The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) planning department has to submit solutions for each of the 12 major projects that have been delayed and/or are performing badly before Friday.

 In its report on Tuesday, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) predicted a growing trend for Viet Nam’s economy for the 2016-2050 period, with an upward shift in the global ranking each year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho will provide public bicycle rental services on a pilot basis this year, Le Tien Dung, deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, said last Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities have proposed an expansion plan for HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport that will enable it to handle 45 million passengers a year.

 Firefighters have put out a fire in a Ho Chi Minh City hotel today (Feb. 7) and rescued four people who were briefly trapped in their rooms, a fire battalion chief said.

 As first blush, the arrival of transnational retailers in the metropolitan centres of Vietnam appears to be a boon for consumers who want wider choices and a death sentence for local retailers, most of whom are small.

 A painting exhibition is underway at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, displaying 100 watercolour sketches by Vietnamese artists of different generations.

 The Central Highland resort city of Da Lat has cancelled its first cherry blossom festival, initially scheduled from February 11-13.

  The new Government headed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has gained the confidence of the public and the corporate sector since its debut 10 months ago.

 Recent test results that showed 90/ 100 underwater samples in Ho Chi Minh City were polluted has raised concern in the public and city residents want the local government to issue urgent measures to reduce environmental pollution.

Flash flood and cyclone, unseasonable & high recorded  rains, heat waves in mid-winter, snowfall in Hanoi and Nghe An, early blooming flowers & fruits have hit the country in the recent years.

 The Korean giant remains the country's biggest single foreign investor.

 State Capital Investment Corporation currently holds stakes in 146 businesses. Its chairman Nguyen Duc Chi shares with VIR the company (SCIC)’s major tasks set for 2017.

 Several cultural experts have protested about a barbaric buffalo hanging ritual after a photograph depicting the killing was recently posted online from a spring festival in Yen Bai Province last year.

 Many ancient mahogany trees in Lang Street in Hanoi have had their bark stripped by vandals who are said to use this as a remedy for pruritus treatment.

 The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) is expected to hold ten sessions this year, according to the recently released 2017 working programme. 

 While it can’t be ruled out that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) members might eventually revive the agreement in an alternative configuration, it doesn’t seem probable at this time. 

 Whenever spring comes, children in northeast and northwest mountainous region, in their new colourful clothes will accompany their parents to festivals.

 To Dinh Giac Lam, Ba Thien Hau and Giac Vien pagodas are over 200 years old, which are closely associated with the formation and development of Ho Chi Minh City.

 Ho Chi Minh City was named among the 50 most beautiful cities in the world by travel website Conde Nast Traveler.