Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc met with Yoon Jong-kyoo, President of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s KB Kookmin Financial Group in Hanoi on February 11.

 Singaporean developer CapitaLand and Vietnamese space operator Toong have signed a memorandum of understanding to change the working environment in Vietnam.

 Vietnam attaches importance to promoting relations with the new administration and Congress of the US, towards further developing the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership in a practical, effective, stable and long-term manner.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than VND100 trillion was paid by the eight biggest commercial banks to depositors in 2016. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of university graduates who are jobless must not discourage students from pursuing higher education, Nguyen Thi Kim Phung, director of the University Education Department, has said.

They are successful businessmen who created strong brands with fame extending beyond national borders. Though they are of retirement age, they remain at the top of  the business leadership and are considered irreplaceable.

Many localities nationwide have held a wide range of activities in response to the 15th Vietnam Poetry Day 2017, which opened at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on February 11 or the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Soon after listing their shares on the bourse after many years of hiding, a number of multi-billion dollar conglomerates quickly became ‘pillars’ in the stock market.

VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam continues importing chemicals from China, it will have to rely on Chinese imports and accept low-quality products, experts have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Viet Trung of the Institute of Mathematics under the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology tells Khoa hoc & Doi song that funds allotted for sci-tech development need to be used wisely.

Some parents are seeking extracurricular classes including piano, painting, swimming, martial art, and ballet dancing for their children apart from formal classes and after-school classes for further knowledge and high marks at school.  

The government has finally allowed Vietnamese to gamble at casinos. However, because of strict requirements set by the watchdog agency, it will be not easy for locals to enter casinos.

VietNamNet Bridge - In HCMC and Hanoi, air pollution caused by vehicles is even more serious than pollution from industrial zones, environmental experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Technological and financial limitations are major development constraints for the local supply industry,

 Leading telecom service providers Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone are scrambling to put up base transceiver stations and pilot 4G services to be ready to officially offer them this quarter.

 In the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, there are folk games across the country, including tug-of-war, swinging and cock fighting. For many Vietnamese, the games are part of their childhood.

“Brain-drain” has become a common phrase for recent years. As start-up movement in Vietnam has been developing, making Vietnam a start-up nation, young generations have planned to come back the motherland.

 Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha said he would take responsibility for a 13-fold increase in school violence over the past 10 years.

 The Ministry of Transport has changed plans for the north-south highway project due to capital shortages. Only around 600km of the total route will be built first.

 The National Traffic Safety Committee has asked Hanoi police to investigate a state-owned blue number-plated car which was found travelling along a lane reserved for the bus rapid transit (BRT).