VietNamNet Bridge - If China can control textile and garment production, it will be able to control the Vietnamese industry that makes products for export, experts have warned.

 The stock market will see large improvements on both local markets this year, despite many problems in both local and global economic conditions, said a Viet Nam Investment Securities Company analyst.

The Ministry of Defence will hand over 20 hectares of land near Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the Ministry of Transport for an airport expansion, said an official.

Tran Thi Thanh Thuy of VTV-Binh Dien Long An FC has been invited by the Bangkok Glass Club to compete in the Thai National League.

  The Ho Chi Minh City-based basketball team Saigon Heat has signed a contract with American basketball player Paul Williams, who is expected to lift the team for the remaining season of the ASEAN Basketball League.

 The Vietnamese property market is entering 2016 after witnessing recoveries of firms in 2015, driven by macroeconomic improvements and policies of openness.

 The first-ever elevated monorail system in Vietnam commenced operation at the Asia Park in the central city of Da Nang on January 1.

 A Canadian national on a flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City was saved after suffering a stroke 20 minutes after the aircraft left Noi Bai Airport on December 31.

 During the first three days of 2016, there were 124 traffic accidents and 65 fatalities, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen have recently inaugurated border markers No. 30 and No. 275, which marked the completion of planting all grand markers at 10 pairs of international border gates. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Ministry of Public Security's Mobile Police High Command to ensure absolute safety for the country's major events in 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Le Village, situated on the romantic Lac lakeside in Lien Son Town of Dak Lak, there is a man believed to have the most elephants in the Central Highlands.

The HCM City Education and Training Department has released a list of 43 high school teachers who did not participate in refresher courses as part of the project on upgrading English skills in 2011-2020. 

 More than 94,750 businesses were founded in 2015, representing a rise of nearly 30 per cent compared to the previous year, statistics have revealed.

 The annual “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, will take place in Hanoi on January 31 with various cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese.

 The long-awaited decree detailing the implementation of the 2014 Investment Law was finally issued last month with clear regulations on investment conditions and procedures, especially those applicable to foreign investors.

Mr. Glenn Maguire, ANZ Chief Economist, South Asia, ASEAN & Pacific, spoke about consumption trends in Vietnam now and in the future.

Vietnam’s second position on the list of the world’s biggest coffee exporters has been threatened. The country's coffee market share has decreased from 22 percent last year to 18 percent in 2015. 

Foreign ownership in SOEs may indeed be welcome but the ongoing obstacles are seeing many foreign investors lose interest.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Compared to 2010, the average productivity per worker in Vietnam increased nearly 24%, but it was not enough to offset the gap in productivity with other countries in the region.