VietNamNet Bridge – The number of mobile phone subscribers in Vietnam has dropped significantly as registrations for pre-paid service have been tightened, but there are still around 127 million subscribers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cafe Me on Luong Huu Khanh Street in District 1, HCMC is a place for artists and those who love handmade products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The following is the list of high technologies that the Government gives high priority to development investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - The new national education system plan submitted by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to the Prime Minister is believed to contain ‘no new thing’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many white-leg shrimp farming areas have been set up next to the Lap An Lagoon in Lang Co Town in Thua Thien - Hue province, threatening the world’s beautiful bay of Lang Co.

VietNamNet Bridge - The shareholders of big listed banks - Sacombank, ACB and SHB – in 2015 had total stock assets worth VND3.55 trillion, an increase of VND275 billion compared with the previous year.

 Farmers in Binh Chanh District, HCM City, are farming ornamental Japanese koi fish and Japanese carp following an incentive programme launched by the city recently.

The fate of $22 billion Victory Oil Refinery project, invested by Thailand’s PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), remains uncertain in the face of a global slump in oil prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2015 was marked with flourishes in many fields of Vietnam’s fine arts, which can be seen in the numerous quality exhibitions and well-regarded fine arts events, as well as positive signs in the art market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of crimes committed through the use of high technology and on the internet by foreign individuals and groups has caused concern to the security police in HCM City.

  Japanese retail giant Seven & I Holding Group’s expansion to Vietnam is likely to create severe competition in Vietnam’s retail landscape.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to the Department of Transport of HCM City, around 4,000 Uber taxis are operating in HCM City and around VND1 billion (nearly $50,000) of profit is transferred to the management company in the Netherlands each day.

The local media has reported that tens of tons of hazardous medical waste that would have been destroyed under strict procedures at licensed facilities were recycled at Vietnam’s largest and most prestigious hospital, Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi. 

VietNamNet Bridge - It will be unfortunate if businesses see their share prices fall dramatically or their sales to slow down in 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After a period of treatment in the US, on January 8 Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh returned to the Plum Village (France) to seek appropriate treatment methods.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After long negotiations, Gazprom Neft has officially proposed to stop the process of negotiation on the transfer of a 49% stake of the Dung Quat oil refinery with the National Oil and Gas Group.

The authorities of Dong Nai province have announced that the low dissolved oxygen content in the water of Dong Nai River is the cause of the death of more than 200 tons of fish at fish farms in Tan Mai and Buu Hoa communes in Bien Hoa City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Per capita GDP in 2015 was estimated at VND45.7 million ($2,100), up $57 compared with 2014, according to the General Statistics Office.

 Experts say the new mechanism for exchange rate introduced by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has created flexibility, enabling both credit institutions and enterprises to exercise greater control over their business operations.

 Thanh Hoa authorities yesterday ordered the suspension of a bridge project following a scaffold collapse Saturday that killed four people at the construction site.