VietNamNet Bridge – At 11am in La Dom Village, soldiers of the local border guard station proudly serve local students a tasty lunch.

 If you think enduring teeth-chattering cold is part of the fun when you travel, then the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival is the carnival for you.

The HCM City People’s Committee and the Consulate General of the UK in the city on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on co-operation in implementing the future global city programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The historic Vo Nguyen Giap Cave in the central province of Quang Binh will start welcoming visitors in 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Archdaily website has included four outstanding Vietnamese houses among the 80 most beautiful homes in this world in 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a growing population, increasing demand for water and the negative impacts of climate change, Vietnam faces major challenges in ensuring water security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National team goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has been signed by Muangthong United FC of Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese consumers are getting choosier and are now willing to pay more for safe food.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical storm Pabuk, the first to hit the East Sea this year, is heading toward the Gulf of Thailand but is still expected to cause heavy rains in southern Vietnam.

 Hundreds of metres of Cua Dai Beach in the central province of Quang Nam have been eroded again due to big waves and strong winds.

 The export turnover in 2019 would increase 10% compared to 2018 to US$21.5 billion, accounting for 9% of Vietnam’s total export value.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The champions of the upcoming Asian Cup will win a cool US$5 million, according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will attend and co-chair the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on January 5-6 in Hanoi at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The office scene in HCM City is heating up with the presence of high-end tenants from outside of the country, according to data from global real estate consultants JLL.

 The facility is part of the country’s efforts to modernize the weapons and the entire armed forces through 2025 and the years to come.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has set an export revenue target of US$43 billion for this year, up US$3 billion against last year’s result.

 The Operation Center at the State Bank of Vietnam on Wednesday, January 2 unexpectedly raised the purchase price of the U.S. dollar by VND500 to VND23,200, according to a VnExpress news website report.

 The Vietnam Railway Corporation has warned about several websites that are selling online tickets at high prices.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Tax Department of Ho Chi Minh City to hold back on enforcing a tax decision on collecting 3.14 trillion VND (some 136.1 million USD) from Sabeco for violations on special sales tax.

 Vietnam actively contributed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2018, which will serve as the foundation for the country to perform the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020.