“Brain-drain” has become a common phrase for recent years. As start-up movement in Vietnam has been developing, making Vietnam a start-up nation, young generations have planned to come back the motherland.

 Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha said he would take responsibility for a 13-fold increase in school violence over the past 10 years.

 The Ministry of Transport has changed plans for the north-south highway project due to capital shortages. Only around 600km of the total route will be built first.

 The National Traffic Safety Committee has asked Hanoi police to investigate a state-owned blue number-plated car which was found travelling along a lane reserved for the bus rapid transit (BRT).

 Chinese investment into Vietnam has been on a sharp rise, putting the country among the top ten foreign investors in Vietnam.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on February 10 held lengthy and substantive talks with Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mirzaev Zoiyr in Hanoi.

 Chairman of the Czech-Vietnam Association Marcel Winter criticised the arguments against the Czech Republic’s reception of foreign workers, including Vietnamese ones, during a TV debate programme on February 9.

 The application of science and technology will be one of the strategic solutions for restructuring the industry and trade sector as well as for its sustainable development.

 HCM City’s Transport Department has built barriers on pavements along some streets in the city centre to prevent motorists from encroaching upon them.

 The Viet Nam Taekwondo Federation (VTF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leaders of South Korea’s Geoje City on support for Vietnamese takewondo in the future.

 Train ticket prices will be reduced on the North-South railway route and some other routes following the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday period, Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) said on Thursday.

 The online poll on loudspeakers conducted by the Hanoi's Department of Information and Communication re-opened on Thursday afternoon after a three-day temporary closure because of a technical error.

 Severe erosion at the riverbank is putting the lives of hundred households in Nha Trang City at risk while local authorities lack money to comprehensively tackle the problem.

 The Vietnam national men’s football team is now ranked No.136 internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table.

 The People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has approved a biological diversity conservation plan with total capital worth 1.3 trillion VND (57.3 million USD).

 Hanoi plans to spend $297.3 million on building new-style rural areas in 2017, according to the municipal Party Committee’s steering board for agricultural development and new countryside building.

  Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company will list 300 million shares on the HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) in late February after it managed to retain an approval for the same.

 Governor General of Canada David Johnston voiced his hope for a bright future of his country’s partnership and cooperation with Vietnam while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Duc Hoa on February 9.

 Viet Nam’s leather and footwear industry expects to reach a total export value of US$18 billion this year, up 10 per cent from last year, said the Viet Nam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso).

 The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak plans to increase the proportion of processed coffee such as instant coffee and powdered coffee from less than 10 per cent to 15 per cent in total coffee output by 2020 and up to 30 per cent by 2030.