TNT Theatre tours across Viet Nam; Concert to celebrate friendship with Japan; Bank's support brings theatre to communities nation-wide; Vietnamese artwork exhibited at Southeast Asian art fair; Coin collector's thousand-year journey

 Quang Nam to open new tourism site; Vietnamese hotels among world’s top 25 best hotels for service; Marketing workshop promotes Vietnam’s tourism; Indian tourism explores central Vietnam; Ninh Binh seeks ways to promote tourism

 The World Health Organization (WHO) has set out plans for reform, admitting that it was too slow to respond to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

 People in the Mekong Delta and scientists have opposed construction of Don Sahong Dam in Laos and other dams on the Mekong River, according to the Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN).

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh referred to the prospects of Viet Nam, the nation’s relations with other partners as well as the importance of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Viet Nam at his interview with the Reuters on January 22.

 Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City plans to lure in $150 million in investment capital in 2015, 40 per cent of which will come from foreign direct investment (FDI) capital.

 Vietnamese people spent at least US$3.1 billion for drinking 3.14 billion liters of beer in 2014, excluding imported beer, according to the Vietnam Beverages Association (VBA) released today.

 The Viet Nam Professional Football Company (VPF) has found new sponsors for the national premier league.

 Nguyen Van Phuong won the boys' singles title at the 2015 Asia U14 Tennis Championship, Division II, in HCM City's Phu Tho Sports Centre this morning.

Archaeologists recently discovered more than 100 stone carvings on a high mountain in the northern Ha Giang province.

 The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) is negotiating with some banks to buy nearly VND2 trillion (US$94 million) of debt owned by the Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).

 A new web tool that calculates Viet Nam's energy supply and demand and how they interact with the country's greenhouse gas emissions until 2050 officially debuted yesterday in Ha Noi.

At least 18 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters across Egypt, officials said.

Construction ministry inspectors have found violations in the building of two flyovers in Ha Noi that can inflict losses of VND7.94 billion (US$378,000) on the State Budget.

 Katty Pham, an American girl of Vietnamese origin, became a special guest at US President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address on January 20.

 Official website of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on January 22 ran an article highlighting the glorious victory of striker Abass Cheikh Dieng of Becamex Binh Duong team.

 Lord Puttnam, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is expected to pay his third visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from 26-30 January.  

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment introduced the first Biennial Update Reports (BUR1) of Vietnam to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a workshop in Hanoi on January 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rich Quang Ninh Coal let defending champions Becamex Binh Duong taste their first defeat of the Toyota V.League 1 season yesterday, Jan 25. The team were beaten 1-2 on their home turf at Go Dau Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday ordered an all-out inspection of automobile registration across the country after at least nine people were killed in an accident which involved a truck