New Year is coming and you will want to find a perfect place to share this special time with your loved ones. Here are top 5 ideal destinations in Vietnamese northern region to spend Tet holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Black Box will host a drama improvisation workshop with Austrian facilitator Julia Fusselberger on Wednesday, January 4, from 7.30 to 10.30pm.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MOIT) plan to spend VND7 trillion to resume exploitation at Thach Khe ore mine has faced opposition from scientists. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians still see three-wheel vehicles carrying bulky goods on a lot of local streets, ignoring regulations.

 The largest ever number of rare Java pangolin (Manis javanica), 54 individuals, have been released into the wild recently by the Save Vietnam’s Wildlife in coordination with Cuc Phuong National Park and Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre.

 Many serious environmental pollution cases were uncovered and strictly handled in 2016, the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) said on December 29.

 President Tran Dai Quang received outgoing Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Vietnam Martin Klepetko in Hanoi on December 29.

 Border guards of Vietnam’s southern Tay Ninh province and military officials and police from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province held the first friendly exchange in Tay Ninh on December 29.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked central and local officials to have a political resolve and aspirations to develop the country in the new period although numerous difficulties remain.

 Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association To Huy Rua has received the Order of the Rising Sun, the first national decoration of the Japanese government for his dedicated service.

The excavation of Kinh Thien Palace in 2016 continues to demonstrate the variety and complexity of the relics within the main area of the palace, as well as contributes to clarifying the enormous values of Viet Nam’s world heritage,

  Lai Vung district in Dong Thap province is a popular tourist destination thanks to its rich culture and beautiful nature. Its mandarin gardens particularly attract tourists.

 The French daily newspaper “Les Echos” on December 28 hailed the development of Viet Nam’s stock market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Acoustic will host a metal concert featuring international rock stars on January 9. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health (MOH) says there is no correlation between cancer cases and the quality of water used by people in 10 villages. 

The central city of Da Nang will commence construction on a tunnel under the Han River – the first of its kind in the city and the central region – in 2018 following a final decision taken at the city’s people’s council meeting on Tuesday night. 

IPV factory, located in HCMC Hi-tech Park, makes up a high proportion of Vietnam’s total export value. It is an important link for Intel to implement its development plan in the Internet of Things (IoT) era.

VietNamNet Bridge - The modest investment in railways in the last 100 years, as well as high management costs and ticket prices have pushed the railway sector into an impasse.

VietNamNet Bridge - New Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha took office in April 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Priority will be given to the restructuring of agriculture next year to ensure higher growth for the sector, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement.