VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s winter is said to be incomplete without savouring banh khuc or xoi khuc.

Vietnam is the focus of India’s Act East policy, affirmed Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish in an interview with VNA on threshold of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit.

 The 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26), which took place in Hanoi from January 18 to 21, was declared a success with its agenda fulfilled and the Vietnamese National Assembly’s dynamism on display.

 The Government and people of Vietnam will make greater efforts to accelerate the cooperation with the Government, parliament and people of Mongolia, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) was presented with an institutional ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) quality certificate on January 22.

The Vietnam Sugar and Sugarcane Association has proposed to PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc not to allow an extension for temporary sugar imports for re-export as the sweet industry is struggling with high stockpiles and slumping prices.

 Vietnamese shares soared in the first trading session of the week as investor confidence remained strong on expectations for good earnings reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has about 200 bridges in need of repair or replacement, 30 of which will be repaired by 2020, said Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the city’s Department of Transport.

Vietnam will have to rely on players’ determination and confidence to face Qatar in the semi-final match of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship in the afternoon of January 23 in Changshu, China.

The VN U23 football team beat former champions Iraq to secure their place in the Asian Football Cup’s semi-final. In the celebrations that immediately followed the win, people and vehicles poured into downtown streets.

 The brilliant natural world with its clouds, flowers and insects are reflected in the silk paintings of Vu Dinh Tuan. 

 The Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said it would supervise the slowing down of older iPhones taking into account the interest of Vietnamese customers.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has stated that the fight against corruption should be continuously sped up with higher determination, perseverance and efficiency this year. 

 The People’s Procuracy of HCM City proposed a 30-year imprisonment sentence to ex-Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank Board of Directors Pham Cong Danh during a second-phase trial in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Government workers and civil servants in HCM City asked for higher salaries in a meeting held by the city People’s Council on January 21 to listen to their voters’ opinions.

 As 2018 Lunar New Year is coming, kumquat gardens in the Red River Delta province off Nam Dinh are filled with distinctive aroma of kumquat and people are rushing to get the best looking kumquat trees.

 Artists from different backgrounds joined forces with a Parisienne digital group to create La Joie, an augmented reality, or AR, exhibition in which technology and tradition combine to offer viewers new sensory experience.

 A cultural event which took place in Hanoi has portrayed the signature traditions of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam, bringing Tet closer to children in the capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A court in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has sentenced Huu Be, 57, from Thoi Binh District to seven years in prison and fined VND13 million (US$600) on Monday for child sex abuse.

 The Shah Alam High Court of Selangor State of Malaysia on January 22 resumed the hearing for Doan Thi Huong, one of the two suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) national Kim Chol in February 2017.