Huynh Thanh Tung won a silver medal at the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships in Oshima, Japan on Sunday.

 A theatre production entitled Tam Cam Musical will debut at Ben Thanh Theatre to entertain local audiences during the Tet Lunar New Year.

 Scientists have discovered a new Murina bat species living on a high mountain peak in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the 12th National Party Congress gets underway, the capital city of Hanoi is recognizing the significance of the architectural changes in the city over recent years with an extraordinary photo exhibition

 VietNamNet Bridge – An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale hit the Song Tranh Hydropower Plant No 2 reservoir in Quang Nam Province's mountainous Bac Tra My District about 2am yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors’ high interest in the consumer goods sector which has been growing very rapidly in recent years is believed to help boost merger & acquisitions (M&A), according to VnExpress.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Malaysian Futsal team arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for two friendly matches with Vietnam on January 25 and 26, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Westports Malaysia Dragons scored their 10th win of the season, to solidify their third place standings, after holding off Viet Nam's Saigon Heat, 86-76, at the MABA Stadium in Malaysia on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in the northwestern province of Dien Bien accidentally unearthed an age-old bronze drum while ploughing his fields.

 Viet Nam champions Becamex Binh Duong defeated Thai League runners-up MuangThong United 2-1 in a friendly match on Saturday at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge - Technology will continue to develop, online marketing will become more popular, and video will be more mainstream in 2016.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Centre on January 22 held an award ceremony to honour 13 winners of the 2014 Competition for Energy Efficient Buildings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is preparing to open a new flight path connecting Ha Noi and HCM City.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has been nominated for being re-elected to the country's top post, Central Committee member Vu Trong Kim confirmed in an interview with local media yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Snow has blanketed northern mountainous areas of Vietnam as they are experiencing the strongest cold spell since the onset of winter.

National sovereignty in the East Sea issue is sacred and the country’s supreme interest, said Hoang Binh Quan, the head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations.

 A Russian scholar on Vietnamese study has said the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has consistently pursued the policy of protecting national interest since its foundation in 1930, which he said is the only correct path.

Personnel preparations for the 12th Party Central Committee have been made in a strict and thorough manner right from the grassroots level, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Defence Vo Tien Trung has told the media.

 Delegates attending the ongoing 12th National Party Congress have underlined the need to choose a new leadership who have both talent and virtue to steer Vietnam along the course of industrialisation and modernisation.

 Participants in the 12th National Party Congress worked in their delegations on January 24 to appraise the standards and structure of the 12th Party Central Committee and the list of nominations fielded by the 11th Party Central Committee.