The stock market will see large improvements on both local markets this year, despite many problems in both local and global economic conditions, said a Viet Nam Investment Securities Company analyst.

The Ministry of Defence will hand over 20 hectares of land near Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the Ministry of Transport for an airport expansion, said an official.

Criteria set for high-tech agriculture areas, Over 4,000 bridges to be built for ethnic minorities by 2020, Sunk sand cargo vessel removed from Sai Gon River, Vietnam greets first foreign tourists in New Year

Tran Thi Thanh Thuy of VTV-Binh Dien Long An FC has been invited by the Bangkok Glass Club to compete in the Thai National League.

 A ceremony was held in Muong Lay township, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on December 31 to publicise the recognition of the Xoe dance and Kin pang Then ritual as national intangible cultural heritages.

 Renowned Italian and Belgian artists performed their sand sculpture building skills in Tien Hai hamlet of Phan Thiet city, the south central coastal province of Binh Thuan on January 1-3.

  The Ho Chi Minh City-based basketball team Saigon Heat has signed a contract with American basketball player Paul Williams, who is expected to lift the team for the remaining season of the ASEAN Basketball League.

Growing demand for air travel during national holidays, especially the lunar New Year (Tet) has heated up competition in Vietnam’s aviation sector.

 The Vietnamese property market is entering 2016 after witnessing recoveries of firms in 2015, driven by macroeconomic improvements and policies of openness.

 The first-ever elevated monorail system in Vietnam commenced operation at the Asia Park in the central city of Da Nang on January 1.

 A Canadian national on a flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City was saved after suffering a stroke 20 minutes after the aircraft left Noi Bai Airport on December 31.

 During the first three days of 2016, there were 124 traffic accidents and 65 fatalities, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen have recently inaugurated border markers No. 30 and No. 275, which marked the completion of planting all grand markers at 10 pairs of international border gates. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Ministry of Public Security's Mobile Police High Command to ensure absolute safety for the country's major events in 2016.

 New financial tools meant to help the Federal Reserve pull off its historic interest rate hike last month have worked, easing some internal concerns at the U.S. central bank,

Credit is believed to be the service which feeds Vietnamese banks. However, the banking services provided to VIP customers make up 60-70 percent of revenue of many bank branches.

 Asian shares began their first trading of 2016 on a cautious note on Monday while oil prices jumped 3 percent after Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric spurred regional anger and geopolitical tensions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ta Chi Nhu peak in Tram Tau District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is the dream mountain shared by many who love climbing and "cloud hunting".

VietNamNet Bridge - In Le Village, situated on the romantic Lac lakeside in Lien Son Town of Dak Lak, there is a man believed to have the most elephants in the Central Highlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Next year could be just a starting year for the implementation of 4G services in Viet Nam, and there may not be a boom in the market in this regard.