Facelift for HCM City Post Office stirs criticism; Vietnam building in top ten by social value; Twelve injured in coach accident; Unseasonable rain harms farmers in Ca Mau; Vietnam eager to embrace SMAC technology

HCMC apartment supplies surge; Dong fall piles pressure on foreign debt payment; Fuel import tariffs hiked to back wholesalers - ministry; Amata seeks to invest in Binh Dinh; HSBC puts GDP growth at 6.1% this year

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) announced the top ten events of the sector in 2014 as follow:

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 25-member national men's and women's volleyball teams will be summoned on Saturday in preparation for the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

Can Gio Mangrove Forest in Ho Chi Minh City has been cited among the Global Top 100 Sustainable Destinations or The World’s Greenest Holiday Destinations.

An application development laboratory, Samsung Lab, was inaugurated at the Post and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) in Hanoi on January 8. 

 As many as 20,000 Hanoi’s rock fans are prepared to enjoy amazing performances of famous foreign and domestic bands at RockStorm7 which will take place at My Dinh National Stadium in the capital city on January 10.

 The mountainous districts of Sapa and Bat Xat in north-western Lao Cai province might be experienced a widespread snow falling at midnight January 9 with temperatures plummeting to minus two degree Celsius.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Parkson shopping centers on Le Thanh Ton, Le Dai Hanh, and Hung Vuong streets in HCM City and on Thai Ha Road in Hanoi are often deserted, despite their discount programs.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Save Vietnam's Wildlife has launched a campaign to preserve Owston's palm civet, a rare species in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 100 year old Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi will be reinforced and repaired this year to ensure safety for people and vehicles at a cost of nearly VND300 billion ($14.2 million) from the state budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution in seaports in the southern-most province of Ca Mau had exceeded the regulated levels by five times and affecting local people's health,

To welcome the New Year 2015, VietJet will launch a special promotion program titled “Welcome Tet Holiday, Travel Everywhere with VietJet” with thousands of tickets prices for VND0 tickets offered from January 12 through February 12.

 The Vietnam men’s national football team jumped four places to 133rd position in the world and now ranked 19th in Asia, according to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for January 2015 announced on January 8.

 Police investigation authority has recently requested Ocean Bank to freeze Ocean Group Joint Stock Company (OGC) accounts until receiving official clearance.

 Viet Nam's No 1 volleyball player Nguyen Huu Ha has retired from competition after leaving his team Duc Long Gia Lai yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Maritime Bureau (Vinamarine) has proposed to continue policies to protect its fleet in the the domestic transportation market.

 "Pings" have been detected in the Java Sea which could have come from the "black box" flight recorders of AirAsia flight QZ8501,

Technological innovation vital to increasing competitiveness; Vietnam condemns terrorist acts in any form; PM gives nod on project for green, sustainable growth; Vietnam sends condolences to France over Charlie Hebdo attack

 A huge manhunt for the two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has entered its third day.