The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is drawing up a master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea until 2035 and an action plan for the 2017-2025 period. 

 Two waves of European investment will hit Vietnam after the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is signed, a foreign expert has forecast. 

 Vietnam’s hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2017 is a good chance for the country to promote the image of a dynamic country in reform and international integration.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors can see great auto sales opportunities in the Vietnamese market. Billions of dollars have been spent to develop car distribution networks instead of manufacturing.

 Traffic accidents rose sharply during the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, killing 203 people and injuring 417 others in 368 incidents.

VietNamNet Bridge - Lovers of fashion and high- quality goods are willing to pay more for high-end secondhand goods, priced at tens of millions of dong or several thousand dollars.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many users have complained that iPhone 7s do not work properly: their cameras cannot be used, Facebook automatically logs out, spelling errors appear when typing Vietnamese, and screens are easily stained.

VietNamNet Bridge - The garbage collection in urban areas is mechanized, while the work is still done manually in rural areas with low productivity and efficiency.

Labor-intensive industries such as mining and agriculture are no longer expanding, according to Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

Educators, admitting that university training quality is declining while the number of unemployed graduates is on the rise, blamed low training costs, estimated at $500 a year.

 The Vietnam economy showed resilience in 2016 with GDP growth an estimated 6.2% bolstered mainly by robust domestic demand and strong performance in foreign sector manufacturing exports.

 The mood among Vietnamese analysts and investors is sanguine in the early weeks of 2017 after an overall solid economic performance report card for the Vietnam economy last year, say experts.

As Vietnam ignites the entrepreneurial spirit in its young generation, the country is ushering in a new era of ground-breaking innovations and youthful zeal for business success. 

2016 was a successful year for the real estate market. However, with the fast growth of the economy and the real estate market, real estate developers are being forced to diversify products.

 Doan Van Kieu, a teacher at Son Hai Secondary School in Son Hai island commune, Kien Luong district in the southern province of Kien Giang, has been teaching for more than 17 years and designed more than 20 teaching models.

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent his best wishes to the Vietnamese community in Canada and the Vietnam - Canada Society on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 Located 24km from the coast of central Nghe An province, Dao Mat (Eyes Island) plays a significant role in economic development and defence-security strategy of the province and the north central region as well.

 Promoting proactive and active international integration and the effectiveness of defence diplomacy is one of the focuses of military activities in 2017, said Minister of National Defence Ngo Xuan Lich.

  Piaggio Viet Nam is recalling 13,000 Liberty ABS scooters produced between September 2015 and December 2016, after it discovered a problem with the two-wheeler’s frame.

 FPT Corporation recorded consolidated revenue of VND40.5 trillion (US$1.8 billion) last year, a year-on-year increase of 1.4 per cent.