VietNamNet Bridge - In mid-January 2017, the Publishing & Printing Department of Vietnam asked publishing houses to stop releasing books about love stories, called ‘Truyen ngon tinh’ in Vietnamese. 

 More and more Japanese agribusinesses are entering Vietnam and other growth markets in Asia amid dim prospects at home, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

 There are 204 domestic social networks in operation in the fields of music, sport, science and technology, health, medical, lotteries, cinema, wedding services, and food.

 People who love flying kites from nearby provinces boasted their self-making kites of all shapes, sizes and colour as well as kite flying skills at a recent exchange in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi.

 Five more venues to facilitate lethal injections will be built in Vietnam in the coming time according to the Ministry of Public Security.

 Vietnam has been outperforming and it looks like it will continue to do so.

 Some segments did better than others in Vietnam’s real estate sector in 2016 but overall trends are positive.

 President Tran Dai Quang urged Vietnam and Uzbekistan to fully tap their cooperation potential in various fields while receiving Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and  Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Mirzaev Zoyir.

 A Chinese bank branch established in the so-called Sansa city on Phu Lam island in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago is illegal, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

 A dialogue meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vietnamese enterprises is scheduled to take place for the second time in late March as the nation is seeking to build a facilitative and action-oriented government.

 People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong yesterday approved the project to organize a bazaar  and  musical quarterin the city downtown.

 Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong yesterday asked the Department of Planning and Investment to create favorable environment for multinational corporations to the city in 2017.

 The State-run Vietnam Computerized Lottery Co. Ltd. (Vietlott) recently announced its preliminary report on the business results for the 2016 fiscal year.

The Electricity of Vietnamwill continue to hold a monopoly on power distribution and retail sale through the management and control of power distribution and retail trade companies in the form of one-member limited liability companies.

 Vietnam will auction a Boeing aeroplane which has been abandoned at Noi Bai International Airport for 10 years by a Cambodian airline.

 Over 40 elephants in Dak Lak Province have been left exhausted after being forced to overwork through the lunar new year holiday period.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh on Wednesday issued a decision to establish a disciplinary council to impose penalties on ministry officials who reportedly visited the pagoda during work hours.

 A digital copy of every news and feature story published on online newspapers must be kept unchanged for at least one year, the Government has said.

 Vietnamese representative Minh Tu has come to Singapore to compete at Asia's Next Top Model 2017, according to Kenh14.vn online newspaper.

 Vietnam farmers face another difficult year as confidence falters with industry analysts particularly pessimistic the country will reach overseas sales of more than five million metric tons in 2017, the Vietnam Food Association has said.