Impressed by the effectiveness of Barista, a drink dispenser created by a group of FPT University students, Do Cong Hung, a lecturer in software technology, said he wanted to buy the smart ‘bartender’ at the thesis defending ceremony.

The HCM City Customs Department on Tuesday began piloting the use of the Viet Nam Automated System for Seaport Customs Management at Lotus Port in District 7 and SP-ITC International Container Terminal in District 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday, police found the body of Nguyen Hong Lam, chairman of Hanoi’s Quoc Oai District People’s Committee, who had been missing since December 26.

Some 6.6 million people have received better medical treatment as a result of a project which rotates doctors from high-level to lower-level hospitals, implemented in Vietnam since 2008.

VietNamNet Bridge - Statements by people who have influence in society stirred public debate in 2017.

 Farmers and food producers in the Mekong Delta are busy preparing speciality fruits and foods to meet burgeoning demand for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which falls on February 16 this year.

Maestro Unai Urrecho of Spain will conduct the New Year concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on January 20.

Information Technology applications in health exams and treatment have improved information flow and storage in the healthcare sector, a year-end review found on December 29.

A recent audit on road maintenance funds conducted by the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) has revealed loopholes in their collection and expenditure, raising questions over the transparency of the fund’s management.

 In the last few days, a large amount of fish died en mass along the Phu River in Tu Nghia District, the central province of Quang Ngai.

 Some 28 of 34 auctions conducted by the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in 2017 sold out shares offered by state-owned enterprises (SOEs), raising over 2.63 trillion VND (115.72 million USD) for the State.

 International media have run articles highlighting that the year 2017 marked Vietnam’s rapid economic growth.

The cai luong (reformed opera) play Doi Co Luu (Life of Ms Luu), a production by well-known scriptwriter Tran Huu Trang, will be restaged in a new version 40 years after its first release.

The Hanoi criminal police division yesterday requested collaboration from organisations and citizens in the search for Nguyen Hong Lam, chairman of the People’s Committee of Quoc Oai District.

 People employing under-16-year-old workers can receive an administrative fine or up to 12 years’ imprisonment depending on the level of violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition in the capital city called As Years Go By, featuring the works of four art teachers, has attracted many people keen on seeing the senior artists’ latest works.

 HCM City’s export revenue reached an estimated 35.55 billion USD last year, a year-on-year increase of 16.1 percent, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade.

 Vietnam gained its highest ever seafood export value of 8.32 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Smuggling cases found in 2017 were down in number but up in value, said Deputy Director of the General Department of Customs’ Anti-Smuggling Department Nguyen Khanh Quang during a press conference recently held in Hanoi. 

Typhoon Bolaven, with the strongest wind speed of 75km per hour near its eye, entered the East Sea on Wednesday morning and becomes the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year.