VietNamNet Bridge – An English book on primate expert Tilo Nadler was published on Sunday, featuring the German’s extensive career in Vietnam.

The HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways has proposed the HCMC People’s Committee advance US$97 million from the city’s budget to make overdue payments to the contractors of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line.

 A chung cake festival was held in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, on January 20. Nearly 120 tourists from many countries joined in making the traditional cake of Vietnam.

The country’s largest city brims with things to do and explore, from motorbike tours of former Chinatown to incense-filled pagodas, underground war tunnels and a UNESCO-listed biosphere.

Quy Nhon Port Joint Stock Company in the central province of Binh Dinh has been fined VND60 million for repeatedly violating regulations on towage prices after the firm offered the service 30-40 per cent more expensive than regulated.

VietNamNet Bridge - Le Quynh Hoa, a parent in Cau Giay, complained on her Facebook page that her son, a third grader, got a 9 and 10 score on nearly all of his school work and exams.

 Nguyen Tri Hieu, a banking expert, has thrown his support behind a plan by the Ministry of Information and Communications to pilot Mobile Money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Nguyen Van Phuong and his Romanian partner Nicholas David Ionel won their first Australian Open Junior Championship boys doubles match on January 21 in Melbourne.

 Vietnam’s property market with an incomplete legal framework is still nascent compared with those in other countries.

 With only two weeks left before the Tet (lunar New Year) holiday, Cao Thon villagers are busy with incense making to meeting the increasing demand for incense sticks during the country’s biggest traditional festival.

The biggest influencers were businesspeople whose enterprises developed large, significant projects and made huge profits, who owned big properties and successfully developed their real estate brands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A painting exhibition by Vietnamese and South Korean women opened yesterday in Hanoi, featuring the natural landscape of the two countries. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Mekong Delta have had a bumper harvest of giant river prawns at good prices because of favourable weather conditions and high market demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unusual weather has been blamed for the early flowering of lilies in Tay Tuu Village, the biggest flower farm in Hanoi, in the run up to Tet (Lunar New Year).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top male tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was knocked out in the men’s singles qualifying round of the ATP Challenger Burnia in Australia on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As in previous years, filmmakers will release new productions to lure moviegoers to cinemas during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCMC (Hawa) rolled out a website on January 18, www.gohopphap.com, known as Vietnam’s Legal Wood Database.

 Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Pete Peterson, speaking at a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 18, said foreign investors have expressed interest in the operation of some expressways in Vietnam.

 Based on the real estate business performance last year, experts believe the market will experience many difficulties this year, according to a news report by Sai Gon Giai Phong.

Honda Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japan’s Honda Motor Company, sold more than 2.56 million motorcycles and scooters, securing a market share of nearly 76% in Vietnam last year, backed by a year-on-year increase of 6% in sales