Vietnam and Laos agreed to offer support to investors in legal and administrative formalities during the 37 th meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-governmental Committee in Hanoi on January 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 900 overseas Vietnamese, or Viet Kieu, looked into Vietnam’s regulations on residency, investment and housing, and many of them asked for procedures to bring cars and other assets to this country

VietNamNet Bridge – To travel through Vietnam’s South Central Coast, tourists often take National Highway 1A, the backbone of the nation. We however choose a coastal road to explore magnificent landscapes and famous destinations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Large Thai corporations have been gradually penetrating the Vietnamese market and acquiring many domestic enterprises in the last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese entrepreneurs have been progressively moving into agriculture ventures with Vietnamese farmers in the high-profit niche markets, capitalizing on the trend in consumer demand for organic and technologically altered foods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities of northern Phu Tho Province are working to bring Xoan singing out of the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding as soon as in 2016, Ha Ke San,

 Hanoi increases treatment for mental health patients; Hotline helps to restore public trust in local healthcare sector; Budget cuts puts Thang Long Bridge at risk; Transport Ministry to tighten control over transport fees

HCM City pulls out all the stops for Samsung; Vinaconex to launch huge volume of real estate projects; Real estate investments to reap higher profits this year; Farmers hit by cut in milk purchases by dairies

Geological survey efforts in 2014 revealed substantial discoveries, including the highlighted volcanic cavern system in Dak Nong, the General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam reported.

 The Ministries of Defence and Public Security have placed safety as the number one priority for the upcoming 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly set for March in Hanoi.

 Maintaining peace is essential for global inclusive development, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the permanent Vietnamese mission to the United Nations.

 Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 45th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland from January 21-24. 

Like colleagues in many other countries in the world, Vietnamese pilots are very well paid. According to the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines, a captain of the airline can receive VND200 million a month.

 There has been an overall decline in the number of new Ebola cases, especially in the three most affected African countries, said a UN official on Ebola on Tuesday.

 Vietnam’s efforts to accelerate green growth were boosted today with the launch of a new joint project in the framework of MPI, UNDP and USAID partnership to advance Vietnam’s Green Growth Strategy.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Several government-level projects worth dozens of millions of US dollars have been produced the first "Made-in-Vietnam" chips.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two linh chi (lingzhi, Reishi) mushrooms found in the primeval forest of Vietnam are on display at the Museum of Zhengzhou, Henan Province in China.

 Indonesia said here Tuesday that the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 climbed at an abnormally high rate and plunged suddenly before disappearing from radar.

 Four district officials have been sacked over a stampede on New Year's Eve in the Chinese city of Shanghai that left 36 people dead.

After nearly nine years claiming his innocence, a 53-year-old man in HCM City has reached an agreement with the municipal People’s Procuracy on nearly VND300 million ($14,000) in compensation for spending almost four years in prison.