VietNamNet Bridge – The highest Lunar New Year (Tet) bonus for a company employee is VND1 billion (US$44,289), according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Pham Truong Giang, former Vietnamese ambassador to Morocco, was awarded the “Grand Officer of Wissam Al Alaoui” order by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in recognition of his efforts to foster close, friendly relations

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a programme to retrain surplus teachers in secondary and high schools, to deal with current shortages in kindergartens.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and another went missing after their boat flipped over in Krong Ana River in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta’s economy expanded 6.9% last year, well below 7.8% in 2015, marking the fifth consecutive year the delta had seen its economic growth cooling,

 Ancient apricot trees in different shapes are taken care by artistic florists in HCM City and put up for sale at prices ranging from VND100 million to VND800 million for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival.

An art exhibition, featuring 60 latest pottery works and paintings with the theme of roosters, is opened to the audience in the capital city of Hanoi on January 13 to welcome the Lunar New Year 2017, Vietnamplus reports.

A reading campaign featuring 100 celebrities of Vietnam was kicked off last week. This is the first time Vietnam has had a campaign featuring images of public figures and their thoughts about the meaning of book, reports Vietnamplus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven more bus rapid transit (BRT) routes will be launched in Hanoi over the next 13 years in order to realise the target of eight BRT routes as set-out in the capital city’s master plan on transport until 2030.

Vietnam’s insurance market registered robust growth last year with the life insurance segment gaining the strongest growth in 10 years, insurers and management agencies said.

 Hanoi has suffered from increased traffic jams at peak hours due to bad weather.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho yesterday required airlines to reduce airfares for passengers especially those travelling to central provinces in the upcoming Tet holidays.

 Ambassador of China to Vietnam, H.E Hong Xiaoyong, shares his thoughts with VET’s Ha Nguyen about the partnership between the two countries.

 After a fruitful 2016, Vietnamese sport is stepping into the year of 2017 with an “old and new” problem namely the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

 Top Vietnamese marksmen Hoang Xuan Vinh and Tran Quoc Cuong are due to take part in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2017 set for February 23-March 1 in India.

Popular United Kingdom-based Vietnamese model and entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh has unveiled that she will host the J Winter Fashion Show 2017 on January 26 over the Seine River in Paris.

 In the early 1960s, a young ornithologist successfully persuaded Vietnam’s top leaders, including its founding president, Ho Chi Minh, to designate a tract of land near the capital as the country’s first national park.

 The Hanoi Culture Space will host a roundtable discussion with painter and antique collector Nguyen Manh Duc on January 13.

 The manga book Dia Nguc Mon (Gateway to Underworld) by the HCM City-based artist Can Tieu Hy, has been announced as one of the winners at the 10th Japan International Manga Awards.

 Nine projects will be implemented in 2017 to conserve and restore relics in the Complex of Hue Monuments, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.