Le Tuan Minh of Viet Nam brought home a silver medal from the Laos International Open Chess Tournament which closed on Monday in Vientiane.

 Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), denied committing asset misappropriation at the Thai Binh 2 thermal power project during the third day of the trial in Hanoi on January 10.

 The second-phase trial against Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) and his accomplices entered the third day on January 10, when the Ho Chi Minh City court began questioning the defendants.

 The Government has issued Resolution No. 138/NQ-CP following the conference with local administrations and the regular Cabinet meeting in December 2017. 

The DOC has published a notice announcing that the department rescinded the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from Vietnam for the period between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on January 10 announced the top ten cultural, sport and tourism events in 2017, which were voted by over 150 journalists nationwide the previous day. Following is the list of standout events:

 The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) announced on January 10 that it sold 27,882 automobile units in December 2017, up 13 percent from the previous month. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of considering the US one of the top important partners during a reception in Hanoi on January 10 for former US Secretary of State John Kerry. 

 “Em chua 18” (known in English as Jailbait) has earned a revenue of 7.5 million USD, making it the highest-grossing movie of all time in Vietnam.

 Vietnam always treasures and has made significant contributions to the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) in the past year, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his counterparts from China, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia on the sideline of the second Mekong - Lancang Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in Phnom Penh on January 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - A survey has found that 80 percent of students sleep less than seven hours a day.

The Ministry if Finance’s (MOF) decision to reject eight foreign loans with high interest rates totaling $1.2 billion was highly applauded by economists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi will strictly control motorbikes in 2018 and prohibit them in inner city areas by 2030.

iPhone users commenting on internet forums say that Apple is ‘selling batteries at a low price’ instead of correcting the fault of slowing down older iPhones as the battery ages. 

 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) expects to keep this year’s State Budget deficit at 3.7 per cent of the GDP, below the 3.9 per cent mandated by the National Assembly.

Five months after winning the silver medal at the 2017 IMO, a student from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted has scored another goal – winning a $264,000 scholarship for 4-year study at the University of Chicago. 

 Depite growing interest, private investments in Vietnam’s aviation sector remain below expectations. Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong talked about the mechanisms to leverage private investments in the sector.

 HCMC has plans to collect a wastewater drainage fee of VND1,800-2,000 (8-9 U.S. cents) per cubic meter of running water used, starting from this year.

 The amount of blood type O available at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion on Wednesday dropped to 2,934 units, from 3,500 units, after blood was distributed to hospitals in Hanoi and the northern provinces on Monday.