VietNamNet Bridge - The initial success gained by foreign franchise chains in Vietnam has prompted more and more foreign chains to come to the country.

 Vietnamese organisations in France issued a statement on January 18 to condemn China’s pilot flights to the illegally-built airstrip on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

The 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam opened at Hanoi’s National Convention Centre in the morning of January 21.

VietNamNet Bridge - How to tax Netflix, Facebook and Google is an intricate question for Vietnamese state management agencies.

To improve the value of rice and maize, a 45-year-old farmer in the southern province of Dong Nai has turned them into ornamental plants for display at lunar New Year. The products are sold at high prices and the demand is always over supply.

VietNamNet Bridge – After two failed attempts, Ta Nam Long and his team have at last succeeded in the ultimate adventure— conquering the dark underground world of Dia Nguc (Hell) Cave located at the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People's Committee has decided to move the deceased Hoan Kiem turtle to the Museum of Nature (Vietnam Academy of Sciences) for maintenance.

 An art performance praising the beauty of spring opened the Lunar New Year Festival yesterday in downtown Ha Noi.

 A top Vietnamese singer, Ha Tran, has unveiled her latest music project — the indie rock album Ban Nguyen (To the Core), after nearly a decade since the first idea about the project flashed in her mind.

 The central bank's new exchange rate management policy has helped reduce the US dollar speculation in the domestic economy, an official said at an online discussion.

 A 115-year-old woman has died of natural causes in her native Ben Tre Province.

 Top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh on January 20 lost to strong Malaysian rival Goh Soon Huat at the men's singles first-round match of the Malaysia Masters at the Spice Arena in Penang.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government of Vietnam, well aware of the damages that climate change can cause, has made strong commitments to take actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 Hanoi will finish building an underground power cable network to service 200 streets in four inner districts this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Universities say they have not found solutions to cut the numbers of students to meet new enrollment quotas.

A Dong Nai-based maker of Banh Chung has completed procedures to ship abroad 40 tonnes of the cake to serve the Overseas Vietnamese community, during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On January 15, a restaurant in District 7 in HCM City, bought a giant grouper weighing up to 160 kilos from fishermen in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two years have elapsed since Nguyen Ha Dong roused the world gamer community with his Flappy Bird. But the name Nguyen Ha Dong has always been hot.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam may be put at a disadvantage when Thailand sells 13 million tons of rice from its stockpile. 

 Le Thuy Hai on January 20 signed a one-year contract with the rich FLC Thanh Hoa.