VietNamNet Bridge – Joel Leroy, a world-famous French laparoscopic expert, said that Vietnamese US$2 billion a year on medical treatment abroad.

 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may be signed on February 4 in New Zealand, according to Ms. Nguyen Quynh Nga, Deputy Director of the Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Vietnam's economy is forecast to expand 6.7% this year, the same pace as in 2015, making it among the fastest-growing markets in the world, according to Bloomberg. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - After surgery and nearly a month of treatment, Ms. Trieu Thi Chai in Tam Kim commune of Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province has escaped from a 20kg tumor on her face, happily returning to her village and family.

 Tet is in full bloom on the streets of Hanoi, nowhere more so than amid the peach blossoms and ornamental trees on display at the Quang An Market.

  The 2,300 megawatt (MW) Mong Duong Power Centre in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam’s largest power centre, has come into operation after four years of construction.

 The second Viet Nam Fitness and Dance Sport Stars Festival will be held at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi on Saturday.

 More than 220 international participants of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race set sail for Da Nang city on Monday from Whitsundays, Australia.

 V.League defending champions Becamex Binh Duong will host SCG Muangthong of Thailand during the visitors' ASEAN Tour 2016 on January 23 at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.

 Vietnam and Japan will join hands to develop a semiconductor industry in Vietnam, as stipulated at a cooperation agreement signed between the Integrated Circuit Design Research & Education Centre and Japan’s Nagano science and technology fund.

 The Lunar New Year festival bonus is expected to increase 15.7 percent from last year, averaging 250 USD per worker, according to head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Labour and Wage Department Tong Thi Minh.

VietNamNet Bridge - With a new extraction process discovered by Hoang Phuong Lan, MA, it will be more simple to extract stevioside, the element responsible for the sweet taste of leaves from stevia rebaudiana.

 VietNamNet Bridge - 2015 was a year of difficulties, from the weather, to the market to resources. However, thanks to timely measures of the agricultural sector, Vietnam’s export of agricultural-forestry products reached $30.13 billion.

  Some 150 journalists from more than 20 foreign media organisations will be covering the Vietnam's 12th National Party Congress in Hanoi from January 20-28.

 The uninterrupted cold front is forecasted to affect directly to the northern region by January 21, reported the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tamarind tree of over 100 years old, weighing more than 2 tons in the shape of a dragon, owned by gardener Nguyen Kim Tan in Thu Duc district is one of the most special tamarind trees in Saigon and Vietnam.

Regarding information that Uber Vietnam transfers VND1 billion (nearly $50,000) daily to the Netherlands, Uber Vietnam Director Dang Viet Dung said that most of the profits were transferred to transport partners and drivers in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Finance has developed models for different scenarios that consider the future consequences of oil price slumps to more flexibly manage the State budget in 2016, officials said.

 The National Committee for Vietnamese Persons with Disabilities, taking responsibility for issues related to about 7.8 million people with disabilities across the country, was officially debuted yesterday in Ha Noi.

 The 2016 Ladies Golf Championship will take place in Vietnam for the first time at the Dàlat at 1200 Country Club and Private Estate in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from March 25 to 27.