Vietnamese telcos have geared up to shift from being mobile network operators that provide traditional voice services and SMSs into content service providers in order to seize opportunities from IoT (internet of things).

One of the important issues in the Water Resources Act is the shift from subsidy management to market price management. However, this has raised fears that  agricultural production costs will increase.

VietNamNet Bridge - Students, who are furious about their theses sold on the cheap, have asked for intervention from school management boards.

VietNamNet Bridge - December 31, 2016 was the ‘first death anniversary’ of Deca, an e-commerce site. In 2016, Vietnam’s e-commerce witnessed the departure of another name – Lingo. Many stars in the market faded after a short time of burning bright.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Luyen was very happy to buy 12 clothing items and a blanket at the VND 2,000 market (known as E2K) - a local version of "dollar stores".

 The Government has issued Resolution 01/NQ-CP detailing key tasks and measures to realize the socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They do their tai chi early in the morning, or dance a few waltzes in the park and join peer-group associations, but at the end of the day, they’re home most of the time, sitting in front of the TV.

 While Vietnamese goods find it hard to penetrate the ASEAN market, other countries in the AEC have quickly managed to take advantage of tax cuts to boost their exports to Vietnam. 

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs spent VND212bn (USD9.4m) buying training programmes from foreign countries last year.

 Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha has signed a decision to inspect 12 large real estate companies in 2017.

 A tropical depression is drifting west, north-westerly toward the East Sea, and forecasters say it could potentially become a typhoon and cross-over northern Vietnam later this week.

 As the traditional Lunar New Year festival or Tet is approaching, many special and unique agricultural products like watermelon, bonsai kumquat, chicken listed in “Red book”, and Tran Mong orchid are coming onto the market.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set an export target for 2017 with 13 key products projected to reach billions of US dollar each.

 It is an urgent need to push ahead with building and perfecting a law-governed socialist State of the people, by the people and for the people, President Tran Dai Quang wrote in an article published on January 9.

 Lao Defence Minister Chansamone Channhalat has arrived in Vietnam to meet with Vietnam’s armed forces chiefs and begin an official three-day visit to deepen military relations between the two countries.

 The southern province of Dong Nai on January 9 declared Zika outbreak at commune-level in Vinh Thanh commune, Nhon Trach district.

 The benchmark VN-Index will soon face resistance at 680 to 690 points, as short-term profit-taking activities are forecast to intensify early this week.

 The US magazine Forbes said Vietnam can meet its target of 6.7 percent GDP growth in 2017 thanks to five engines, including its resources and trade agreements with other nations.

 Sea water and wastewater samples related to mass clam deaths in central Thanh Hoa Province have failed to meet environment criteria, said Le Van Binh, head of the Environmental Protection Branch.

 Hanoians as well as tourists may soon get to enjoy free Wi-fi at various places in the capital, if a proposal put up by the local tourism department goes through.