VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Lao Lo, accused of murdering four people, including three children in Bat Xat District in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai,  was sentenced to death yesterday by the provincial People’s Court.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand will meet Yokohama in the final match of the International U-21 Football Tournament, to be held in HCM City tomorrow. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has banned all provinces and cities in the country from displaying fireworks during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet),

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism industry has experienced a successful year in 2016 with total revenue estimated at VND400 trillion, international visitor arrivals at over 10 million and domestic tourists at 62 million.

A “Happiness Concert 2017” will be presented to music lovers at Hanoi Opera House on January 11 featuring masterpieces of famous composers, Otto Nicolai, Johann Strauss II, Fritz Kreisler, Johannes Brahms and Maurice Ravel

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Match Play and Professional Golf Championship will be organised from December 28 to 31 at BRG Ruby Tree Golf Resort with the participation of 130 golfers in Hai Phong.

VietNamNet Bridge -   A report of the State Bank’s HCMC Branch showed that 22 percent of overseas remittances goes to the real estate sector, 72 percent to production and business and the remaining to other fields. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gieng Ngu (King’s Well) is a historic and mysterious attraction that should not be missed on Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has denied the existence of 10 so-called cancer villages, as their rates of cancer were found to be no higher than the national average. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major changes in the bus routes from the capital are to go into effect on January 2, said the deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, Ha Huy Quang. The changes are intended to reduce congestion.

 Imported meat forecast to flood Vietnamese market, HCM City guarantees loans for SMEs, Da Nang, Japanese bank ink agreement, Facebook touted as business development tool, Construction ministry warns against resort real estate glut

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy officially filed charges on December 23 against the former Chairman of Ocean Bank, Ha Van Tham, and 47 accomplices for serious violations during their time in charge of the bank.

 The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) recorded high growth in 2016 compared to 2015, according to figures released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC).

 Viet Nam’s stock market has kept its nose ahead in 2016 despite several negative impacts of international events. The 10 biggest events on the securities market in 2016 were announced yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has agreed in principle to build an underground shopping centre in downtown HCM City along side the city’s first metro line project.

 The insurance market in Viet Nam is poised for robust growth in 2017, bolstered by the anticipated improved economic outlook, along with the Government’s policies of promoting the services market.

 Nguyen Anh Tu brought home a gold medal in the men’s singles category at the 10th SEA Table Tennis Championships 2016, which wrapped up in Indonesia on Saturday.

 The famed mountain town of  Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province kicked off its first Snow Festival on Saturday, with the barometer showing 9 degrees Celsius.

 It's not the fault of the Ministry of Education and Training in the high number of university graduates being unable to find a job recently, according to a local education expert.

For many years not, the HCM City administration, which governs the nation’s largest city with a population of more than 8.5 million people that is forecast to increase rapidly, has been grappling with the problem of traffic congestion.