Vietnam and Spain should step up their relations across the board, especially politics, economy, trade and investment, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three out of five Vietnamese telcos have reached out to foreign markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - For developing countries in the period of rapid industrial development like Vietnam, the increase in the number of cancer cases appears to be a byproduct of fast growth.

VietNamNet Bridge - Fintech is not an easy playing field for startups, but the firms have been growing rapidly with capital from investment funds.

VietNamNet Bridge - The educational sector has been blamed for the unemployment of 200,000 university graduates, among other issues. 

 Keeping stable interest rates in 2017, as in 2016, is considered a thorny problem for the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) amid the constant pressure of increasing interest rates.

The Ministry of Health has proposed to encourage spouses to have a maximum of two children in low-birth-rate area while attempting to tighten birth control elsewhere. 

 More than 100 volunteers, including students, representatives from businesses, NGOs, and government agencies, and in particular US Ambassador to Vietnam H.E. Ted Osius, took part in the second clean-up of Ha Long Bay on January 10.

 Open-end funds operating in Viet Nam have recorded a positive 2016 with rate of returns of some funds outperforming the growth of the benchmark VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange.

  The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) and military-owned telecom company Viettel Group on Monday signed a cooperation agreement on applying information technology (IT) to build e-governance and e-commerce infrastructure.

 The Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV) plans to sign a strategic partnership agreement with French airport authority Aéroports de Paris (ADP) in March this year.

 Young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has moved up 7 spots to No. 641 in men’s singles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings.

 The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 is scheduled to begin across the country at 7am on March 26, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration.

 Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan said at a conference in Hanoi that 1.641 million people got new jobs in 2016, including at home and abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese startups became better known worldwide in 2016 and are expected to shine even more brightly in 2017.

 SCG International Internship, an annual internship program of SCG, will select 15 talented students in Vietnam for a one-month internship program in Thailand, together with students from other ASEAN countries.

 Vietnamese enterprises have reported huge lost revenues due to global trade uncertainty, heard a conference of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in HCMC over the weekend.

 Authorities at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport have advised passengers to arrive at the airport three hours prior to departure during the Tet (Lunar New Year) period, according to Vietnam News.

 A cruise ship in Ha Long Bay carrying 21 people including 14 foreign tourists went up in flames early Tuesday morning. 

 Two Filipino fishermen have been saved by a Vietnamese fishing boat after seven days drifting at sea.