VietNamNet Bridge – Empress Nam Phuong, known as the first and primary wife of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam, has been chosen as one of the world’s most beautiful royal women of all time, according to a local newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new incentives ushered in by the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community have prompted foreign investors to boost their investment in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists can catch sight of shops selling cajuput oil along the way through Loc Tien and Loc Thuy Communes in Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam risks being flooded by imported steel products, warned Nguyen Van Sua, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA),

Manilo Fabio Beltrones, Chairman of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, extended his congratulations to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on the occasion of the 12th National Congress.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015, many kinds of oddly colored or shaped fruits selling for very high pricesare on the market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Head of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Legal Department, Dau Anh Tuan, spoke to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about legal regulations that affect local enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fond of rocks, Le Tri Tue, 57, and his wife have been collecting beautiful rocks from mountainous regions for over ten years. They are now famous for their impressive collections of different types of rock,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hoan, deputy head of the group compiling revisions to the 2015 Penal Code, spoke to Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) about changes relating to capital punishment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is striving to boost its development in the ASEAN bloc and rise to the upper half within five years, according to the country's latest strategy on international integration.

  Live music shows at theatres and stadiums held in HCM City in the run-up to the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday are expected to feature thousands of screaming, happy fans.

 Some 3,000 Vietnamese women and children were suspected to have been trafficked to Laos and Cambodia in 2015, the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper reported.

 Vietnam hopes to welcome 8.5 million foreign visitors and 60 million domestic travellers in 2016, earning a total of 370 trillion VND (16.8 billion USD) in revenue, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 15.

 Vibrant activities and significant events scheduled during the 2016 National Tourism Year will be introduced through the website http://namdulichquocgia2016.vn, which was launched on January 15.

 Vietnam will continue close work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and with other countries, on the implementation of its plan for comprehensively developing a nuclear power infrastructure system between 2016- 2030.

 The ASEAN Friendship Caravan with around 50 travel agents and media from Thailand and other ASEAN countries arrived in HCM City on January 20.

 The Myanmar Buddhist Sangha presented Lord Buddha’s sarira to Hoang Phuc Pagoda in Le Thuy district, central Quang Binh province, at a ceremony on January 15.

 The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has made its way into Global 2000, a list of the world’s largest and most powerful enterprises selected by US business magazine Forbes.

  Diplomatic notes were sealed in Hanoi on January 15, concerning the first batch of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) worth more than 95 billion JPY for Vietnam in fiscal 2015.

 Vietnam declared to host the third International Wildlife Trade Conference (IWTC) in Hanoi this November within the framework of the 66th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on January 11-15.