The Vietnam Tourism Association has announced it will sponsor the first-ever international street food festival in Hanoi, which will run April 6-9 and coincide with Vietnam International Travel Mart 2017.

After a long holiday filled with fun, fun and more fun, millions began returning home on February 6, creating traffic backups and headaches all over HCM City metropolitan area.

 Leaders of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (Molisa) say an updated forecast for 2017 shows the guest worker program is on solid ground.

 The Government of Vietnam has issued a long-awaited decree allowing Vietnamese citizens to bet on international football matches and on horse and dog races in Vietnam.

Dinh Yen mat craft village is falling into oblivion as local people shift to use modern weaving techniques instead of traditional methods. Local authorities and residents are making efforts to preserve the time-honoured craft to attract tourists. 

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 Vietnam utilises 11 million tonnes of fertiliser annually and its consumption of local products is rising, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

 Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19 to 27 in Sapporo, Japan, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on February 6.

 The southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City collected 35 trillion VND (1.52 billion USD) for its coffer during January 2017, departments and agencies reported the municipal authorities during a working session on February 6. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has formed a Steering Committee to tackle problems of a number of projects and enterprises showing ineffectiveness and lagging behind.

 The body of a missing Australian visitor in Ha Long Bay was found underwater at around 1 pm on February 6, after a four-hour search.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau is taking actions to prevent coastal erosion, which has been getting worse over the past few years.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and a government delegation arrived in Vietnam on February 7 to attend the 39th meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Intergovernmental Committee at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Appetite for Asian stocks and the euro evaporated on Tuesday as economic and political fears sent investors seeking shelter in the yen, while forecasts China's foreign exchange reserves has fallen for a seventh month added to jitters.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that modern drug retail chains will replace traditional drugstores in the near future, following the trend of modern supermarkets. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Viet Nam National University-HCM City, Huynh Thanh Dat, talks to chinhphu.vn about the role of universities in encouraging students to start their own business and promoting startups.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A District 5 oriental medicine market is expected to become an interesting attraction in HCM City after local authorities decided to renovate it by the end of last year.

The trade pact is a "material" loss to the export-driven Vietnamese economy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Anti-globalization and protectionist attitudes are increasing in some countries, but Vietnam still has an open economy. This means big challenges for Vietnam in upcoming days.

Analysts say the success stories of Flappy Bird, Politaire and DesignBold show that Vietnam can produce quality intellectual property. But experts say that Vietnam needs to create favorable conditions for talented people to promote their abilities.