Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the first G20 Sherpa Meeting hosted by Japan from January 19-20. 

 A status upgrade may help the Vietnamese security market attract some 4.5 billion USD in investment, according to experts from the Military Bank Securities (MBS).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Tiep, 86, considers the Hai Duong Social Sponsorship Centre her second home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional martial arts have been developing for centuries in Vietnam, with hundreds of styles nationwide, including Nam Hong Son, Tay Son Binh Dinh and Vovinam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Four months after taking office as scientific director of the Big Data Institute of Vingroup, Prof Vu Ha Van recently spoke with VietNamNet about its plans. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s sex ratio at birth hit a record high imbalance of 115.1 boys to 100 girls in 2018, up three percentage points from 2017 and falling short of the targeted 112.8 boys to 100 girls, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese ace Nguyen Van Phuong won his opening round match of the male singles of the Australian Open Junior Championships on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Karate Championship 2019 will begin in the southern province of Can Tho on July 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Resolution Run will begin in the Phu My Hung urban area in District 7 of HCM City on January 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eco-driving techniques have helped reduce fuel consumption and costs for freight transport firms under a three-year project that ends this month. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop and semi-classical singer Duc Tuan will release his latest music video on his official Youtube channel on January 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - Even startups with good plans and funding can sometimes face problems or fail. Here are a few that encountered difficulties in 2018. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The iconic Ho Thi Ky Flower Market in HCM City’s District 10 has got a makeover, with authorities wanting to turn it into a flower and food street to attract tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government’s mechanism to calculate the compensation rate for residents whose land it takes for public purposes is "detached" from the market value instead of relying on it, 

Vietnam has become an even more attractive destination amid escalating trade disputes. The land leasing rate in Industrial zones has soared since mid-2018, and is expected to continue in 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional weaving skills of the Khmer ethnic minority group have been handed down at an Embroidery Weaving Co-operative in Van Giao handicraft village, in the southern province of An Giang.

 Mr. Adrien Bizouard, Country Manager of Robert Walters Vietnam, tells VET about the demand for senior employees and its efforts to bring Vietnamese talent home from overseas.

 A ‘wine’ manufacturer in Hanoi has just been found producing large amounts of low-quality wine to sell at dirt-cheap prices.

 A Vietnamese film “Mot khu dat tot” (Blessed Land) is among the nominations in the short film category at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held from February 7-12 in Berlin.

 The garment and textile sector was forecast to suffer the most from goods origin regulations under the CPTPP, said Bui Kim Thuy, the country representative for Vietnam at the US-ASEAN Business Council.