From 6 to 7 am every day, at the Ly Thai To monument near the Hoan Kiem Lake, dozens of middle-aged and older women perform the Gangnam Style dance as a way of enhancing health. Some of them are nearly 80 years old.

Eagle, the bird listed in the Red Book, has been traded in the open air at tens of millions of dong for each.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Wednesday that it has approved the disbursement of a batch of rescue fund in the amount equivalent to 2.798 billion special drawing right (SDR),

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 130 of the best bartenders from restaurants and bars nationwide will compete in a national contest in June in a bid to represent Vietnam in the World Class 2013 bartender contest in Europe in July.

 A helicopter crashed in central London and plunged to the ground in a ball of flames on Wednesday, with police saying it had hit a crane on top of a building.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on January 17 for Brussels, beginning a week-long European tour of Belgium, the European Union, Italy, and the UK.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered that the Tam Dao Bear Rescue Centre remain open, ending a months-long controversy that generated international exposure.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Sports Administration yesterday, Jan 16, announced the 26-man national squad for two Asian Cup qualifying games which will take place later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged relevant ministries, agencies and localities to check all hydroelectric power projects across the country to repair those with shortcomings as soon as possible.

 Unprecedented progress against 17 neglected tropical diseases has been made due to new global strategy and regular supply of quality assured, cost-effective medicines,

On January 16, Quang Nam province’s officials met to discuss the evacuation plan in case the dam of Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant is broken in earthquakes. Experts estimated that more than 62,000 people would have to evacuate if a disaster occurs.

On January 16, the Police Investigation Department of Social Security Crime said that the agency, in collaboration with the Police Department Against High-tech Crime, discovered an online gambling ring worth hundreds of millions of USD.

VietNamNet Bridge - When dozens of construction workers were building a church, suddenly the roof collapsed, killing at least three people and injured around 40 others.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign-invested enterprises have been dominating the soap powder market, putting domestic manufacturers at a disadvantage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem will open the 2013 season by participating in the Gibraltar Festival Tradewise 2013.

On January 16, the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed on the resolution guiding the implementation of the vote of confidence on the titles elected or ratified by the National Assembly and the People’s Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for cash during the Lunar New year holiday, or Tet, is forecast not to  be as high as that of last year and the central bank has already prepared a large volume of cash accordingly,

VietNamNet Bridge – Salination has appeared earlier than usual this year in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta and is also expected to go farther inland than last year. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Japan plans to create a US$500 million assistance package to fund three Vietnamese development projects, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in talks with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday.