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.

 Ho Chi Minh City to organise balloon flights for visitors for the first time during the Tet Holiday.

 Vietnam is expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 9.5% between 2016 and 2021 for outbound travel among Asia Pacific s emerging markets, according to the “Future of Outbound Travel in Asia Pacific 2016 to 2021” report by MasterCard.

Popular United Kingdom-based Vietnamese model and entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh has unveiled that she will host the J Winter Fashion Show 2017 on January 26 over the Seine River in Paris.

 In the early 1960s, a young ornithologist successfully persuaded Vietnam’s top leaders, including its founding president, Ho Chi Minh, to designate a tract of land near the capital as the country’s first national park.

 The Hanoi Culture Space will host a roundtable discussion with painter and antique collector Nguyen Manh Duc on January 13.

 The manga book Dia Nguc Mon (Gateway to Underworld) by the HCM City-based artist Can Tieu Hy, has been announced as one of the winners at the 10th Japan International Manga Awards.

 Nine projects will be implemented in 2017 to conserve and restore relics in the Complex of Hue Monuments, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

 Chief of the Defence Cooperation and Exports of the Israel Ministry of Defence Mishel Ben Baruch has pledged effective cooperation between his agency and relevant agencies of Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence.

 An economy with relatively high growth, the high proportion of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital and remittances spurred growth for the Vietnamese real estate sector in 2016 and the trend is expected to continue in 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many technology startups that called for capital in 2016 are expected to be even more successful in 2017.

 The Military Command of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has safely defused a 60kg bomb in Tran Yen district on January 11.

 Charles Jackson, a US veteran and prisoner during the war in Vietnam, expressed his wish to find his war-time rescuers during a meeting with the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) on January 11.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project improving the teaching of Vietnamese for people living abroad.

 A suitcase left by a tourist from the UK on the Da Nang – Saigon SE7 train on January 10 was returned to him one day later with all his posessions intact.

 The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam reported that the inspection sector discovered economic irregularities involving more than 59.4 trillion VND (2.63 billion USD) and 4,000ha of land in 2016.

 Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership