Hanoi authorities propose to issue badges for Uber and Grab taxis as they currently do with traditional taxi companies.

 Investment funds are expected to perform better this year, following the successful 2016, on expectations that more individual investors will purchase their own investments, reported Dau tu Chung khoan (Securities Investment) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha tells the Tien Phong (Vanguard) that a programme to attract foreign lecturers and students to Viet Nam has yielded modest results.

 Adele swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking home statuettes for the top prizes - album, record and song of the year - in a shock, history-making victory over Beyonce on a night marked by political statements and emotional tributes.

 A fire that broke out at two sites of a bus assembly plant early this month destroyed spare parts and components worth VND250 billion (US$11 million).

 Viet Nam will have some 116 warehouses at the border gates with Laos and Cambodia by 2035, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Authorities in the central province of Quang Nam have requested agencies to collect and inspect oil clumps that have soiled local beaches over the past week.

 Hanoi Police said they have determined the suspect who carved xa cu trees or African mahoganies (Khaya senegalensis) on Lang Road in Dong Da District.

 Two Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the International Chess Festival -- Aeroflot Open - in Moscow, Russia, from February 20 to March 3.

 Valentine’s Day weekend is almost here, and while one can’t go wrong with any of the top restaurants in Hanoi, here are a few coffee shops that put extra-romance in the equation.

 Newly-recognized national intangible cultural heritages announced, Hanoi court to trial large corruption case at Oceanbank soon, New Mien Dong Coach Station breaks ground in District 9

 Love is in the air, with products wrapped and presented on store shelves, waiting to be bought by love birds for their significant others.

 Colourful lanterns have long been a symbol of the ancient town of Hoi An, QuangNam province. In the evening, the whole town is lit up with lanterns of all shapes and sizes.

 As the host of the APEC Year 2017, Vietnam should have a stronger voice to promote globalisation and connectivity among APEC members, thereby fostering trade liberalisation and bringing growth to all people.

 National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien has expressed wish to receive the US’s further assistance in improving the management capacity of Vietnamese officials, especially those working in public and environmental affairs. 

 The upcoming visit to Vietnam by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will open many opportunities and prospect for stronger cooperation between the two countries, stated Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Meirav Eilon Shahar. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Vietnamese and Greek governments to boost ties across marine-based economy, maritime navigation, shipbuilding, agriculture and tourism.

 Apple (AAPL.O) shares cruised to a record-high close Monday, helping catapult the S&P 500 stock index over the $20 trillion mark in what amounts to a victory for plain-vanilla mutual funds over a bevy of hedge fund managers

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has released a list of 19 enterprises in Hanoi and the proportion of the state’s ownership stake in them.

For 20 years, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram has been spending time to conduct research on  biological active substances of trinh nu hoang cung (Crinum latifolium), using the substances of the precious herb to support the treatment of tumors.