The Vietnamese Embassy in the US along with the US-APEC Business Coalition and the US National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) held an event to promote Vietnam’s APEC Year 2017 in Washington on January 18.

 And/or, why are we celebrating two New Years every year?Amidst all the happy hustle and bustle associated with the approach of Tet (Lunar New Year), this topic is being revisited this year on social media with surprising fervour.

VietnamNet Bridge - Many foreign conglomerates have jumped into the Vietnamese farm produce market after Vietnam signed a series of FTAs.

Multiple awards winning Dr Tran Ngoc Luong, Director of the National Hospital of Endocrinology, Head of Surgery Department and Associate Prof. at the Ha Noi Medical University, tells that seeing young women mentally affected by post-surgical scars

 An outgrowth of wet rice civilization, Viet villages are characteristically agricultural villages. The structure of a Viet village is adapted to rice farming and constitutes Vietnam’s typical rural space.

Pham Viet Huong, deputy director of the Overseas Labour Export Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affaris, speaks to the Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper about Viet Nam’s resolve to improve the skills

 Dong Thap is proud of its flowers.  The southern province believes it is second to none in the country when it comes to the sheer variety and number of blooms that bloom on its soil. Yes, that includes the more famous City of Flowers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For French designer Valerie Cordier, travelling is more than a hobby. It is an activity where inspiration waits to be discovered.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has invested VND363 billion (US$16 million) to complete the second-stage infrastructure for the 1,010-hectare Hi-Tech Park in Hoa Vang District, 20km west of the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banks in HCMC are putting on a variety of promotional programs to attract overseas remittances flowing into the city ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, said the news site baohaiquan.vn.

A delegation of some 20 Japanese enterprises led by Tatsuhiro Shindo, executive vice president of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro), had a meeting with the HCMC government on January 18 to sound out investment opportunities.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with WB President Jim Yong Kim, WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo, and Chairman of the Chinese Alibaba Group Jack Ma on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has agreed to the transport department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 golfers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and Viet Nam will compete in the JG Golf Championship in Da Nang on March 25-26.

Pham Nhat Vuong, president of Vingroup, Trinh Van Quyet, president of FLC and Bui Van Nhon, president of Novaland are developers of the most luxurious projects in Vietnam. They have now jumped into the low-cost apartment market segment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hong (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

  VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC-based Heart Beat will hold a free show of Swedish DJ Par Grindvik and other veteran artists on January 20 at Apocalypse Now in HCMC’s District 1.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has continuously engaged in a series of sessions and meetings with world and business leaders as part of his sideline activities at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had an open and candid dialogue with chief executive officers of global leading IT groups on the margin of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will meet Hong Kong in group 2’s first round of the Davis Cup, Asia-Oceania zone, on February 3 in HCM City’s Phu Tho tennis club.