VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Thieu Phuong Nam, CEO of Qualcomm Indochina, has saidthe 5G market in the coming years has a lot of potential and would go commercial by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ranks 82nd out of 109 countries and territories on the global talent competitiveness report 2015-2016 (Global Talent Competitiveness Index - GTCI).

 The Government has approved a plan to help Vietnamese businesses directly participate in foreign distribution networks through 2020 to help Vietnamese goods penetrate international markets, a senior Government official said.

 Besides the dramatic beauty of the landscape, visitors to the northwest region of Vietnam easily fall for the H’mong ethnic women’s silver earrings.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once only access ible to wealthy families, the Narcissus flower has come back into style as a delicate way to ring in the lunar New Year.

 Charnel-house statues – part of the unique cultural identity of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) ethnic groups, are likely to disappear, experts warn.

 The first thought coming to everyone's mind when thinking about holding and burying aborted fetuses is fright. To Nguyen Khac Toan, he turns such frightening feelings into deep sympathy and determination to devote the rest of his life

 The World Trade Organisation's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will boost customs reforms to facilitate trade across borders in line with international standards, an official has said.

 “Hat Xoan” (Xoan singing), a celebrated art form in Vietnam’s northern province of Phu Tho, has been revived after its recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding by UNESCO.

 Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are considered the most investor-friendly cities among 10 Asian destinations, as surveyed by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.

 Vo Van Thuong, the youngest member of the 12th -tenure Politburo, has been appointed as head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission.

 Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh has been named head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission for the 2015-2020 tenure. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the average price of crude oil at $32.4 per barrel, some subsidiaries of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) like PVEP and PVOil suffered losses in January 2016.

Some local newspapers recently quoted the Vietnam Beverage Association as saying that in 2015 Vietnam’s beer output reached 3.4 billion liters, an increase of 40.72% compared with 2010 and alcohol output (industrial production) of 70 million liters.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam wants to drive the capital flow from kieu hoi, or overseas remittance, into production and business, rather than spending. 

Plans to evaluate mineral reserves and marine natural resources and to help residents better adapt to climate change nationwide - especially in the Mekong Delta region – are high up this year.

 Hoang Nguyen Thanh and Dang Cam Tu won the Ta Cu Mountain Climbing Marathon yesterday.

Hanoi T&T made a big bang just one week before the V.League's opening when they separated from head coach Phan Thanh Hung.

Vietnamese companies face integration pressure with a series of trade deals signed in 2015 and early 2016, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a slew of free trade agreements, and the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

 Foreigners with bachelor's degrees and at least three years of experience working in their respective fields are no longer required to obtain work permits in Viet Nam, according to a decree approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.