VietNamNet Bridge – Around 1,500 tonnes of frozen seafood and 450 litres of fish sauce produced locally remain unsold in the stores of Quang Tri Province because of Formosa toxic spill. 

 A concert featuring masterpieces of classical music by composer Ludwig van Beethoven will be held at the French Cultural Exchange Center, L'Espace, in Hanoi on December 28-29.

 The Science and Technology Journalists' Club in Hanoi yesterday announced Vietnam's top 10 science and technology events in 2016.

 The irresponsibility of Chinese contractors caused the long delay in the construction of the multimillion-dollar Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant, located in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has ceased issuing treasury bills and begun pumping capital totaling VND22 trillion ($966.46 million) into the market via open market operations (OMO) in the last three weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap will organise its first ever Tourism Week in Sa Dec City on January 7-14.          

VietNamNet Bridge – Following the parking practices in the Philippines, Ha Noi’s Department of Transportation is asking the municipal People’s Committee for permission to convert roadways into long-term parking zones. 

Quang Nam will host the 2017 RS: One World Championships, the sixth of its kind and Vietnam Open Windsurfing Race during Quang Nam Heritage Festival next year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Viettel Global Investment JSC (Viettel Global) successfully issued 800 million shares in the form of private placement, mobilising VND8 trillion (US$360.4 million) to become the company mobilising the largest amount of money this year.

 After more than one month of considering her vacation, Nguyen Thu Phuong, a young girl from District 3 of HCM City, has decided to choose Taiwan (China) as her travelling destination during the coming Lunar New Year.

 Total capital for the economy in 2016 was some VND1.23 quadrillion, almost meeting the capital demands of the economy, the National Financial Supervisory Committee estimated.

 Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich received on December 28 Vice Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea Hwang In-moo, who is in Hanoi to attend the countries’ fifth defence policy dialogue.

 Vietnamese living in the Republic of Korea numbered 147,295 by the end of November, accounting for about 7.4 percent of the total expatriates in the country.

 A conference was organised in Ban Lung city, the Cambodian province of Ratanakiri on December 26 to review security and social order in shared border areas of six provinces of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Climate change and abnormal weather conditions have strongly impacted people’s health, triggering disease outbreaks including recurrence of new epidemics,

 At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visiting “the city of thousands flowers” – Da Lat - you should not miss the flower gardens.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has recently been suffering from constant traffic jams even during non-peak hours. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southern economic hub is rushing to realise its traffic infrastructure plan in which nearly 700km of expressway is expected to be built over the next five years. 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has come up with an idea of moving overnight aircraft parking from overcrowded Tan Son Nhat airport in HCMC to the Can Tho airport in the Mekong Delta city of the same name.