In the blocks surrounding the White House, signs reading "Love Trumps Hate" and "Build Bridges Not Walls" littered the sidewalks on Sunday, the detritus of the Women's March protesting the policies of President Donald Trump.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, helped Vietnam access new ideas and development trends in the world serving its building and implementation of national development strategies. 

 Vietnamese State and government leaders on January 21 cabled messages of congratulations to the 45th US President Donald Trump and the 48th US Vice President Mike Pence on their inauguration. 

 Italian rescue workers have found the dead body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in central Italy that was buried in an avalanche last week, the Italian fire service said on Sunday, with 23 people were still missing

The heavy gold price fluctuations in 2016 allowed gold investors to make a profit of 17 percent just within three months, while investments in V-30 securities brought profit of 26 percent.

Vietnam’s cheap labor force will no longer be an advantage in attracting investment as the cost for applying advanced technologies is getting lower. Thus, a large number of Vietnamese workers will be thrown off production lines.

HCM City has about 2,000 kilometers of drainage canals, but many are seriously polluted. The pollution comes not only from factories and industrial zones, but also from residents' littering.

Some scholars, who believe the celebration of both solar and lunar new years is unnecessary as it causes a waste of resources, have suggested merging the two celebrations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Universities are focusing on enrolling students in majors which are easy to teach and learn and do not require high investments in facilities and laboratories.

 Mekong Delta region targets 9.4 percent export growth, Reference exchange rate goes down 2 VND, Thai investor to develop solar power project in Quang Ngai, Power tariff likely to keep unchanged this year

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to Viet Nam is expected to increase in 2017, said Do Nhat Hoang, director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 Painting exhibitions and demonstrations of traditional Tết celebrations are among activities being held in celebration of Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival, at heritage sites in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter.

 A project to preserve hát bội (classical drama) and bài chòi (a traditional game combining folklore singing and lottery picks) has been approved by Bình Định Province in an aim to attract tourists and preserve traditional theatre by 2020.

 A fashion show to highlight áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) will open the Ao Dai Festival 2017 on HCM City’s Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.

 Already popular for its beautiful terraced rice fields, a district in mountainous Yên Bái province hopes to expand the tourist season with yellow canola blooms,  Đinh Hữu Dư reports.

 Tet (Lunar New Year)-themed paintings have long been a fixture of local celebrations, with flamboyant colours used to send New Year wishes.

 Officials from the Viet Nam General Labour Confederation have voiced concern over a recent proposal revoking the maternity benefits to which female workers are entitled.

 Ha Noi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Red River that flows past the capital city.

Reports about ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) and Tet bonus programs from businesses show that those who have received the biggest bonuses were mid- and high-ranking managers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The securities investors in 2016 who bought shares with small capitalization value were the unluckiest investors in 2016. Those who held Truong Thanh shares ended up with nothing.