VietNamNet Bridge - It will be unfortunate if businesses see their share prices fall dramatically or their sales to slow down in 2016.

A volcanic cavern system in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong- the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia- is set to open to public in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After a period of treatment in the US, on January 8 Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh returned to the Plum Village (France) to seek appropriate treatment methods.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After long negotiations, Gazprom Neft has officially proposed to stop the process of negotiation on the transfer of a 49% stake of the Dung Quat oil refinery with the National Oil and Gas Group.

The authorities of Dong Nai province have announced that the low dissolved oxygen content in the water of Dong Nai River is the cause of the death of more than 200 tons of fish at fish farms in Tan Mai and Buu Hoa communes in Bien Hoa City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Per capita GDP in 2015 was estimated at VND45.7 million ($2,100), up $57 compared with 2014, according to the General Statistics Office.

 Experts say the new mechanism for exchange rate introduced by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has created flexibility, enabling both credit institutions and enterprises to exercise greater control over their business operations.

 Thanh Hoa authorities yesterday ordered the suspension of a bridge project following a scaffold collapse Saturday that killed four people at the construction site.

 The HCM City People's Committee will organise 131 flower markets in 21 districts to serve and entertain residents and visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays which this year last fromFebruary 6-14.

 Stock markets will likely extend their losses this week, due to last week's sharp fall on the Chinese stock markets.

The price of domestic cars have soared since the beginning of this year due to the Government's adjustment of special consumption taxes on imported automobiles.

 The natural resources and environmental ministry (MONRE) punished 520 companies for violating environmental laws with total fines reaching nearly VND60 billion (US$2.6 million) in 2015.

 Four cities in Viet Nam have begun registering birth certificates and issuing citizen identification numbers to infants, in which every infant receives a 12-digit number that is valid for life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rubber is one of five major reasons behind the loss of forests in Vietnam.

 A volunteer campaign to support disadvantaged people on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival officially kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a banquet to welcome the first year of the ASEAN Community, which was officially launched on December 31, 2015, and upcoming Lunar New Year in Hanoi on January 10.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has called on China to immediately end actions that violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, not repeat any similar actions, and respect relevant regulations of international law.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam recently proposed that the Ministry of Transport recommend Aerospace Engineering Services JSC to be Airbus Group’s partner in building a facility to produce spare parts for aircraft.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first argument session between lawyers of 26 US chemical firms and plaintiff Tran To Nga - an Agent Orange/dioxin victim is scheduled for March 3.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation from the US’s Salisbury University learned about wartime unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmine-related issues in Vietnam in Hanoi on January 7.