National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for Mr. Tsutomu Takebe, Special Advisor to the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance on January 29 in Ha Noi. 

 HCMC-based Nha Nam Media and Publishing House will hold a spring book fair in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC for the first time as part of its annual activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 The preferential policies for enterprises in the field of science and technology is encountering various obstacles due to lack of professional capacity and unreasonable mechanism and complicated administrative procedures.

 People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City has got its teeth into canal water environment rehabitilation with spending of VND29,000 trillion ($1.3 billion).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents living near cement plants in central Thua Thien- Hue and Quang Binh provinces have complained about air and noise pollution that continually affects their lives. Dust from the mining fills the air 

 Coconut rice papers in My Long village, Ben Tre province, are famous because they are particularly fatty, tasty and aromatic when being roasted over a hot coal.

 Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong was officially recognised as a national tourism site, the first national tourism site of its kind in Vietnam.

Vietnamese cinematography witnessed encouraging progress in 2017, demonstrated through the establishment of a favourable legal framework for the film industry’s development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Hanoi from February 2-8.

 There is a huge difference between the milling crowds in HCM City’s Book Street and the lack of people in the Hanoi equivalent in a short street simply called December 19.

 PetroVietnam Gas JSC (PV Gas) plans to sell 30 per cent of its total shares by 2020. Shell, Total, and Tokyo Gas have already expressed their desire to become strategic investors in the company.

 The two heavyweight power producers, Power Generation Corporation 3 (EVN Genco 3) and PV Power, have been luring in investors for their IPOs, with the registered share volume exceeding the shares on offer.

 Famous magazine Missosology has announced its list of the top 90 Timeless Beauty 2017, including two Vietnamese beauties, Ha Thu and Kha Trang.

Phu Yen has captured the hearts of a large number of visitors with fabulous destinations such as Mui Dien LightHouse, Ghenh Da Dia, Xuan Dai Bay, Vung Ro, Nhan Tower, and Cu Mong Pass.

 Despite the rapid pace of urbanization, Hang market in Hai Phong city retains the typical feature of a rural market on the Red River Delta.

With the establishment of a working group on the formation of a special committee responsible for managing State capital at enterprises, Vietnam has taken the first step to realize the plan initiated in 2016. 

 Vietnam is expecting a wave of Indian investment after the meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of Indian firms in the framework of the ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM).

 Business Monitor International (BMI) forecasts $1.76 billion in revenue for the Vietnamese confectionery industry in 2018. To take control of this market, firms have set out grand strategies for the Lunar New Year.

Over the span of 2017 and the first three weeks of 2018, the price of the euro surged, causing mild unease among import-export businesses despite Vietnamese exports to the EUhitting $40 billion per year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Post-harvest losses not only refer to the quantity of lost crops, but also any reduction in their quality and access to international markets,