Thousands of residents in Van Phu and Phuong Lau communes in Viet Tri City are reportedly wearing facial masks overnight, which is not a kind of skin care for brighter skin the next morning but rather a way to fight against air pollution there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Duy Kien, 17, won an English-speaking competition and beat out more than 2,000 Vietnamese students to participate in the Global Forum of Young Leaders held in New York in August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has recently adopted major measures to implement the country's 2016 socio-economic development plan and state budget.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of high-end property transactions in the first half of 2015 alone was equal to that of the entire year of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Business process outsourcing has fared well for Vietnam over the decade leading up to 2016, Vietnam’s main software industry body said at a recent launching ceremony for the 2016 Sao Khue awards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Com dep”, flat glutinous green rice is a specialty of the Khmer in Soc Trang and people in the Mekong River Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Investment and Planning, spoke to Tuoi Tre (Youth) about the country's resolve to continue to pursue its economic reforms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Motorcycling along Ho Chi Minh Trail is a real adventure for those loving free and easy travel. The road has been asphalted but there are some dangerous stretches having hairpin bends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners throughout the country have introduced their most special products for the upcoming Lunar New Year 2016 (Tet holiday).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on the last day of 2015, which saw a series of tariff and non-tariff barriers removed from doing business within the communit, has opened up a wider market

 Many boat stations in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta operate without a licence, threatening the safety of the system, authorities have warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a market of more than 40 million regular internet users including 22 million smart phone users, Vietnam has a lot of opportunities to develop the e-book market.

  Labor Ministry survey reveals most employees will receive a Tet bonus this year but the amount will differ wildly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Open Budget Index (OBI) of Vietnam scored 18 out of 100 points last year, much lower than the global average of 45.

 The temperature at the Mau Son mountain peak in the northern province of Lang Son continued to sink to minus 2oC at 10 am on January 23 and white frosts nipped the 1,500 metre-mountain peak.

 Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) has been given authorization to operate a nationwide computerized lottery in Vietnam for the next 18 years, according to widely publicized local media reports.

 The Prime Minister has recently approved a programme to develop broadband telecommunications infrastructure by 2020.

 Forty-five excellent athletes are getting special training and treatment to prepare for Olympics qualifying tourneys, the General Department of Sports and Physical Education said. 

 Phan Hoang Thai of Vietnam won a silver medal at the 23rd Asian Junior Cycling Championships in Oshima, Japan on January 22.

 Fifteen bands from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong (China) and Vietnam will perform at the music festival School of Mosh in Hanoi on January 24.