While Intel is cutting jobs globally, Intel Products Vietnam (IPV) has plans to increase investment in 2017.

 The Hanoi youth union has released its list of ten young locals with outstanding achievements in scientific research, economics, security, art, sports and volunteering last year.

 The Department of Science and Technology and the People’s Committee of Thuan Thanh district in the Red River Delta province of Bac Ninh organised a ceremony on January 17 to announce the collective brand name for its Ho chickens.

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 Vietnam is participating in the second Raisina Dialogue - a geopolitical conference, in India from January 17-19.

Vietnam is among countries with an average cancer rate, stated Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Huong from the National Institute for Cancer Prevention and Control on January 17.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the State Audit to focus more on the management and arrangement of human resources during the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOE).

 The domestic economy was stable in 2016, particularly toward the end of the year, after a slump in the first half, said Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

 Tet flower gardens across Ho Chi Minh City blossom when the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is around the corner.

 The Management Board of the Hoa Lo Prison relic site on January 17 received valuable items from the family of US war veteran Walter Eugene Wilber for the second time.

 Air pollution is posing a serious threat to the public’s health, with children, pregnant women, and outdoor workers being the most vulnerable groups, heard a workshop in Hanoi on January 17.

  The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has announced 11 hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

 The central province of Phu Yen’s Border Guard Command on January 17 handed over two Filipino fishermen who were rescued in Vietnam’s sea to officials of the Philippines Embassy in Vietnam. 

 Vietnamese and Chinese leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950 – January 18, 2017).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Switzerland late on January 17 to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2017 from January 17-21.

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 The unemployment rate in Vietnam reached 2.3% last year, but the number of jobless people still centered on those with bachelor’s or master’s degrees, according to an online conference in Hanoi last Friday.

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International organizations and the government of Vietnam are all considering solutions to supply safe water to the Mekong River Delta, one of three deltas in the world most vulnerable to climate change.

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