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Transport company licence revoked following fatal crash

The Ha Noi Transportation Department has decided to revoke the business licence of the company whose truck driver caused a deadly crash on Monday, killing eight people and injuring seven others.

Malicious code attacks Vietnam more than 800,000 times per day

 Regarding the detection of infections which are constantly updated every second, Vietnam has always been among the three most infected countries.

Vietnam spends 5.8% of GDP on education

 The Vietnamese government has also approved 530 joint training programs between local and foreign universities.

Seven worrying problems for HCMC’s real estate market in 2019

VietNamNet Bridge - The property market is worried about ‘land fever’ amid a shortage of available land.

Indonesia opens Darmasiswa Scholarship 2019-2020 program

 2019-2020 program to present 650 scholarships to students to study the Indonesian language, culture and arts.

Liem wins first round of Gibraltar event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem had a good start in the Masters event of the Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 in the UK on Tuesday.

Saigon Railway adds 10 ‘five-star’ carriages for Tet holiday

 The Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company recently received additional 10 ‘five-star’ carriages on trains connecting HCM City and Hanoi in order to serve passengers during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Khanh Hoa to put on diverse range of activities for visitors during Tet

 A wide range of cultural and art activities will be held in the coastal city of Nha Trang to welcome in the Lunar New Year, according to Khanh Hoa province’s Department of Culture and Sports.

Hanoi to promote its image on CNN

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will continue to co-operate with US television network CNN to promote the city as a new destination for sporting events, including the upcoming Formula 1 Race.

H’Hen Nie among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam by Global Beauties

 H’Hen Nie has been named as the only Vietnamese representative among the top 20 of Miss Grand Slam as selected by Global Beauties.

ANZ staff charged with appropriation of VND91 billion

 The former head of the Customer Relations Department at ANZ’s South Sai Gon branch, Nguyen Pham Gia Tho, abused his position to appropriate over VND91 billion ($3.95 million).

GrabFood heats up food delivery market

 Speed and technology have become potent ingredients in Vietnam's sizzling food delivery market.

Ancient sua tree in Hanoi to be felled to stop theft

 Authorities in Hanoi's Chuong My District have decided to fell a valuable 130-year-old sua tree so that local people can earn money from the tree rather than it possibly being stolen.

Nearly $900 million injected in Vietnamese startups in 2018

 Vietnamese startups were invested in to the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

Tourism market busy ahead of Tet holiday

 This year’s long Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays have made for a busy tourism market, with higher sales in tours both inside the country and abroad.

Vietnam – favourite destination for RoK’s middle-aged tourists

 Vietnam has become an attractive destination for middle-aged tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to analysis by HanaTour - the largest travel company in the RoK.

PM arrives in Switzerland, starting activities at WEF Davos 2019

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Zurich International Airport, Switzerland at 7am on January 23 and immediately moved to Davos for scheduled activities within the framework of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum.

A new moon rising alongside a gold star

There is a perfect storm brewing for Vietnam in the coming fortnight as family and friends come together for their annual celebrative binge of being Vietnamese for the lunar new year festival, called Tet.

Traffic police strengthen checks on drivers nationwide

 Increased measures are being taken to detect and penalize the drivers of trucks and coaches who abuse drugs and alcohol while driving, following deadly accidents recently caused by such drivers.

How an overweight shelter dog saved Eric O'Grey's life

 Life as a 340-pound man had become unmanageable for Eric O'Grey.When he wasn't traveling for work as a salesman for GE, the 51-year-old rarely left his San Jose, California, apartment.