Hanoi authorities have decided to suspend the controversial shopping mall project in Gia Lam's District Ninh Hiep Commune following days of protests by local people, announced an official on Tuesday.

  Da Nang-Vietnam team, the Vietnamese-sponsored Clipper Round the World Yacht Race entry, has clinched first place in the Clipper 70 class of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR).

VietNamNet Bridge - The warming up of the domestic real estate market has helped many real estate developers jump up at the top of the list of stock millionaires. However, many of them have seen their stock assets decline.

 VNPT - VinaPhone Corporation has inaugurated two data centres at the Nam Thang Long Industrial Park in Hanoi and Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in Ho Chi Minh City. 

The agreements on double taxation avoidance that Vietnam has signed with other countries is one of the reasons that have made it impossible for state agencies to clarify the suspected cases of multinational conglomerates conducting transfer pricing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 225,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree holders in Vietnam are jobless, while graduates from vocational schools can easily find a job.

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2015, the Ministry of Information and Communications handled administrative violations committed by 37 press agencies and imposed fines totalling over VND1.5 billion ($70,000) on 33 cases.

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rent for retail premises in large cities, especially HCM City, has forced retailers to give up their business.

Education experts have warned about unreasonable education methods applied at school and at home, saying that many Vietnamese students do not have sympathy towards people with disabilities and disadvantages.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently agreed to raise the charter capital of the military-run Viettel Group from VND100 trillion (US$4.4 billion) to VND300 trillion (US$13.2 billion) in the 2015-2020 period.

  The following is brief introduction of a series of policies involving foreigners that have come into effect in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The parade on National Day (September 2), the fireworks to celebrate 40 years of Saigon’s liberation, and the cutting of old trees along Nguyen Chi Thanh Road in Hanoi are among memorable images in Vietnam 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses in Vietnam now tend to spend big money on media campaigns to polish their images, something they would not do in the past.

 Vietnam's initial public offering (IPO) activity has been less than exciting in 2015 and that has been attributed to the lack of blockbuster deals.

  The Samsung group will add 600 million USD to the 1.4-billion-USD Samsung HCMC CE Complex (SEHC) at Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Hi-tech Park (SHTP).

VietNamNet Bridge - Rivers have been overexploited, causing tremendous pressure on the livelihoods and water sources of the communities living on the riverbanks.

Analysts have warned that the kieu hoi flow (overseas remittance) to Vietnam would slow, while Vietnamese may deposit dollars at Laos banks instead of Vietnamese as a result of the State Bank’s zero-percent interest rate policy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local authorities are willing to spend trillions of dong to build imposing monuments, but are hesitant to spend money for nursery schools.

Nguyen Tu Quang and BPhone were the the two names most often mentioned in the Vietnamese technology community in 2015. 

 The Government has made good progress in building legal documents but the work needs to be further accelerated in 2016, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.