VietNamNet Bridge – STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is an interdisciplinary and applied approach being used at HCM City schools with effective results.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Viet Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will perform classical and contemporary works at Ha Noi Opera House on January 18.

 The art of mediumship in Vietnam

 People evacuated after explosion in bullet warehouse, Litres of petrol seized in quality probe, Programme provides health care to 6 million people, HCM City continues administrative reforms

 EVNGENCO2 to launch IPO in June, Habeco sets to raise turnover by 6.7 percent to 322 mln USD in 2018, G-bonds worth over 7 billion USD issued in 2017, VN steel export up last year

 Vietnam’s top-three pharmaceutical firms will give priority to the research of new drugs this year to increase competitiveness amid stiffening competition from multinational corporations and new domestic rivals.

 Foreign investors will be permitted to establish their wholly foreign-owned companies providing logistics services, following Decree No.163/ND-CP, which will come into effect on February 20.

 A new wave of private agricultural investments has surged in the country, helping to super-charge the capital-poor agricultural sector.

 In a bid to more effectively control state capital in enterprises, the government will establish an official committee dedicated to manage it in the first quarter of 2018.

The management board of the Con Dao National Park has sent a dossier to the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment, asking for the recognition of its three ancient trees as Vietnam heritage trees. 

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh held a meeting on January 10 with US Congressman Paul Gosar who affirmed that Arizona State is willing to boost cooperation with Vietnamese localities in all fields.

If applying the personal income tax (PIT) rates introduced to the public last August, the state budget revenue would lose VND3.1 trillion a year. 

 Contracted Uber and Grab cars are not allowed to run across 13 streets in the capital city during rush hours, 6 – 9 am and 4:30 – 7:30 pm, starting January 11.

 A number of tourism events were held in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017, drawing crowds of visitors both at home and abroad.

 Drug company Pfizer has announced it is pulling out of research into drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease.

 Two people have died in Japan and several are in a critical condition after choking on traditional rice cakes as part of the new year celebrations.

 Hanoi sets a target of developing additional 11 million sq.m of housing in 2018, including 430,000 sq.m of social housing, nearly 348,000 sq.m of resettlement housing and more than 2.1 million sq.m of commercial housing.

 The volume of fruits and vegetables imported from Thailand is expected to surge this year as import tariffs imposed on these products are reduced to zero percent, heating up pressure on their Vietnamese peers.

 Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17.

Forecast to be in a finer state than in 2017, the Vietnamese economy in 2018 is expected to provide even more favourable conditions for foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and domestic market are promising to become stronger.