Dong Thap is proud of its flowers.  The southern province believes it is second to none in the country when it comes to the sheer variety and number of blooms that bloom on its soil. Yes, that includes the more famous City of Flowers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For French designer Valerie Cordier, travelling is more than a hobby. It is an activity where inspiration waits to be discovered.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has invested VND363 billion (US$16 million) to complete the second-stage infrastructure for the 1,010-hectare Hi-Tech Park in Hoa Vang District, 20km west of the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banks in HCMC are putting on a variety of promotional programs to attract overseas remittances flowing into the city ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, said the news site baohaiquan.vn.

A delegation of some 20 Japanese enterprises led by Tatsuhiro Shindo, executive vice president of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro), had a meeting with the HCMC government on January 18 to sound out investment opportunities.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with WB President Jim Yong Kim, WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo, and Chairman of the Chinese Alibaba Group Jack Ma on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 golfers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and Viet Nam will compete in the JG Golf Championship in Da Nang on March 25-26.

 Some Olympic athletes could be at risk while training and competing because of heart defects or dysfunction that they may not even know about,

Pham Nhat Vuong, president of Vingroup, Trinh Van Quyet, president of FLC and Bui Van Nhon, president of Novaland are developers of the most luxurious projects in Vietnam. They have now jumped into the low-cost apartment market segment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hong (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

  VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC-based Heart Beat will hold a free show of Swedish DJ Par Grindvik and other veteran artists on January 20 at Apocalypse Now in HCMC’s District 1.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has continuously engaged in a series of sessions and meetings with world and business leaders as part of his sideline activities at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had an open and candid dialogue with chief executive officers of global leading IT groups on the margin of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will meet Hong Kong in group 2’s first round of the Davis Cup, Asia-Oceania zone, on February 3 in HCM City’s Phu Tho tennis club.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cameraman Ly Thai Dung of Vietnamese film Cha Cong Con (Father and Son) won Best Cinematography at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival.

 The Consulate General of Vietnam in Guangzhou city, the Chinese province of Guangdong, has held a banquet in celebration of the 67th founding anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950). 

 Brazil and Vietnam need to continue efforts to effectively implement agreements signed by the two countries while negotiating new ones, contributing to further developing bilateral relationship, said Brazilian President Michel Temer said.

 Sen. Lt. Gen. Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, stressed his country’s readiness for UN peacekeeping operations at talks with UK officers on January 20.

 The 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee wrapped up its sixth session in Hanoi on January 20 after three days of sitting.