The amount of CO2 in HCM City was estimated at 38.5 million tons, making up about 16 percent of the country. Of the amount, automotive exhausts' carbon emissions account for 45 percent.

 The Ministry of Transport yesterday hosted a ground breaking ceremony of Mai Dich-Nam Thang Long viaduct in Hanoi Ring Road No.3.

Can Tho will review and draw the list of those subject toll reduction and exemption at Can Tho-Phung Hiep BOT toll station, sending the list to the Ministry of Transport to tackle traffic jam in the area before January 20.

 While the country has been glad about economic achievements in 2017 called miracle by the media, the mining industry has seen another sad year.

 Vietnam’s ratio of public debt to GDP stood at 61.3% at the end of 2017, lower than an earlier estimate of 62.6%, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The Goethe-Institute Hanoi has extended an invitation to all people to contribute their photographs to the publication of a photo book on the capital of Hanoi.

The trial of 46 banking executives and staff accused of violating economic regulations that resulted in $400 million going missing opened in HCMC on January 8, but the former Chairman of the State-owned bank BIDV was absent without reason.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange has announced it will conduct two auctions of shares in SeABank and TPBank held by MobiFone on February 7.

 An exhibition on Hang Trong folk paintings will take place at the Ca Chep Bookstore at 115 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district from January 10 to 25.

The Vietnamese government has just issued ten decrees to implement Vietnam’s special preferential import tax commitments made in its free trade agreements with various partners.

Almost all of the $6.6 million and VND1.3 trillion ($59 million) that PetroVietnam paid to PVC as advance payment for the $1.7-billion Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant was used to pay for PVC’s loans in banks.

 2017 witnessed an increasing number of apartments for sale both in general and in the secondary segment (particularly in Hanoi), as reported by commercial property and real estate services firm CBRE.

  Legendary cyber security expert Mikko Hypponen will visit Vietnam for a discussion on information security at a seminar scheduled for November 18 in Hanoi, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Ede ethnic girl H’hen Nie was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 on the final night of the pageant in the south central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City on January 6.

 Bac Me Hydropower Plant in Ha Giang Province has gone into operation without a licence and caused serious damage to the national highway as well as houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign tourists coming to HCM City on cruise ships remains relatively low because of a lack of ports for cruise ships, according to tourism experts.

 Military officers in the central province of Ha Tinh have safely defused a 250-kilo bomb found by local people.

Additional cold spell to the north may continue to freeze Mount Fansipan on January 9 and 10.

 Fireworks displays along with various entertainment activities will be held in HCM City to welcome the Lunar New Year.

 General Director of Vietnam Airlines Duong Tri Thanh said that it would take a long time to break even or make profit through direct flights to the US.