The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 29 announced the top 10 culture, sports and tourism events in 2016, which were voted by 125 journalists representing media agencies across the country.

 Hospitals must work around the clock in New Year: Ministry, Chan May port welcomes 87,000 foreign visitors in 2016, No nurturing unnatural actions, Ensuring food safety during Lunar New Year and spring festival season

 Credit grows 18% in HCMC this year, HCMC spends up to US$105 million on annual waste treatment, Business climate improvement effort yet to pay off, HCM City rolls out support program for start-ups

 Repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants, toddlers and pregnant women in their third trimester might damage children’s developing brains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will operate additional buses and trains to better serve people travelling during the New Year (this weekend to Monday) and Tet holidays (from January 26 to February 1). 

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have rushed to buy terra-cotta chickens that are painted gold to search for luck in the Year of the Rooster in 2017.

Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh won a gold and a silver at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Tourism has said it intends to propose lifting a 50% discount cap on tours to make it possible to launch a series of programs offering steep discounts for customers to step up tour sales.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Transport to design a special compensation, support and resettlement mechanism for the Long Thanh airport project in Dong Nai Province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – An ancient stone tomb over 100 years old was found when people dig the ground to make an internal path in Phu Tho Post Office in Ly Thuong Kiet Street in HCMC’s District 10, Tuoi Tre reports.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has filed for a patent to use airships to store products and serve as a base for delivery-drones. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The stock market was affected by the news about sharp oil price falls and Brexit, but the influence did not last a long time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 12,200 elementary students nationwide have been taught to enhance awareness on water resource protection during this school year via the program “Mizuiku – I love fresh water.”

 Britain avoided a collapse in mergers and acquisitions activity after the shock Brexit vote as foreign companies used sterling's spectacular devaluation against the U.S. dollar to snap up British companies,

 Dray Nur, Dray Sap, and Trinh Nu to name a few are beautiful and imposing waterfalls in the Central Highlands for visitors to discover for their New Year holidays.

 People in a village in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have contributed money to build a temple to worship a whale skeleton.

 Asian stocks looked set to end 2016 on an upbeat note, while profit-taking weighed on the dollar and the euro held near a two-week high after spiking early in the day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Van Trinh, Director General of the Viet Nam Institute for Agricultural Environment, tells the Nong thon Viet Nam Newspaper that the soil in the Red Delta is fast losing its nutrients, and is severely polluted in many areas. 

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 3 and 4, L’Espace will host a charity music night entitled The Trip – A Beautiful Harmony of Love with the participation of junior artists from TV reality shows such as Viet Nam Idol Kids,

VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners planting cherry blossom and kumquat trees in Nhat Tan and Tu Lien wards in Tay Ho District in Hanoi are making hectic preparations for Tet. Currently, there is bustling atmosphere at these gardens