President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on January 15 sent messages of condolences to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the deaths and injuries caused by a series of terror bombings and gunfight in Jakarta.

 Former captain of Viet Nam's national football team Nguyen Minh Phuong has become technical director of Binh Phuoc, a first-division football club.

VietNamNet Bridge – The highest monthly salary for mid-level and senior managers in Viet Nam was VND225 million, up by 11% in 2015 in comparison with the previous year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prospects for cooperation in economics and education between Vietnam and the US following the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement were highlighted at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on January 14.

 China’s recent test landing of planes on an airstrip illegally built on the Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago has sparked concerns in the region, and around the world.

To maintain the national  traditional beauty of schoolgirls, the HCMC Department of Education and Training has called on high schoolgirls in the city to wear Ao Dai at least every Monday to salute the national flag or on national holidays.

 A short documentary “Chau, Beyond the Lines” on a Vietnamese Agent Orange victim, Le Minh Chau has become one of five Oscar nominees 2016 for the documentary category.

 More than 1.91 trillion VND (85.1 million USD) in tax was collected in METRO Group’s sale of METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung said on January 14.

 The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) and Japan’s Komtek Corporation will cooperate in developing value chains for agricultural products of cooperatives in Vietnam as a way to help improve the country’s competitiveness.

 Grueling revenge movie "The Revenant" emerged as the Oscar front-runner on Thursday in nominations that pit big-budget movies against small personal dramas and once again shut actors of color out of the industry's biggest honors.

 The Obama administration is due on Friday to announce an overhaul of how the United States manages coal development on federal land, and freeze new coal mining,

MOIT has confirmed that the agency is following necessary procedures to deal with the case in which four Vietnamese steel manufacturers have proposed to apply trade remedies against ingot steel and long steel imports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sapa Town in northern Lao Cai Province holds a number of interesting things for visitors to discover.

Consumer credit boom expected in next five years, Only 30 percent of SMEs have access to bank loans, Social policy bank targets 8 percent growth, Thai company not qualify for exporting parent shrimp to Vietnam

An opening ceremony will be held today to mark the reopening of an ancient house on stilts in the northern province of Hoa Binh that had been reduced to ashes.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told Vietnam National Shipping Lines to divest entirely from nine seaports and companies and retain 20 per cent in Hai Phong and Sai Gon seaports.

The Government of Viet Nam has provided the public with scant information about its coffers and limited opportunities to engage in the budget process, a report announced yesterday.

 Human trafficking across Vietnam’s borders with Laos and Cambodia was reduced during a three-month crackdown from July to September last year, Vietnam’s Investigation Police Department on Social Order Related Crimes (C45) reported.

 Hoang Thuc Hao received the title Architect of the Year during the 2015 Ashui Awards ceremony held on January 14 in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese Consul General to Guangzhou province Nguyen Tien Hong on January 14 hosted a banquet to mark the 66th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and China (January 18, 1950).