Anxious parents made thousands of calls to 1080 in HCM City yesterday morning to register for getting the five-in-one Pentaxim vaccine for their children, but with each public health facility only geared to take in a limited number daily,

VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses in Vietnam now tend to spend big money on media campaigns to polish their images, something they would not do in the past.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 29 announced the top 10 culture, sports and tourism events in 2015, which were voted by 121 journalists representing media agencies across the country.

 Beautiful natural landscapes and people of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are depicted in the works of Vietnamese painters Nguyen Van Cuong, Le Van Thin, and Doan Hong.

 Vietnam's initial public offering (IPO) activity has been less than exciting in 2015 and that has been attributed to the lack of blockbuster deals.

  The Samsung group will add 600 million USD to the 1.4-billion-USD Samsung HCMC CE Complex (SEHC) at Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Hi-tech Park (SHTP).

A 15-minute fireworks display lit up the sixth biannual Da Lat Flower Festival's opening ceremony held last night in Da Lat City's Lam Vien (Langbiang) Square.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rivers have been overexploited, causing tremendous pressure on the livelihoods and water sources of the communities living on the riverbanks.

Analysts have warned that the kieu hoi flow (overseas remittance) to Vietnam would slow, while Vietnamese may deposit dollars at Laos banks instead of Vietnamese as a result of the State Bank’s zero-percent interest rate policy.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local authorities are willing to spend trillions of dong to build imposing monuments, but are hesitant to spend money for nursery schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vaccines outside the free immunisation programme so far will only be able to meet four per cent of the demand in the upcoming year, according to the Ministry of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight in-vogue singers, four DJs, a 30-metre long floating stage, bright and colourful body-painting performances and free entrance are the attractions of Countdown Party 2016 – Journey to Wonderland.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first motor race for females will take place at Binh Phuoc Province Stadium on January 10.  

Nguyen Tu Quang and BPhone were the the two names most often mentioned in the Vietnamese technology community in 2015. 

 New regulations on investment incentives in the 2014 Investment Law, such as a list of sectors offering investment incentives and investment incentive procedures, which are guided by Decree No 118/2015/ND-CP, came into effect on December 27, 2015.

 The Government has made good progress in building legal documents but the work needs to be further accelerated in 2016, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam will seek to boost the use of public transportation and limit driving personal vehicles in urban areas by 2020, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang said on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a good dish for cold days in Vietnam, 'banh goi' (pillow shaped cake) intrigues guests at first sight for its pretty baby pillow shape and its colorful sauce.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though setting very high requirements on investors, many financially powerful corporations still want to become strategic shareholders of Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

It is forecast that Vietnam’s tra fish exports may drop by 5 percent year on year in 2016.