The smog-hit Chinese capital of Beijing will establish a police force to deal specifically with environmental offences as part of its efforts to clean up its air and crack down on persistent polluters.

 Viet Nam’s steel industry plans to produce 5.5 million tonnes of crude steel and 5.8 million tonnes of rolled steel this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Former Misses Vietnam titleholders celebrated at a reunion in Hanoi and had a great time doing it as they presented the latest fashions of designers Anh Thu and Tien Loi in honour of the occasion.

 Model Le Hang was eye-wateringly beautiful on January 7 as she lit up the runway presenting the latest fashion collection by designer Adrian Anh Tuan at the Embassy of France in Hanoi.

 Donald Trump called Meryl Streep an "overrated actress" on Monday after the three-time Oscar winner publicly criticized him for having belittled a disabled journalist.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee on January 9 launched an online service with information about weather conditions and environment indexes, including air quality index, rainfall and flooding.

 The Hanoi innovative business incubator of information technology was put into use on January 9 at 185 Giang Vo street.

 David Haggerty, President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), is in Vietnam as part of activities to prepare for the ITF’s Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in August.

France’s Choisy le Roi city has offered an insignia to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son in recognition of his contributions to developing the France-Vietnam ties in 2016.

 The UI Greenmetric World University Rankings of Indonesia has ranked the Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University 156 out of 516 sustainable educational facilities worldwide.

 Vietnamese and Cambodian defence ministers signed a cooperation plan for 2017 between the two ministries at their talks on January 9.

 President Tran Dai Quang lauded the effective collaboration between Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry and Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Samdech Sa Kheng.

 A banquet and music performance was held in Hanoi on January 9 to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Vietnam – China ties (January 18, 1950-2017) by the Hanoi People’s Committee in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Public Security maintained a close liaison with Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs to fight crime last year, stated Minister To Lam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed Vietnam’s constant policy of reinforcing the fine neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability with Cambodia.

 The upcoming visit to China  of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from January 12-15 is aimed at further strengthening the Vietnam-China ties and defining the long-term direction for bilateral relations future. 

Projects incurring losses of trillions of dong, personnel scandals and multi-level marketing firms swindling customers were the top issues dominating 2016 for the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

VietNamNet Bridge - The owners of large conglomerates such as Novaland, Hoang Huy and Vietjet Air have left the rank of ‘hidden billionaires’ to join the force of recognized stock billionaires.

 Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday and laid out the Chinese e-commerce company's new plan to bring a million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers

Vietnamese telcos have geared up to shift from being mobile network operators that provide traditional voice services and SMSs into content service providers in order to seize opportunities from IoT (internet of things).