Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung on January 24 presented the adjusted investment license of 50 years to Coca-Cola Vietnam.

 Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 25 in celebration of the 87th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930).

Vu Huy Hoang was stripped of the title as former Minister of Industry and Trade in the 2011-2016 tenure due to his violations in personnel work.

 Mobile phone operators said they are making preparations to avoid network congestion during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

 Cancer death rates are surging in some regions of the U.S. even as fatalities steadily decline nationwide, a new study suggests.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things were high on the agenda as FTP Group Chairman Truong Gia Binh met with business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 

The three telecommunication groups under direct management of the Information and Communications Ministry (MIC) will have to develop their equitisation plans in 2017. 

People are flocking to streets and shops in HCM City to shop for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, and sellers say sales are booming. 

 Reuse Everything Institute Inc of Finland has agreed to fund a biodiversity research project in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve that will contribute to protecting the endangered red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus).

 As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in HCM City have attracted locals and tourists looking for artworks that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

 More than 370,000 cases of traffic violations have been discovered and fined for one month nationwide, the online newspaper Vietnamplus reported.

 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised the “outstanding performance” of the Party Central Committee’s office while extending Tet greetings to its staff yesterday.

 HCM City has begun operating electric buses on a pilot basis on three short routes, including one targeted at tourists.

 A programme on thrift practice and anti-wastefulness in the 2016-2020 period was issued last week in Hanoi by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in order to free up needed resources for economic growth and social security.

 Despite an expected oversupply in 2017, high-end and luxury apartment development in Ho Chi Minh City is still on the rise.

 Romantic musical "La La Land" became the movie to beat at the Academy Awards after earning 14 nominations on Tuesday in a diverse list that silenced the #OscarsSoWhite controversy of the last two years.

HCM City hospitals are ensuring that emergency aid, medicine and medical personnel are available for the Tet holiday as the number of traffic accidents, food poisoning incidents and drunk driving incidents increases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Smuggling, a longstanding “complicated” issue, is set to remain a thorny problem this year, market watch officials have warned.

Busy holiday travel continued January 23 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi as travellers pile home for the long Tet holiday.