Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Phuong secured a place in the third round of the Copa Del Café Junior Tennis Tournament in Costa Rica on January 17.

 An art exhibition titled Colour of the New Year – Year of the Earth Dog, is due to open in the central city’s Fine Arts Museum on January 18. 

 Vietnamese shares plummeted on January 17 as investors realised short-term profits. Worries remained that the adjusted policy on margin lending could take effect early next month.

 Nguyen Trung Nam of Vietnam won a brace of titles at the 2018 Melbourne Open Championships on January 16 in Australia.

 Bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early December. The value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 (£7,222) before making a slight recovery, according to a price index run by the news site Coindesk.

The public investment restructuring scheme in 2017-20 will focus on core sectors of the economy and major projects that give impetus to socio-economic development and promote public and foreign investments under PPP practice.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved adjustments to the development master plan for the Mekong Delta region until 2020, with a vision to 2050. 

 The U23 team have written a new page in the history of Vietnamese football after winning a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in China on January 17.

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum is to open in Hanoi on January 18 with three key meetings scheduled for the day.

 A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport researchers have suggested banning the use of mobile phone while car driving as it threatens road safety.

Vietnam and US multinational technology company - Google LLC want to boost cooperation across the fields of IT and communication as well as share information on the basis of respect for international practices and Vietnamese law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has asked investors of road projects under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts to ban cars from parking for over five minutes at toll stations.

 More than 1,000 artifacts uncovered during the excavation and restoration of towers in the world heritage site of My Son sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam have been digitalised thanks to the assistance of experts from Italy and India.

 Princess Cruises, a five-star premium cruise line, has announced that it will increase the number of cruise tours to Vietnam in 2018.

However, until recent time, when University of Social Sciences & Humanities youth union coordinated with the Cheo 48 Hours to organize a gala programme, Anh had a chance to participate in a Cheo show and performed cheo on stage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of northern mountainous Ha Giang Province has found many small hydropower plants in the locality violating norms.

 A conference themed “Cybersecurity 4.0: Facts and Incentives” is going to take place in Hanoi on January 18 to provide the latest facts about information safety in the world and Vietnam.

 Standard Chartered Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on January 17 issued a global economic report, forecasting that Vietnam’s GDP will expand 6.8 percent in 2018. 

 More than 350 delegates from member nations have registered to attend the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26), heard a press conference in Hanoi on January 17.