VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Ngoc Phan of Binh Thuan won the "King of Mountain" title at the Tà Cú Mountain Climbing Open in the southern province of Binh Thuan yesterday. 

 Last May, Australian Liz Walsh, her husband and their 2-year-old twins, moved into a 30-story apartment block in an upmarket residential area near Hong Kong's financial and business district.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat lost to Singapore Slingers 70-76 at the ASEAN Basketball League in Singapore yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Quarter Safeguard team for firefighting in Nguyen Thai Binh Ward in HCM City’s District 1 is often called for help by locals.

The three largest commercial banks in Vietnam have asked the government to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in local banks. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hau Thi Ca, a three-year-old ethnic Mong girl, lives in Thao Chu Phin Village and it takes her two hours of climbing up and down mountains to go to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With people returning to HCM City from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta after Tet (Lunar New Year), highways have been severely congested in the past two days.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Club from Thompson Rivers University recently organized a gathering event to celebrate Vietnamese Lunar New Year and bring a new taste of culture into Kamloops, Canada. 

 With the title “It's time for another Southeast Asian star in Korea”, the Korean Times of the Republic of Korea praised Vietnamese striker Nguyen Cong Phuong as a new talent in the football in Asia. 

 The United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to grant a Category 1 rating to Vietnam soon, allowing its airlines to fly to the US and codeshare with US carriers, according to the Strait Times.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Huynh Thi Thuy Dung, a primary teacher in a remote area of Dak Nong Province, all she wishes for the new year is a kitchen.

 Ho Chi Minh City plans this year to speed up a project to become a smart city by 2025 in order to better serve its residents.

 Returning from the one-week Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, Viet Nam’s benchmark VN Index is forecast to grow strongly with banks leading the market upturn.

 Moody’s Investors Service has assigned first-time Ba3 deposit and issuer ratings to Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank).

 Registering for and protecting geographical indication (GI) for Vietnamese specialities are needed to protect, add value to unique products and promote their exports, experts have said.

 The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has predicted the export value of tra fish will reach US$2.4 billion this year, up from $2.3 billion last year.

 The domestic dairy industry will face competitive pressure this year due to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to a report of the Rong Viet Securities Company (VDSC).

 The number of people infected with measles in the European region in 2018 is the highest in a decade, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

 Before Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress last year, he and his team prepared by holding mock hearings inside a Facebook conference room set up to look like a congressional room.

VietNamNet Bridge - Distributed electricity generation is believed to be a good solution which could help satisfy Vietnam’s demand for power, experts say.