A lychee tree in northern Hai Duong province has recently broken the record to become the oldest of its species in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – From December 27, 2015 to January 9, 2016 the police will practice various scenarios to ensure security for the 12th National Party Congress, which will take place later this month in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Metro Group (Germany) has announced the completion of the transfer of Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam to a Thai partner.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 tons of fish at fish farms on a branch of the Dong Nai River in the southern province of Dong Nai have been reported dead, placing many households in distress.

 Viet Nam's second largest mobile network operator MobiFone has acquired 95 per cent of stake in Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG), an official told local media yesterday after completing negotiations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Whether Vietnamese students should return to Vietnam after they finish overseas study is a topic of hot debate on social networks.

 The Airbus A350 aircraft of Vietnam Airlines returned to Ha Noi yesterday afternoon two days after being stranded in Paris due to problems in a wing of the aircraft.

 The Ministry of Health on January 7 slammed a misleading report that a Styrofoam sheet's dissolution by a fish oil product would prove the supplements' low quality.

 The Hanoi People's Court yesterday gave a 22-year prison sentence to Pham Thanh Tan, former General Director of State-owned Agribank, completing a 15-day trial in Ha Noi in a corruption case involving thousands of billions of dong.

 A tank containing hundreds of cubic metres of wastewater and lead and zinc waste from a factory in this northern mountainous province split, spilling its contents into Gam River.

 Dong Nai People's Committee yesterday disapproved the construction of a road that would cut through Cat Tien National Park, at a meeting with concerned departments and park officials.

 Hanoi has been selected as one of the four happiest cities in the Asian-Pacific region by MasterCard – a global leading company in payment.

 The Prime Minister has appointed Nguyen Duc Chi as the new chairman of the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hankyung Economic Times of South Korea has reported that AON Holdings - a Korean financial group - will take control of Vietnam's tallest building - Keangnam Landmark 72 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - India is surveying two locations in HCM City and Binh Duong Province to place a remote sensing station under a framework of cooperation with ASEAN countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Among the equipment used to ensure security for the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, scheduled in late January, will be anti-terrorism vehicles and equipment of the police force.

Lottery companies in various provinces have exploited the state budget to illegally increase wages or organise overseas trips.

  The Ministry of Planning and Investment last week introduced the long-awaited official list of investment conditions that apply to foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s beer consumption in 2015 increased by 10% compared to 2014, and showed that on average each Vietnamese drinks nearly 38 liters of beer a year.

VietNamNet Bridge -After two days, an A350 aircraft of Vietnam Airlines could not fly because of a technical malfunction in Paris. The carrier had to send a Boeing 777 Paris to pick up 201 passengers.