VietNamNet Bridge – More than 31,000 entries are open for domestic and foreign runners to compete in the Da Lat Ultra Trail 2018 on March 17-18th.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Huynh Minh Nghia brought home a bronze medal from the Asian Road and Para Cycling Championship in Myanmar yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organiser of the Devotion Music Awards has launched official nominations in all nine categories in Hanoi including producer of the year and music series of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of HCM City on February 8 began its trial of Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the HCM City branch of VietinBank, 

 Financial figures, job creation and budget contributions as shown in a recent report on business development of the General Statistics Office (GSO) have indicated the strong growth of the private sector.

 A variety of traditional cultural programs will be held in the capital city of Hanoi to celebrate the nation’s biggest and longest Tet holiday, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) pursues a stable dong/dollar exchange rate policy, the depreciation of the US dollar in the world market will also lead to the weakening of the dong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Hong Thuong, 33, in Nam Tra My district in Quang Nam province, is the owner of a Ngoc Linh ginseng garden with 600 ginseng plants.

Banh chung (glutinous square cake) and Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts have been delivered to houses of poor ethnic people living in the northern province of Lai Chau and the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

As of the end of December 2017, Vietnam had 316,000 internet-connected cameras. Of these, flaws were found that could be exploited by hackers in 147,000 devices.

Professors Pham Hoang Hiep, Phan Thanh Son Nam, Phan Dieu Quang, Tran Dinh Thang and Phung Ho Hai all received the title of professor at a young age. 

Fine-arts critic Phan Cam Thuong recently published his second book in a four-book collection on Vietnamese civilisation. VNS chats with him.

The programme, organized by Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the city, has helped bring Tet closers to poor students. 

 Vietnamese nationals and tourists alike will be entertained with dazzling fireworks shows at various sites across the country on the eve of 2018 Lunar New Year, reported Vietnam News Agency.

As a rule, the street of calligraphers appears around the HCMC Youth Cultural House on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Pham Ngoc Thach streets just a couple of weeks before the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Vietnam’s FX reserves have bolstered up to a massive $57 billion, and given the upcoming divestment of state-owned enterprises, the Year of the Dog promises to bring the nation even more foreign currency notes in the months to come.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has pledged to support Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) efforts to develop football during his visit to Vietnam on February 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two paintings and two stone sculptures by artists Bui Xuan Phai and Le Cong Thanh are on display in an exhibition at Da Nang’s Fine Arts Museum during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Teaching English in primary and secondary schools in Can Tho under a Government project called Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System between 2008 and 2020 still faces hurdles,

Galaxy Thien Ngan Studio of HCM City, in co-operation with its partner Ocean Company, has launched a new film project on cai luong (reformed opera) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the art form’s first play.