VietNamNet Bridge – Residents living near cement plants in central Thua Thien- Hue and Quang Binh provinces have complained about air and noise pollution that continually affects their lives. Dust from the mining fills the air 

Vietnamese cinematography witnessed encouraging progress in 2017, demonstrated through the establishment of a favourable legal framework for the film industry’s development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Hanoi from February 2-8.

 There is a huge difference between the milling crowds in HCM City’s Book Street and the lack of people in the Hanoi equivalent in a short street simply called December 19.

 PetroVietnam Gas JSC (PV Gas) plans to sell 30 per cent of its total shares by 2020. Shell, Total, and Tokyo Gas have already expressed their desire to become strategic investors in the company.

 The two heavyweight power producers, Power Generation Corporation 3 (EVN Genco 3) and PV Power, have been luring in investors for their IPOs, with the registered share volume exceeding the shares on offer.

 Famous magazine Missosology has announced its list of the top 90 Timeless Beauty 2017, including two Vietnamese beauties, Ha Thu and Kha Trang.

With the establishment of a working group on the formation of a special committee responsible for managing State capital at enterprises, Vietnam has taken the first step to realize the plan initiated in 2016. 

 Vietnam is expecting a wave of Indian investment after the meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of Indian firms in the framework of the ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM).

 Business Monitor International (BMI) forecasts $1.76 billion in revenue for the Vietnamese confectionery industry in 2018. To take control of this market, firms have set out grand strategies for the Lunar New Year.

Over the span of 2017 and the first three weeks of 2018, the price of the euro surged, causing mild unease among import-export businesses despite Vietnamese exports to the EUhitting $40 billion per year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Post-harvest losses not only refer to the quantity of lost crops, but also any reduction in their quality and access to international markets, 

 Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have seen real estate sector transactions reach a total volume of more than US$2 billion in the last two years.

 The numerous errors that the Government Inspectorate outlined at Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) have not been fixed yet.

 Despite shipping market difficulties, international suppliers of equipment and spare parts have been trending towards the Vietnamese shipbuilding industry to cash in on the vast local potential for growth.

 Seven teams of students from five universities in Vietnam will participate at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia (SMEA) 2018 – Make the Future, which will take place at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore from March 8-11.

 Vu Dai village, also known as Dai Hoang village, in Ha Nam province, is famous for an age-old specialty - braised fish in earthenware pots.

 The Government Inspectorate has just published violations in the management of mineral extraction and processing in the northern province of Lao Cai.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has summoned an American teacher who is now living in Hanoi for a bad-taste joke on Facebook about Vietnam’s late hero General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Events in Hanoi & HCM City on January 29-February 4