Authorities of the central city of Da Nang have approved a VND46-billion (USD2 million) project to develop tourism services at local beaches during the 2018-2020 period.

 Parents of a schoolgirl who was sexually assaulted then killed in Japan have continued seeking signatures to call on Japanese authorities to quickly bring the suspect to court.

A woman banned from flying was recently been found on a Russian airlines Aeroflot flight from Hanoi to Moscow.

 Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has pointed out that nutrition is the major cause for the slow improvement in height of Vietnamese people.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said that 2018 will be the peak year for equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and State capital divestment.

 The National Payment Corporation of Viet Nam (NAPAS) on Tuesday announced a fee reduction for its local switching system service, interconnected by more than 170,000 ATMs nationwide.

The number of workers in the electronics industry is on the rise, and e-businesses will be a critical source of employment in the future. However, up to 80 per cent of such firms say they find it difficult to recruit technicians.

 The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced its 2018 plans and last year’s results on Wednesday, focusing on implementing revenue management solutions, reducing tax collection losses and managing arrears and value-added tax refunds.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Hanoi on January 31, calling for continued support from foreign diplomats to help Vietnam deepen its international relations.

Low temperature along with drizzle and high humidity caused snowfall in many mountainous areas in the north such as O Quy Ho (Lao Cai), Cao Ma (Ha Giang), and Mau Son (Lang Son).

 Relevant agencies need to better promote trade and remove barriers so as to earn 40 billion USD from agro-forestry-fishery exports this year, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam.

 A charity running competition entitled ‘Run Against Cancer’, aiming to support cancer patients will be held on Sunday at Thong Nhat Park.  

The Bike Shop will host the Tri An Lake Sunday Ride Tour from 6.30am to 3.30pm on Sunday, February 4.

 FLC Thanh Hoa lost to Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-5 in the AFC Champions League play-offs in South Korea on January 30.

 V.League 1 newcomers Nam Dinh have signed Trinidadian forward Neil Benjamin ahead of the upcoming football season.

 Viet Nam has sent a team of three athletes to participate in the eighth Asian Indoor Athletics Championship, which will kick off at Aftab-e Enqhelab Stadium in Tehran, Iran, today.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the eighth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 30.

 The Hanoi City People’s Court handed down imprisonment sentences ranging from 6 to 8 years to three defendants on the charge of spreading anti-State propaganda during a trial on January 31. 

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on January 31 officially launched the Sao Khue Awards 2018 – the most prestigious award in the Vietnamese software and IT services industry over the past 15 years. 

 The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) sold all 468.37 million shares it offered at the initial public offering (IPO) at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on January 31, raising nearly 7 trillion VND (308 million USD).