VietNamNet Bridge – The national U-23 football team will challenge themselves in two international friendly matches after the Lunar New Year vacation before heading to Malaysia for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifying round

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of Hoa Binh Province sentenced eight people to death and five others to life imprisonment for trafficking 189.35kg of heroin yesterday, Jan 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts believe that 2015 will be the “year of bank merger & acquisitions”, especially for banks in danger of a “merge or die” situation.

DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which paralyzed many information portals, online newspapers and government agencies’ websites in 2014, will continue to be the biggest threat in 2015.

The battle in the beer market is especially harsh in the high-end segment as Vietnamese breweries are now trying to target high-income earners.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At least 21 sets of remains buried in different postures were excavated from a 150m2 garden in Ba Ngoi Ward, Cam Ranh City of the central province of Khanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge – At least 20 health workers in Thanh Hoa, a province in central Vietnam, have been detected using fake certificates and diplomas. Many of them had conducted examination and treatment services.

VietNamNet Bridge – This Lunar New Year (Tet), HCM City will turn 580m-long Ham Nghi Road into a road of flowers. Below are sketches of the road for Tet holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Worms illegally imported from China could harm domestic agriculture and damage the soil.

 Vietnam’s labour market in 2014 saw a surge in demand but a slight decrease in supply, according to an online human resources report released recently by the job website VietnamWorks in Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sa Huynh is one of the most beautiful and amazing places that we have visited.

 2014 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average, US government scientists have said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The food and beverage (F&B) market has witnessed big changes in recent years, with Vietnam’s most famous brands, one after another, seized by foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Kien, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Economic Affairs, spoke to Kinh te Viet Nam & The gioi newspaper about growth goals.

 Tet trees in a jar win fans in Hanoi; Ministry seeks to treat truck overloads as criminal offense; Goats for poor go to local cadre; Patients complain about overprescribing; Mekong Delta strives for 4.5 percent poverty rate in 2015

Real estate inventory value drops 21.8%; Project supporting wind power use approved; Petrochemical and oil refinery project to start in Binh Dinh; HCM City targets 700 mln USD in investment in IZs

VietNamNet Bridge - To celebrate the recent expansion of the Phu Cat Airport in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, low-cost air carrier Vietjet has announced the launch of a new route connecting Hanoi and Quy Nhon.

 Thai Son Nam women team of Vietnam won the champion title at an international futsal tournament for Southeast Asian clubs, which concluded in Indonesia on January 18.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung commenced the 34th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday in Ha Noi.

Friendly cooperation between Vietnam and China is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Tho said in his article.