VietNamNet Bridge - Many students are experiencing anxiety when they have to ‘live away’ from their mobile phones. 

 The assessment of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction must be realistic and systematic to tackle shortcomings, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

 With the Lunar New Year approaching, demand for dried foods and confectionary is surging in HCM City’s traditional markets.

Da Nang has called for investment from Singapore to build a 33km tram line connecting the city and Hội An by 2025, vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Dang Viet Dung said.

 Hoang Nhu Cuong, secretary of the Party Committee of the Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) of HCMC, has been suspended from his post, Tuoi Tre Online newspaper reported.

 Leflair, an ecommerce site operating in Vietnam, announced today, January 14, that it had received US$7 million in investment from two investment funds: South Korea’s GS Shop and Cambodia’s Belt Road Capital Management.

 Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council, today, January 14, received a decision on her retirement from the municipal Party Committee, the local media reported.

 The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETTRADE) announced its plans for collaboration with the Amazon Global Selling programme at a ceremony held on January 14.

 New financial sources, particularly from the private sector, will help Vietnam further develop its energy industry, according to a new World Bank report on maximising finance for Vietnam’s energy development.

The State Audit will focus on a number of major projects in 2019, including the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line, as well as the 10-trillion-VND flood control project in Ho Chi Minh City and Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway line in Hanoi.

 A Government-level negotiation on territorial and border issues between Vietnam and China took place in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on January 14.

 The Department of Tourism in the northern province of Ninh Binh have warned tourists not to stay at 20 guest houses illegally-built in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Trang An.

 Park Hang-seo and his Vietnamese squad left Abu Dhabi for Al Ain on January 13 in preparation for their last Group D match against Yemen scheduled in two days’ time.

 A strong cold snap is forecasted to hit the northern region from January 16.

 Car prices in Vietnam have considerably increased due to higher demand before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Hanoi Medical University, one of the most prestigious schools in Vietnam, still has no  master plan on developing research teams because it lacks money to implement a strategy on science and technology development.

Ngu Hanh Son or the Marble Mountains, a natural complex with unique spiritual architectures has become a symbol of the central city of Da Nang.

Thuy Tien, 26, an office worker who lives on the third floor of an apartment building on Tran Dang Ninh street in Hanoi, chooses to take the stairs every day instead of the lift.

 Vietnam’s textile and garment sector is hoped to make breakthroughs in 2019 based on successes and momentum last year.

 Local telcos are set to being testing 5G services in the first quarter of 2019, whereas associated infrastructure and terminal equipment providers stand ready for 5G commercialisation starting from 2020.