VietNamNet Bridge – The odd "initiative" of using cement as fertilizer was derived from a farmer from Long Hau village in Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Big corporations like MobiFone Telecommunication Corporation, Saigon Trading Corporation and Ben Thanh Corporation will be auctioned in 2016.

 Famous app developer Nguyen Ha Dong, creator of the globally popular mobile game Flappy Bird, has become the only Vietnamese to get in the Guiness Book of World Records 2016, according to Lao Dong newspaper.

 Le Van Duan has won two awards at the national cycling tournament, Ben Tre Television Cup.

  A law on the competitive power wholesale market of Vietnam will be promulgated in the second quarter of 2017.

 More couples have been registering for surrogacy in the north than in southern and central regions, according to a conference concerning the fertility treatment held on January 16.

 A foundation stone-laying ceremony for a monument to Hoang Sa soldiers took place in the island district of Ly Son, central Quang Ngai Province, yesterday.

Top lawmakers passed a draft resolution on Saturday detailing and instructing the organisation of a voter consultative conference.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has sent warmest regards and wishes of successes to all members of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and people of Laos on the occasion of the 10th National Party Congress of the LPRP. 

 Preparations for the 12th National Party Congress at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the National Convention Centre were fully examined on January 17.

Vietnam vehemently condemns recent terrorist attacks, with the latest in Burkina Faso on Friday leaving many dead and injured, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh one day after the attack.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many students who are reticent by nature are considered autistic because of the attitudes of inexperienced teachers. 

 Raw shrimp prices in the Mekong Delta have risen to the highest level over the past two years as Chinese traders boost direct purchase, leaving local traders with insufficient supply to fulfill export orders.

 Viet Nam lost to Australia 2-0 in the second match of Group D of the Asian U-23 Football Championship in Qatar yesterday.

A recent report from the Ministry of Construction painted Vietnam’s real estate sector in a positive light in 2015, especially regarding property inventory and the disbursement of the government’s $1.4 billion housing credit support package.

 Twenty traditional craft villages that were identified as Ha Noi's worst polluters will receive Government funds totaling VND100 billion (US$4.5 million) to build wastewater treatment systems by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the last three years, Mr. Le Duc Giap from Cao Vien Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi has gotten rich thanks to his unique ornamental trees, which have up to 10 kinds of fruits  on one tree.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015, many kinds of oddly colored or shaped fruits selling for very high pricesare on the market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The traditional marketing channels such as TV, events and others continue to demonstrate their importance, but the main trends of the shift are related to digital marketing.

 Viet Nam needs a road map for full termination of second generation network (2G) services and adopting 4G as around 65 per cent of Vietnamese are still using 2G.