State-run mobile network operator VNPT Vinaphone has installed some 11,000 extra nodeB 3G base transceiver stations (BTSs) to meet the sudden increase in service demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid changes in technology, changes in software, falling prices, and planned obsolescence, have resulted in a fast-growing buildup of electronic waste in Viet Nam.

 Bus services are massively over-booked as people attempt to return home for the Tet holiday period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many teachers who have volunteered to move to work in remote and mountainous areas have said that they have been facing risks and difficulties due to a shortage of facilities and necessities for their lives.

 The Prime Minister has approved a plan to develop the network of public science-technology organisations by 2020, with a vision through 2030. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Under the latest version of the draft luxury tax law, cars will not be priced lower before 2018. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc island has been thriving, turning itself into a tourism and investment hub in southern Vietnam thanks to many large-scale projects that have helped build its reputation among investors. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Sparse rain in Hoi An in the central coast province of Quang Nam in the afternoon in January gives the ancient town a gentle and quaint beauty. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has had no other choice but to issue an ultimatum for the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to remove unjustified speed limit traps that have become a nightmare for motorists. 

Viet Nam's gross domestic product (GDP) will likely grow 6.82 per cent this year, 0.12 percentage points higher than that predicted by the National Assembly last November in its resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2016

 The administration of HCM City has used a range of programmes to support thousands of beggars find jobs and stabilise their lives, while sending others back to their home province.

 Possessing major advantages and potential, Hai Phong is expected to become a gateway connecting Vietnam with the world, according to CBRE’s Vietnam Special Report released recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to statistics from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam imported a total of 26,742 CBU cars from China last year, worth $1.04 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines plans to restructure its subsidiary - the Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) - to establish a new airline offering short flights.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many streets in Danang, the biggest city in central Vietnam, have become roads of light before the Lunar New Year 2016 (Tet holiday). Let’s take a walk around the city at night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF, which has been looking for a new coach for the Vietnam national team, plans to introduce the new coach after the Lunar New Year holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge - One out of every four US businesses in China have left or have plans to leave China. And Vietnam could be the next destination for them.

 Local mobile phone service providers like Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone have drawn up plans to cope with network glitches, especially for the 3G service during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).   

As Tet (Lunar New Year) is a special time for family reunion of the Vietnamese, many shops and restaurants are close in HCMC. But those who stay in the city at Tet can still find some places to come for food and drinks.

 Once a year, the leaves market is opened on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street in HCMC’s Tan Binh District on the 20th of the last lunar month to sell dong (Phrynium placentarium) and banana leaves for wrapping banh chung and banh tet.