Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh has urged member ministries, sectors and localities of the National Committee for APEC 2017 to enhance coordination and information sharing to ensure the success of the APEC Year in Vietnam in 2017. 

President Tran Dai Quang had a meeting in Hanoi on December 21 with UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, Prof. Carlos Alberto Torres.

VietNamNet Bridge - Institutions and businesses in VIetnam have suffered serious damage from cyberattacks because of a lack of emergency response teams.

VietNamNet Bridge - The loss rate in catfish farming has been increasing in recent years, mainly due to environmental damage. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi has 13 high-quality state-owned schools, all of which began in a pilot program in 2014. The city plans to have 20 more high-quality state-owned schools at different education levels by 2020.

The VN Index has increased by nearly 15 percent this year, while investments in gold, bank deposits, real estate and the US dollar brought a profitability ratio of less than 10 percent.

Chairing the 6th Plenary Session of the APEC 2017 National Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh emphasized that the organization of activities of the APEC Year 2017 will be conducted under the saving, unobtrusive policy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its beautiful scenery and a strong desire to ride the waves of globalisation, Viet Nam is a promising destination for film co-productions.

 Greylock Partners, a top-tier Silicon Valley venture firm, said on Tuesday it has hired a new investing partner in Josh McFarland, who will be leaving his executive post at Twitter Inc.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh has been named in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 team of the tournament by the website fourfourwo.com (Singapore version). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – V.League 1 defending champions Ha Noi T&T have signed a one-year contract with former midfielder of Spain’s Malaga, Alvaro Silva.

 A virulent strain of airborne bird flu extended its shadow across northeast Asia as Japan launched a new chicken cull on a southern island, days after gassing hundreds of thousands of birds some 2,400 kilometers to the north.

A series of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.

If the US Fed raised the prime interest rate, the overseas remittance (kieu hoi) flow to Vietnam would slow down, the dong would depreciate, and the dong interest rate would increase. The decision will also change international capital flow.

Ngo Van Suu, former head of the Party Central Committee for Disciplinary Inspection Commission, speaks to the newspaper Khoa hoc & Doi song about Prime Minister Phuc’s order to prohibit the giving of expensive gifts

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book collection on the HCM City’s revolutionary literature has been released, after five years of work by staff from prestigious research centres and associations.

 German authorities on Tuesday released a Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people due to a lack of evidence

Not only is it the oldest pagoda, Sung Hung Pagoda also has unique architecture and is one of the most popular spiritual tourist attractions in Phu Quoc. The pagoda welcomes a large number of tourists to visit and worship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous actress Nguyen Minh Trang left Viet Nam in 1998 to live in Singapore with her husband. She recently returned to Viet Nam to take part in a soap opera entitled Chieu Ngang Qua Pho Cu

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Tourism Association yesterday kicked off the 2017 domestic tourism promotion programme with discounts of up to 70 per cent on package tours.