The Ministry of Health on January 5 released the most notable medical events in 2015 which have contributed to giving a facelift to the sector.

 The influence of China’s stock market plunge on Vietnam is insignificant, illustrated by the rising liquidity on the first trading session on January 4.

Trade via border gates is expected to reach 30 billion USD in 2016, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu said at a Hanoi conference on January 5.

 Vietnam targets a 5 percent annual decrease in fatal labour accidents under the 2016-2020 National Programme on Labour Safety and Hygiene recently approved by the Prime Minister. 

 Preparations for the 12th National Party Congress have been basically completed to date, said Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh.

 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including Vietnam, has become one of the top priorities in the external policies of Ukraine, an expert has said.

With its alleged medicinal properties, rhino horn has the allure of a luxury item in Vietnam, a primary market for horn that’s driving the slaughter of rhinos around the globe.

 Vietnam has set goals for GDP to grow by 6.5-7 percent and inflation to be kept at around 5-7 percent in the next five years, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.

A container of radioactive material has gone missing from Bac Kan Cement Company in northern Vietnam, the Tien Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper reported today.

 The qualifying round in northern region of Motul Stunt Festival 2016 was held in Hanoi on January 3 with six bikers selected to enter the final round scheduled for March.

Made-in-Vietnam integrated circuits (ICs) were introduced at SEMICON Japan, an international exhibition for the microelectronics manufacturing supply chain recently held in Tokyo.

The national women's football team gathered on January 5 in Hanoi to prepare for the final qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Representatives of the national steering committee for searching for and repatriating Vietnamese martyrs’ remains have paid a working visit to China to discuss cooperation in the field, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported.

 Ho Chi Minh City has implemented two major plans which will form enlarged center area alongside Saigon River, reported the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper.

 More than 1,000 residents applied for the new identification cards at 31 authorised offices across Hanoi on the first day the city’s Police Department started issuing the cards, January 4.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VFS) has vehemently opposed China’s ramming of a local fishing boat in Vietnam’s waters, describing it as an inhumane action.

 Vietnam's Becamex Binh Duong were one of Asia's five most successful clubs in 2015, according to the Football Channel Asia.

The State Bank of Vietnam on January 4 launched the daily average inter-bank exchange rate between the Vietnam dong and the U.S. dollar and reference exchange rates between the dong and some other foreign currencies.

 Foreign capital flowing into Vietnam reached a record high last year, promising more economic growth but more competition for domestic companies.

Many individuals and enterprises yesterday blocked the Quan Hau Toll Collection Station on National Highway 1A to protest the station's decision to raise toll fees from January 1.