Phan Ke An, one of the leading artists of Viet Nam renowned for lacquer paintings and sketches of President Hồ Chí Minh, passed away in Hanoi on Sunday. He was 95.

 A fishing crew of 11 were rescued after their boat engine broke down at sea 120 nautical miles off the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Islands of Việt Nam on Tuesday.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to the Ministry of Transport to halt the collection of fee from drivers at airports.

ENV has revealed that 16 international and social organisations in wildlife protection
signed a letter calling on Vietnamese law enforcement agencies to  handle  Mau Chien, the suspected mastermind of a trans-national rhino horn trafficking ring.

 The equitisation of the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) in 2018 was discussed at a meeting of the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi on January 23.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile said that it had contacted the Chilean Foreign Minister on January 22 requesting coordination to verify media reports on shark fins being dried on the roof of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Chile.

 US Secretary of Defence James Mattis will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 24-25 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart General Ngo Xuan Lich. 

 Right after Vietnam obtained an impressive victory against Qatar to advance to the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc congratulated coach Park Hang-seo and the Vietnamese team.

 Eleven remaining member nations to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have agreed to sign the deal at an official ceremony slated for March.

 The An Giang provincial People’s Court on January 23 sent four men to jail for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Clause 2 of Article 88 of the 2009 Penal Code. 

 Group hugs among strangers, excitement, even tear bursts are captured among Hanoi fans as the Vietnamese team secures a berth in the final of the AFC U23 Championship after beating Qatar.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to add two return flights between Hanoi and HCM City and Changzhou city, Jiangsu province, China, on January 27 when U23 Vietnam play a final match against Uzbekistan.

 Vietnam’s U23 team is shaking the media in Asia in particular and the world in general as the team beat Qatar to enter the final of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in Changzhou, China.

 Vietnam will play against Uzbekistan in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship being held in Changzhou, China.

Le Dinh Hong, of An Duong District in the northern Hai Phong City, is taking care of peach trees in his garden in Dang Cuong Village. There are about three weeks left before Tet (Lunar New Year).

 Vietnam Veterans of America members honoured, Cambodia hopes to send more students to Thai Nguyen, National fund gets 4.2 million USD to support poor children, USAID helps with dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Airport

 President Tran Dai Quang told visiting Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoyu on January 23 that cooperation in defence and military technology continues playing an important role in Vietnam-Russia relations.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) and people’s committees of Mekong Delta provinces of Vinh Long and Tra Vinh agreed Monday to cancel the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project on National Highway No.53.

 The high-profile trial of Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices, ended on January 22 after two weeks of sitting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People worldwide now can enjoy Vietnamese music on YouTube by Phuong Nam Film, one of the HCM City’s leading music, film producers and distributors.