The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has set the goal to win at least three gold medals at the 18th Asian Games this year.

Vietnam’s leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV), announced that Vietnamese users lost some VND12.3 trillion (US$540 million) in 2017 due to viruses.

What Vietnam has achieved in 2017 have created important prerequisites for the country to continue implementing successfully objectives and tasks set by the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Every late Autumn, when sunbeams gently light up trees, turning them yellow, and light cold front approaches in the north, the ruoi (seaworm) season begins, as it has done for a thousand years.

In 2017, Vietnamese banks have regained their appeal to foreign investors, after a long period of restructuring. 

Hanoi will build Hoang Cau-Voi Phuc Road, which is to be “the most expensive road on the planet,” carrying a price tag of VND7.78 trillion ($342.59 million).

Vietnam's agricultural, forestry, and fisheries (AFF) exports have seen spectacular performance in certain product categories and markets.

Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market is estimated to record revenue of US$5.2 billion in 2017, a 10 per cent increase from last year. The market is set for double digit growth within the next five years, according to Viet Nam Report Company (VNR).

US investors poured $10 billion worth of FDI (foreign direct investment)  into Vietnam by October 2017, becoming the ninth largest foreign investor in Vietnam among 128 countries and territories, according to FIA (Foreign Investment Agency). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Statues of traditional sacred animals guarding the gates of temples, pagodas and relics are gradually replacing fiercer looking animals designed in China, but made in Vietnam.

 As of mid-December, 81.06 million people had social, health, and unemployment insurance. 

  It can be said that, coming to Hanoi, visitors must definitely catch a Cyclo around the old quarter, admire Ho Guom Lake under the green trees while enjoying the fresh air.

 FDI inflow into Vietnam nears 36 billion USD in 2017

Nguyen Nhu Tiep, director of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Quality Management Department, speaks to the newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay on measures to ensure food safety

 The international community has praised Viet Nam for a successful economic integration in 2017 thanks to creative and drastic management of the Government. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rice husk is no longer agricultural waste thanks to a heat press machine invented by rural engineer Tran Dinh Lai in central Thua Thien- Hue Province.

Ly Van Bon is making a fortune breeding river fish in cages in a tributary of the Mekong River. He ís farming the fish, known as Ca that lat knifefish (notopterus), in the Hau River and believes he ís the first to do so.

 HCM City has become a favourite destination for international musicians and artists who perform classical music, ballet and opera with their Vietnamese counterparts and offer training to talented locals. 

Interest in Vietnam’s startups is clearly increasing among South Korean investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Le Thao Nguyen finished in fifth place at the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships’ rapid event December 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.