The Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly is scheduled to convene 10 sessions in 2017, focusing on revising, supplementing and issuing legal documents to concretise regulations of the Constitution. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate consultancy firms have predicted that retail premises will become an attractive segment of the property market in 2017, especially in Hanoi and HCMC.

VietNamNet Bridge - Management agencies have been granting 4G licenses sooner than initially expected, which could create stiff competition among telcos in 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hydrometeorology and weather forecasting agencies are often blamed for damages caused by natural calamities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Businessmen returning from Eastern Europe have set up large businesses in Vietnam and made great contributions to the country’s economic development.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many high school teachers are giving high marks to students or ‘fabricating’ school reports to help students enroll in universities. 

 Vietnam's 2017 FDI attraction sees bright prospect

 Police in HCM City have reported a large number of robberies during the Lunar New Year holiday.

 Vietnam is planning to send 105,000 people to work overseas this year, further expand the labour export market and co-operation with other countries.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that it will issue serious punishment to its staff that were found to have visited a pagoda during their work hours.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most casinos have reported losses, caused mainly by the fall in the number of travelers from China and Taiwan.

 Vietcombank Securities Co Ltd (VCBS) plans to issue 200,000 bond notes to 100 investors on February 15. The face value of the bond has been set at VND1 million (US$44.44).

 The Government is determined to take drastic measures to improve business climate and competiveness indicators to reach the average level of ASEAN 4 countries by the end of this year.

 According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), Thailand has invested US$7.7 billion in 440 projects in Viet Nam to become the country’s tenth largest investor.

 The HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) has approved the listing of Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company’s 300 million shares on the southern bourse.

 A report by the prestigious global accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) predicts continued economic growth for Vietnam until 2050 period, with annual GDP increase of 5.1%, on average.

 Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City have successfully performed the country’s first living paired-kidney exchange transplant.

 Vietnam will host a group of the qualifying round of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in July, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed.

 Vietnam made a promising start to the Year of the Rooster with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in a friendly match in HCM City on February 7.

 As of January 20, 175 new projects were licenced with a total investment of 1.244 billion USD, a rise of 23 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.