Vingroup launches new trade center model Vincom +, Wood exports at $7.3 billion, “Made in Vietnam” cranes shipped to Saudi Arabia, Fruit and vegetable exports beat rice, earning US$2.3 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – A highly prized Vietnamese species, indigenous to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, is threatened with extinction, and the Government is gearing up to reverse its decline.

 There has been a strong wave of migration within Vietnam over the last three decades, a recent workshop held by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the General Statistics Office (GSO) heard.

 Eleven seafood processing companies in the southern city of Vung Tau went on trial on December 22 when the city People’s Court returned a verdict forcing them to compensate VND13.2 billion (US$580,000) for discharging wastewater into Cha Va river.

 A set of stamps themed ‘Year of the Rooster’ has recently been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to welcome in the lunar New Year 2017 and the year of the Rooster in Eastern culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Dinh Quang, deputy head of the Labour Relations Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), speaks to the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper about longer working hours.

 Famous composer Nguyen Quoc Trung has just called on local artists to boycott comedian Minh Beo who has just returned to Vietnam after serving nine months in jail in the US for child sexual assault.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Thap Tourism Festival 2017 will be held in Sa Dec city on January 7-14, said the provincial People’s Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 448 million medical tests are done in the country each year, but only a third of the country’s health facilities subject their tests to external quality assessments (EQAs). 

 The Ministry of Health has announced its 10 most outstanding events for the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam still cannot take advantage of its 3,200 kilometers of coastline, 6,500 kilometers of rivers, 126 river ports, 2,300 passenger ports and 4,800 berths.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, Ha Long, Hoi An, Phu Quoc ... are home to the busiest night markets in Vietnam, which attract a large number of tourists.

 Vietnamese citizens may be allowed to enter a new casino at the Van Don Special Administrative-Economic Zone in northern Quang Ninh province on a trial basis.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A joint programme on managing and organising physical training and sports activities at schools in the period 2016-20 was signed yesterday by two ministries.

 Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will host a ceremony to welcome the10 millionth foreign visitor to Vietnam, according to an announcement in a meeting in Hanoi on December 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Situated on the road side of the old National Highway 1, the craft village of Phuoc Kieu in Quang Nam Province still preserves the 500-year-old bronze cast trade and lives well from their ancestor’s industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many young Vietnamese couples seem to deliberately avoid pre-marital health screenings for fear that these will find health problems and ruin their budding marriages, a survey found.

 The Hanoi Department of Foreign Affairs has decided to remove its deputy director Nguyen Duc Hoang from his positive because Hoang has assailed former lecturer 76 year old Nguyen Khanh 

 Vietnam’s real estate market will continue to see stable development in the apartment segment with abundant supply in 2017, a conference in Hanoi on December 20 heard.

 The number of newly-established firms set a record in 2016, reflecting improvement in business confidence, following the Government’s efforts to boost reform.