Doan Ngoc Hai, vice chairman of HCM City's District 1, said he would resign if he fails to deal with local pavement encroachment.

Greek web designer Maritina Laskaridou has created a three-minute video clip during her recent 17-day trip to Vietnam, truly featuring the country’s distinctive culture, beautiful beaches, hospitable people and delicious food.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, in Boracy, the Philippines, on February 20 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in central Ha Tinh Province denied the connection between Formosa’s waste water discharge and the reddish streak appeared on water edge near the province’s Son Duong wharf.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A seven-year-old male Bos Gaurus bull, an endangered species listed in Group IB in Viet Nam’s Red Book, was killed in a protected area in Chu Mom Ray National Park last Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Orchestra and dozens of veteran and young artists will participate in a contemporary music programme launched this week to serve tourists in HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in HCM City’s District 4 want to set up a night market in Ward 12 and have sought permission for it from the city People’s Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Storms and tropical depressions are likely to arrive earlier and with more frequency in the East Sea than in the average monsoon season,

 Forest rangers are ramping up efforts to protect the seven-elephant herd which recently showed up at the forest edge in Quang Nam province’s Que Lam commune.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay agreed to hasten the approval of the Vietnam-Philippines action programme for 2017-2022 to forge stronger bilateral cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam was the second fastest growing car market in the world in 2016, with imports favored by most Vietnamese buyers. 

Meetings within the framework of the first Senior Official Meeting of APEC are taking place in Nha Trang. The meetings will determine APEC activities throughout 2017 which will change global growth, trade and investment.

 Kim Kwan-Yong, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do province in the Republic of Korea (RoK), was awarded the Vietnamese President’s Friendship Order at a ceremony held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on February 20.

The HCMC Department of Transport will focus on dealing with 37 sites prone to traffic congestion, yet the leader of this agency believes only 18 of them can be addressed this year.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Doan Xuan Hung, shares his thoughts with VET about Vietnam's second attendance at the G20 summit.

Long An FC's chairman has backed his team and said he would ask the criminal police department to investigate the referee Nguyen Trong Thu after his team were left on the end of a controversial 5-2 defeat.

 Airport Corporation of Vietnam, the sole airport company managing which manages the 22 airports across the country, has recently been found committing several violations.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has been selected as an ambassador of media images at the Ao Dai festival set to take place March 3-17 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers have strongly objected to footage broadcasted by a Spanish TV which criticised the quality of Vietnamese tra fish. 

 The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable line has been broken for the second time since the beginning of this year.