The three telecommunication groups under direct management of the Information and Communications Ministry (MIC) will have to develop their equitisation plans in 2017. 

People are flocking to streets and shops in HCM City to shop for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, and sellers say sales are booming. 

 Reuse Everything Institute Inc of Finland has agreed to fund a biodiversity research project in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve that will contribute to protecting the endangered red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus).

 As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in HCM City have attracted locals and tourists looking for artworks that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

 More than 370,000 cases of traffic violations have been discovered and fined for one month nationwide, the online newspaper Vietnamplus reported.

 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised the “outstanding performance” of the Party Central Committee’s office while extending Tet greetings to its staff yesterday.

 HCM City has begun operating electric buses on a pilot basis on three short routes, including one targeted at tourists.

 A programme on thrift practice and anti-wastefulness in the 2016-2020 period was issued last week in Hanoi by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in order to free up needed resources for economic growth and social security.

 Despite an expected oversupply in 2017, high-end and luxury apartment development in Ho Chi Minh City is still on the rise.

HCM City hospitals are ensuring that emergency aid, medicine and medical personnel are available for the Tet holiday as the number of traffic accidents, food poisoning incidents and drunk driving incidents increases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Smuggling, a longstanding “complicated” issue, is set to remain a thorny problem this year, market watch officials have warned.

Busy holiday travel continued January 23 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi as travellers pile home for the long Tet holiday.

Here are some photos providing a glimpse of the festive celebrations sponsored by the Vietnam Embassy in Canada Tet to ring in the New Lunar Year of the Rooster held January 23, 2017.

The annual Spring Flower Festival is now underway at the Front Beach Park in Vung Tau Province.

Vietnamese representative Le Hang is calling on fans to vote for her to advance into the top 12 at the ongoing 2016 Miss Universe pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge - These families have created consumer goods brands familiar to every Vietnamese.

 Repair work on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG)  and Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine fiber optic cable lines has been  basically completed, said a representative from the Ministry of Information and Communications. 

 Mobile phone sales, which did not see the usual spike during last month’s festive season, seem set to surge in the run-up to the Lunar New Year (Tet).

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines was ranked among top four Southeast Asian airlines with passenger throughput exceeding 20 million people last year.