Tet.

A scaffold suddenly collapsed at a construction site in Hanoi, leaving three dead and injuring three others.

 Hanoi will hold firework displays at 30 locations to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

 Defendants in the first-instance trial on several charges of wrongdoings at the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) had the final say on January 17 morning before the judging council deliberates the verdict.

 The 6,000th child with heart diseases has just received free surgery under a programme funded by VinaCapital Foundation, said CEO of the foundation Robin King Austin on January 16.

 Thousands of patients are facing a shortage of expensive Glivec and Tasigna anti-cancer drugs because of cumbersome procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the land fund in HCMC has declined, fewer investors are interested in developing infrastructure projects under the BT (build-transfer) mode.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan and Youth and Sports Minister of Ukraine Igor Zhdanov signed an agreement on sports cooperation in Kiev on January 16.

 From the many cooking oils on a shelf at Co.opmart Dinh Tien Hoang supermarket, Nguyen Thanh Truc of District 1 has picked a 2l bottle of Co.opmart soya cooking oil.

 Fierce public objections about its proposal to impose value-added tax (VAT) on the transfer of land-use rights have forced the Ministry of Finance to shelve the move.

 Viet Nam experienced a relatively stable macroeconomic situation in 2017, in accordance with general global economic trends, but experts warned there will be obstacles to maintaining such momentum in the turbulent environment of 2018.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision to form a working group to boost the formation of a special committee responsible for managing State capital at enterprises.

Viet Nam paid US$410 million for imported beef last year due to increasing demand, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Five big State-owned corporations will conduct IPOs in the first quarter.

Chairman of the Parliament of Mongolia Miyegombo Enkhbold and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 20 to 23.

 The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), will offer 20 percent of its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) on January 31. 

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed the Government raise the individual income tax imposed on capital/securities transfer to 2 percent for trades not registered to the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) and not made on the securities market.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who is the President of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) for the 2017-2018 tenure, chaired a dress rehearsal for the 26th Annual Meeting of the APPF (APPF-26) on January 16.

The Vietnamese Party, State and army always attach much importance to the relations with Laos, said Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich, who is visiting Laos from January 15-17.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on January 16 for newly-appointed ambassadors of Sudan, Peru, Zambia, Afghanistan, Namibia and Bolivia.