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Deputy PM picks cheap airport renovation plan

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on January 20 chose one of three proposed plans to renovate Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.

Vietnamese PM highlights impacts of Industry 4.0 in Davos

 Impacts of the fourth industrial revolution on governments, businesses and people were highlighted by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc when he attended a session as part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Vietnam-Japan trade expected to surge in 2017

The Vietnam-Japan trade is expected to reach a new height in 2017 as the two countries have agreed on many measures to boost the trade exchange.

Top 500 Vietnamese enterprises in 2016 announced

 The list of top 500 companies in Vietnam in 2016 was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 19.

Craft villages step up production for Tet holiday

 With only a few days left until Tet (Lunar New Year), artisans in craft villages are scrambling to make products like sticky rice cakes and other traditional cakes, jams, dried shrimp and others to supply to the market.

Vietnam reaffirms priorities in APEC Year 2017

 Vietnam, as the host of APEC 2017, will maintain the consistence of priorities in the year, said Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc.

Wallonia parliament holds third hearing on EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

 The parliament of Belgium’s Wallonia region held the third hearing on the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on January 19. 

Sublime offerings for heaven and earth

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s biggest, most important traditional festival, Tet, is a time of renewal, a time to welcome Spring, a time to thank Gods and ancestors and pray for their blessings. Special dishes are made to offer the Gods

Lunar New Year festival organised at ancient communal house

 Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured on January 22 at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi.

Son Doong cable car idea needs careful consideration: official

 he consideration of projects relating to areas with exceptional values like Son Doong Cave, as well as the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, must especially take into account impacts on the local environment, culture and society.

Old documents said to back Vietnam isle claims

The Institute for Socio-Economic Development on January 19 donated to Hoang Sa district several documents and old maps that clearly establish Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

HCM City okays temporary “smart parking” lots

 HCM City has agreed to the transport department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

Hanoi honours outstanding youths in 2016

 Hanoi’s youth union hosted a ceremony on January 20 to honour 10 outstanding youths in 2016 for their significant contributions in a wide range of fields.

Foreign ministry holds New Year meeting with news agencies

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has hailed the press’s significant contributions to the country’s external affairs last year at a New Year meeting hosted by the Foreign Ministry on January 20.

Vietnam promotes APEC Year 2017 in US

 The Vietnamese Embassy in the US along with the US-APEC Business Coalition and the US National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) held an event to promote Vietnam’s APEC Year 2017 in Washington on January 18.

Should we celebrate Tet at all?

 And/or, why are we celebrating two New Years every year?Amidst all the happy hustle and bustle associated with the approach of Tet (Lunar New Year), this topic is being revisited this year on social media with surprising fervour.

Competition in farm-material growing areas heats up

VietnamNet Bridge - Many foreign conglomerates have jumped into the Vietnamese farm produce market after Vietnam signed a series of FTAs.

A surgeon who leaves no scars behind

Multiple awards winning Dr Tran Ngoc Luong, Director of the National Hospital of Endocrinology, Head of Surgery Department and Associate Prof. at the Ha Noi Medical University, tells that seeing young women mentally affected by post-surgical scars

The structure of a traditional Viet village

 An outgrowth of wet rice civilization, Viet villages are characteristically agricultural villages. The structure of a Viet village is adapted to rice farming and constitutes Vietnam’s typical rural space.

Better skills required of Vietnamese seeking work abroad

Pham Viet Huong, deputy director of the Overseas Labour Export Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affaris, speaks to the Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper about Viet Nam’s resolve to improve the skills