Ede ethnic girl H’hen Nie was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 on the final night of the pageant in the south central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City on January 6.

Winding roads, terraced rice fields and Nho Que river look like picturesque seen from the peak of the Ma Pi Leng Pass in the northernmost mountain region, where travellers have enjoyable experience.

 Bac Me Hydropower Plant in Ha Giang Province has gone into operation without a licence and caused serious damage to the national highway as well as houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign tourists coming to HCM City on cruise ships remains relatively low because of a lack of ports for cruise ships, according to tourism experts.

 Military officers in the central province of Ha Tinh have safely defused a 250-kilo bomb found by local people.

Additional cold spell to the north may continue to freeze Mount Fansipan on January 9 and 10.

 Fireworks displays along with various entertainment activities will be held in HCM City to welcome the Lunar New Year.

 General Director of Vietnam Airlines Duong Tri Thanh said that it would take a long time to break even or make profit through direct flights to the US.

 Consumer lending in 2017 surged sharply by 65 per cent compared to 50.2 per cent in 2016, according to estimates of the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC).

 Global technology company Xiaomi, in partnership with Digiworld on Saturday opened the first authorized Mi Store in Viet Nam.

 Many banks have reportedly gained high profit last year, helped by strong credit growth and initial gains in the settlement of bad debt.

 Viet Nam achieved its highest ever cashew exports in a year in 2017 with shipments worth US$3.52 billion.

 Samsung Electronics expects to deliver record profits for the last three months of 2017, but the estimate missed analyst expectations.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed the government to hasten efforts aimed at improving the business environment in 2018.

 The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has just published a paper announcing the initiation of a sunset review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to utility scale wind towers imported from Viet Nam.

 Saigon Heat has added two players, Maxie Esho and Michael Williams, to strengthen its line-up for the ongoing ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

 Police here have busted a weapons-trading ring involving electric guns, scimitars and bayonets, which were being sold online in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Veteran investors could lose billions of dollars because of rumors. 

 North Korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in South Korea in February, 

Nature has particularly bounteous in the southern province of Hau Giang, providing water loaded with minerals that is home to the most delicious thac lac fish compared with other regions in the country.