VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of High-Tech Crime Prevention (known as C50) has said that after a month-long investigation it had arrested six men allegedly taking part in an online gambling ring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Transport in the first quarter of this year will finish mapping out a plan to build bus-only lanes on some roads to improve public transit services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The highest Lunar New Year (Tet) bonus for a company employee is VND1 billion (US$44,289), according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Pham Truong Giang, former Vietnamese ambassador to Morocco, was awarded the “Grand Officer of Wissam Al Alaoui” order by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in recognition of his efforts to foster close, friendly relations

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a programme to retrain surplus teachers in secondary and high schools, to deal with current shortages in kindergartens.

 People with heightened activity in the amygdala, an area of the brain linked to stress, may be at greater risk of heart disease and stroke, scientists said on Thursday in research that could lead to new ways to treat stress-related heart problems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and another went missing after their boat flipped over in Krong Ana River in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Wednesday.

 Vietnam’s shrimp exports to EU increase 7.5 percent, HCM City enterprises borrow 12.5 bln USD from banks in 2016, Vietnam attends Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in India, Czech pharmaceuticals firms target Vietnamese market

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta’s economy expanded 6.9% last year, well below 7.8% in 2015, marking the fifth consecutive year the delta had seen its economic growth cooling,

 Orchestra of French schools abroad hosts concert, Indika Saigon to hold Tet market, French DJ to perform in HCM City, Mosaic Night with Noches and Shekon, Family Health cheers HN cultural diversity

 Ancient apricot trees in different shapes are taken care by artistic florists in HCM City and put up for sale at prices ranging from VND100 million to VND800 million for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival.

An art exhibition, featuring 60 latest pottery works and paintings with the theme of roosters, is opened to the audience in the capital city of Hanoi on January 13 to welcome the Lunar New Year 2017, Vietnamplus reports.

A reading campaign featuring 100 celebrities of Vietnam was kicked off last week. This is the first time Vietnam has had a campaign featuring images of public figures and their thoughts about the meaning of book, reports Vietnamplus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven more bus rapid transit (BRT) routes will be launched in Hanoi over the next 13 years in order to realise the target of eight BRT routes as set-out in the capital city’s master plan on transport until 2030.

Vietnam’s insurance market registered robust growth last year with the life insurance segment gaining the strongest growth in 10 years, insurers and management agencies said.

 Hanoi has suffered from increased traffic jams at peak hours due to bad weather.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho yesterday required airlines to reduce airfares for passengers especially those travelling to central provinces in the upcoming Tet holidays.

 Ambassador of China to Vietnam, H.E Hong Xiaoyong, shares his thoughts with VET’s Ha Nguyen about the partnership between the two countries.

 After a fruitful 2016, Vietnamese sport is stepping into the year of 2017 with an “old and new” problem namely the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

 Top Vietnamese marksmen Hoang Xuan Vinh and Tran Quoc Cuong are due to take part in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2017 set for February 23-March 1 in India.