VietNamNet Bridge – Famed painter Van Duong Thanh has opened her workshop at her home for visitors, which is on every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 1pm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Talented spiker Nguyen Huu Ha has decided to retire and will work as a trainer for the Ha Noi Duc Giang Chemicals female volleyball club from this month.

 SCG International Internship, an annual internship program of SCG, will select 15 talented students in Vietnam for a one-month internship program in Thailand, together with students from other ASEAN countries.

 Vietnamese enterprises have reported huge lost revenues due to global trade uncertainty, heard a conference of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in HCMC over the weekend.

 Authorities at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport have advised passengers to arrive at the airport three hours prior to departure during the Tet (Lunar New Year) period, according to Vietnam News.

 A cruise ship in Ha Long Bay carrying 21 people including 14 foreign tourists went up in flames early Tuesday morning. 

 Two Filipino fishermen have been saved by a Vietnamese fishing boat after seven days drifting at sea.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on January 9 announced a report on Tet bonuses offered by businesses nationwide, showing a big disparity.

 Settlement of bad debts has shown positive signs after some banks announced they would buy back all their non-performing loans they sold to the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC).

 Viet Nam’s steel industry plans to produce 5.5 million tonnes of crude steel and 5.8 million tonnes of rolled steel this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Former Misses Vietnam titleholders celebrated at a reunion in Hanoi and had a great time doing it as they presented the latest fashions of designers Anh Thu and Tien Loi in honour of the occasion.

 Model Le Hang was eye-wateringly beautiful on January 7 as she lit up the runway presenting the latest fashion collection by designer Adrian Anh Tuan at the Embassy of France in Hanoi.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee on January 9 launched an online service with information about weather conditions and environment indexes, including air quality index, rainfall and flooding.

 The Hanoi innovative business incubator of information technology was put into use on January 9 at 185 Giang Vo street.

 David Haggerty, President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), is in Vietnam as part of activities to prepare for the ITF’s Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in August.

France’s Choisy le Roi city has offered an insignia to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son in recognition of his contributions to developing the France-Vietnam ties in 2016.

 The UI Greenmetric World University Rankings of Indonesia has ranked the Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University 156 out of 516 sustainable educational facilities worldwide.

 Vietnamese and Cambodian defence ministers signed a cooperation plan for 2017 between the two ministries at their talks on January 9.

 President Tran Dai Quang lauded the effective collaboration between Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry and Cambodia’s Ministry of Home Affairs during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Samdech Sa Kheng.

 A banquet and music performance was held in Hanoi on January 9 to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Vietnam – China ties (January 18, 1950-2017) by the Hanoi People’s Committee in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.