VietNamNet Bridge - Two Vietnamese female billionaires in the dairy industry have officially set foot in the US market. 

 The number of local consumers using E5 petrol in their autos has been increasing rapidly, though bio-fuel has only been put into use nationwide for just the past month.

 After gaining positive business performance last year, many banks have planned to hold annual general meetings (AGMs) for 2018 soon.

The project to curb tidal flooding in Ho Chi Minh City may fail to be ready by April 30 due to lack of construction ground.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has pointed out that nutrition is the major cause for the slow improvement in height of Vietnamese people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol smuggling and trade fraud continues to be a big problem in Vietnam, with several cases of fake and poor quality gasoline discovered by Government agencies.

The Ministry of Health has raised concerns over the grave consequences of alcohol poisoning because of fake spirits during Tet holiday.

HCM City authorities have asked the National Assembly and the government to help resolve capital difficulties for the city’s metro projects which have been at sluggish pace.

Farmers in Thanh Hoa Province are complaining that they have to give local state officials a part of the support money after their shrimp farms were destroyed in a 2017 flood.

 Hanoi has planned solutions to ease traffic congestion around the lunar new year holiday.

Around 25,000 fans holding national flags and wearing red colour T-shirts with yellow star flocked to Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 10 to join an exchange with Vietnam’s U23 team on February 4.

Becamex Binh Duong beat Vasco da Gama of Brazil in the final at Go Dau Stadium on February 4 to take the International Football Tournament – Binh Duong Television (BTV) Cup.

If peach blossom is the symbol of Lunar New Year in the north, in the southern region it is apricot blossom. As Tet is nearing, apricot farmers in Thu Duc of HCMC are worried as their trees have already begun to flower early before the festival. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to have all students learn English since the first grade starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is expected to continue to increase rapidly in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Many ready-to-wear brands in HCM City are offering ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) in different styles and patterns, satisfying young women who want beautiful outfits for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Visitors to the flower garden of Vo Ha Anh Tu in Hoc Mon district can see farmers hurriedly preparing for the Tet harvest. In bloom on the 14,000 sq.m farm are flowers of all kinds which are carefully pruned ahead of the festival.

Representatives from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have discussed measures to foster bilateral trade ties, towards a target of 100 billion USD in two-way trade by 2020. 

A detailed plan on logistics development, especially on transport connectivity, is needed to set goals for industrial production, agriculture and imports-exports, experts have urged.

Up to 1,650 property transactions were successful in Hanoi in January, up by 13.8 percent from December 2017, reported the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Property Market Management Department.