Taxi fares have been reduced in 43 cities and provinces following the petrol price cut, online newspaper Bao Thanh Tra (Vietnam Inspection newspaper) reported on January 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition on “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: Historical and Legal evidence” was opened on January 27 in northern Hoa Binh Province to deepen public understanding of Vietnam’s ownership of the two archipelagos.

 Senior officials from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met on January 27 in Malaysia’s Kota Kinabalu city.

 VietNamNet Bridge - U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius awarded certificates of completion to 38 students who successfully completed the English Access Microscholarship Program at a graduation ceremony joined by teachers, parents, and education officials.  

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the latest figures published by Nielsen market research firm, 85 out of 100 Vietnamese people are changing their consumption habits.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The online community in Vietnam is sharing a video clip titled "The road story: Vietnam," shot by two Russian visitors.

The latest collection of ao dai (Vietnamese gown) with embroidered silk scarves by Hanoi’s designer Lan Huong will be showcased at the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany on January 27 in Berlin.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The entire 55-km HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay highway will open to traffic on February 8. Contractors are rushing to complete the final tasks.

 This year's ASEAN ParaGames will be held in December, six months after the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the organisers said.

 Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the Australian Open after his loss in the boys' singles second-round match yesterday at the Melbourne Park.

 For a Vietnamese couple living overseas for many years, the Tea Festival in Dai Tu District in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was an unforgettable experience.

 Doctors at Thanh Hoa General Hospital yesterday confirmed that another victim of the deadly truck-bus collision that occurred on Saturday has died, raising the death toll to 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the nod to a recreational complex, including a casino on the resort island of Phu Quoc in Kien Giang Province. This news has sparked an immediate and insidious race among investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom groups have been urged to think of alternative solutions to AAG, the optical cable system that has had many recent breakdowns and slow internet connections.

 The Netherlands heavy lift transport vessel, the Rolldock Star, carrying the third Russian built Kilo-class submarine, the HQ-184 Haiphong, for delivery to Vietnam has departed Singapore.

 ‘Kids Read’ – the award-winning scheme developed by the British Council and supported by HSBC – was launched on January 27 in Binh Duong, Vietnam.

 The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is calling for an investment of VND3.7 trillion ($176 million) for climate change response projects between 2015 and 2020.

 Initial outcomes from a Japanese-supported project on developing a national biodiversity database system in Vietnam were introduced at a workshop in Hanoi on January 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 73% of the chief executive officers (CEOs) of large enterprises in Vietnam were born in the 50s and 60s, according to statistics of the Vietnam Report released on Tuesday, January 27.

 Inspection work enhanced ahead of National Party Congress; Vietnam-DPRK diplomatic ties marked; Relatives of Cuban martyrs welcomed in Hanoi; India’s Republic Day marked in HCM City; Condolences over death of Saudi Arabian King