Saigon Heat lost to Tanduay Alab Pilipinas of the Philippines 95-87 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at the CIS Arena in HCM City on January 28.

Reports released recently by market analysis firms all show that in the FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) sector, Vietnamese brands hold the upper hand over rivals from multinational corporations.

 Hanoi architecture past and present is reflected through sketches and mixed media artworks displayed at an exhibition in the city.

 The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.

 Forbes, a global media company, on January 29 run an article on its website stressing that the Vietnamese football team’s performance at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship is a clear proof for the success of youth training.

After the penalty shootout against Qatar in the 2018 AFC Under 23 Championship semi-final match that carried Vietnam into the final of the competition for the first time in history, thousands of fans flocked to the streets nationwide to celebrate.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan to develop Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern province of Tay Ninh into a special spiritual and cultural site by 2035.

 Export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products in January 2018 was estimated at 3.09 billion USD, up 25.9 percent against the same period last year. 

 There will be more than 40,260 redundant teachers when the new national curriculum for general education is implemented from 2019, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Health urged city and provincial people’s committees, health departments and citizens across the country to take preventions against a possible bird flu over the next 16 days ahead of the Lunar New Year.

 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature last week launched a pilot project for flood-based livelihoods that will enhance the water retention capacity of the Mekong Delta.

  Parking lots are places with a high risk of fire. When a fire breaks out, there are often very serious consequences as vehicles are parked close together and oil and gasoline can sometimes be present on the ground.

 The year 2017 led to an increasing number of maritime mishaps involving fishing and cargo ships in the seas around Viet Nam, highlighting the perils seafarers face.

 Shares declined on the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) on January 29, dragged down by blue chips despite rising demand on the southern bourse.

 More than 1.43 million foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam in the first month of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 42 percent.

 The first episode of the French political television thriller Le Bureau des Legendes (The Bureau) will be screened at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 TrangTien street, at 6pm on January 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many wooden houses built just two to three years ago have been sold and taken from of the mountainous district of Tuyen Hoa in Quang Binh province.  

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Goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and right wing Nguyen Quang Hai of the U23 Vietnam has been picked by sports reporter Scott McIntyre of Fox Sports Asia, as two of the best players after the three-week AFC U23 Championship in China was over. 

 It remains impossible for Vietnam’s securities market to get promoted from a frontier market to an emerging market this year, officials say.