Agriculture, rural areas and farmers are among topics debated at the January 23 working session of the 12th National Party Congress which was chaired by Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The sixth session of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee was held from January 17-21 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

  Delegates to the 12th National Party Congress discussed the documents presented to the Congress on the morning of January 23, focusing on how to build a uniform policy for national industrial development and a modern agriculture sector.

  Issues relating to social welfare and human resources drew great attention from delegates at the 12th National Party Congress during their working session on January 23.

Mobile World, one of the largest mobile phone and electronic product distribution chains in Vietnam, is preparing to open its first stores in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar in early 2017, revealed its CEO Tran Kinh Doanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Considering the effect of the rollercoaster year that was, including the crash of China’s stock market and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ross Stewart's desire to leave home and discover the world brought him to Viet Nam. Little did he know he'd end up spending over a decade in a country, and find his dream job.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Principle of Ha Noi College of Electrical Mechanics Dong Van Ngoc told the Kinh te & Do thi (Economic &Urban Affairs) newspaper about problems in vocational schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Cars from Thailand and Indonesia have been flowing to Vietnam in a wave of imports from ASEAN.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An uncontrolled rise in personal vehicles has exacerbated traffic in cities. Since 2003, the Government has pushed Ha Noi, HCM City and the Ministry of Transport to limit the number of vehicles on the streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The UK Daily Telegraph has listed Vietnam among the world’s happiest countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – House-shaped rooms connected by staircases and bridges inside a three-metre-wide house in Ho Chi Minh City was named House of the Year at the World Architecture Festival last November.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Musicians and singers are reviving old classics with live music performances in the ancient town of Hoi An. Hoai Nam reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bach Mai, one of the most prestigious and largest state-owned healthcare centers in Vietnam, has been found disseminating hazardous medical waste, according to Lao Dong reporters. 

Of nearly 1,000 real estate products, including land, beachfront villas and apartments sold on Phu Quoc Island so far, 80 percent have been sold to investors from Hanoi and 15 percent to buyers from HCM City, according to Savills Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Cultivation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has rejected news that Vietnam has imported genetically modified (GM) sugarcane for cultivation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cutting the dollar-denominated interest rate may reduce foreign currency speculation in theory, but in reality it requires more than just this monetary tool to stabilise the dong and the overall macro-economy,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tram Tau in Yen Bai Province may be one of poorest districts in Viet Nam, but it is probably the region with the most smiling and optimistic people I've ever seen in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many people who were living in peace have been suddenly sullied on the Internet, accused of crimes of theft or kidnapping.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixty-seven tech startups in Vietnam got finances from venture funds last year, more than double the number in 2014, according to Topica Founder Institute.