Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on January 10 morning for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to attend the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit. 

 The ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) 2018 will be held in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 26, said a representative of the Vietnam Television at a press conference in Hanoi on January 9.

 The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is targeting an increase of its oil and gas reserves by 10-15 million tonnes in 2018. 

 The drugs squad of the northern province of Dien Bien on January 9 reported that they brought to light a large drug trafficking ring involving a Lao national and 21 cakes of heroin (about 7.5kg).

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received new Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera in Hanoi on January 9.

 Vietnamese shares advanced for a second session on January 9 as investors remained upbeat over the firms that are expected to deliver good results in the earnings season.

 Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Phung Quoc Hien hosted a reception for head of the Economic, Technology and Environment Committee of the Lao National Assembly Bounpone Sisoulath in Hanoi on January 9.

 Tan Son Nhat International Airport will have an additional 18 aircraft parking slots just in time for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, when air travel demand normally surges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong United will be Vietnam’s representative at the Thailand Basketball Super League this season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Handwritten letters of the Vietnamese people during the last hundred years are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

 HCM City will build a digital map of safe vegetable, livestock and seafood farming areas in the city this year to help consumers choose the right food.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s real estate market saw a robust amount of foreign direct investment in 2017, on the back of improvements in infrastructure and administrative procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Top 500 CEO Golf Championship (VCG500) will be organized for the first time in Hanoi later this month.

 The global and domestic economic situation in 2017 has witnessed complex changes, strongly affecting Vietnam’s economic policies in general and the monetary policy in particular. 

As investors have fallen into insolvency, many large properties have been distrained by commercial banks and put up for sale. HOREA estimates that about 500 projects have become ‘clinically dead’. 

Vietnam needs more university lecturers with doctorates, but the Ministry of Education and Training says that training will not come at any cost and that quality should be the most important factor.

 The 3rd fine art auction themed “South Vietnamese Art & The Sprit Of The Oriental Romance” will be held at Hotel Des Arts Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City's District 3 on January 13.

At the age of 36, Nguyen Thi Dai Trang from the central province of Ha Tinh, has obtained many things other people dream of -  a good business and a happy family with two beautiful daughters.

 Of the total value of share acquisitions and capital contributions by foreign investors in Vietnam at US$6.19 billion near the end of last year, HCMC accounted for nearly 60%.

The difference between the hatcher created by Vo Ngoc Tieng from Pham Van Dong University and products of the same kind in the market is that Tieng’s can be controlled with a cellphone.