VietNamNet Bridge – At exactly 5pm on January 6, four ships transporting the necessities for Tet (Lunar New Year festival) preparations arrived to greet residents and soldiers at Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands, 

After all three large mobile network operators, Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone, began providing 4G services, the war on service fees heated up. 

 Last year, Vietnam’s export of tra fish faced challenges in Europe and the US but experienced a marked growth in the Middle East market, earning a value of nearly 1.8 billion USD.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City should consider a range of policies to support people who are resettled when it acquires their land or house for public projects, a city leader has said.

Dr Bui Duc Thu, deputy chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Deputy Affairs, speaks to Tien phong newspaper on the negative impacts of the rise in value-added tax on the economy. 

 Defendants in the first-instance trial on several charges of wrongdoings at the State-owned oil PetroVietnam (PVN) group made final statements at the court on Wednesday, expressing regrets and asking for leniency from the judges.

 Vietnam’s plastics and packaging industry is luring in a new wave of foreign investors due to the sector’s strong growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Digital government is becoming common in countries in the world, as industries increasingly rely on Government databases to promote growth and socio-economic development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 170,000 seats are available for railway passengers going from north to south Vietnam and vice versa before and after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) will have an important mission of orienting member parliaments towards a shared future of bringing practical benefits for their countries and people. 

 Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich held a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Tea Banh in Vientiane, Laos, on January 16.

 Gender inequality contributes to the spread of HIV and reduces women and girls’ capacity of response to the epidemic, heard a workshop on January 17.

 According to the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center, rainy weather is expected to cover the country on the large scale since today.

 Hanoi - HCMC and Hanoi - Kunming listed in Top 10 best train journeys in Asia by UK's The Telegraph newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-one Vietnamese and Thai women without valid labour documents were caught at an entertainment facility in Puchong town, Malaysian police said on Wednesday.

 The level-2 field hospital of the Military Hospital 175 is ready to participate in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan in the first quarter of this year.

A recent work shows if Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam take advantage of recent advances in renewable power generation and transmission technologies, they can achieve energy security at significantly lower social, environmental, and political risks. 

 Vietnamese rice exports have got off to a positive start right from the outset of the year, with promising signs from traditional rice importers like the Philippines and Indonesia.

With significantly improved income, Vietnamese consumers are not only buying more goods, but also spending more money on premium products. 

New Zealand-based student Tang Huyen Thu released her first book in HCM City early this month. The book, entitled How Much Is Too Much for Remembering, includes the poem of the same name that won 2nd prize