Nguyen The Thao, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, received the “Bene Merito” Order, granted by Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on January 19 for his contributions to the growing friendship between Poland and Vietnam.

 Up to 1,510 delegates to the 12th National Party Congress met in a preparatory session at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi in the morning of January 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Nguyen Le Quoc Anh, Director of Strategy and Bank Development, will temporarily replace Mr. Murat Yuldashev as the CEO of the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Joel Leroy, a world-famous French laparoscopic expert, said that Vietnamese US$2 billion a year on medical treatment abroad.

On New Year's Eve, Hanoi will hold firework displays at 31 places, including six places with high-range performances and 25 places with lower-range performances.

 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may be signed on February 4 in New Zealand, according to Ms. Nguyen Quynh Nga, Deputy Director of the Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One year after hospitals in Viet Nam started implementing surrogacy technologies, the first surrogate babies will be born this month at the Ha Noi-based Central Maternity Hospital and the HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital.

 Vietnam's economy is forecast to expand 6.7% this year, the same pace as in 2015, making it among the fastest-growing markets in the world, according to Bloomberg. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnamese workers have to struggle hard for jobs in Vietnam, the home market is expected to attract many candidates from Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After surgery and nearly a month of treatment, Ms. Trieu Thi Chai in Tam Kim commune of Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province has escaped from a 20kg tumor on her face, happily returning to her village and family.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Van Pagoda (spiral pagoda)60km from the south of Nha Trang City is located in Cam Linh Ward, Cam Ranh City in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 Tet is in full bloom on the streets of Hanoi, nowhere more so than amid the peach blossoms and ornamental trees on display at the Quang An Market.

  The 2,300 megawatt (MW) Mong Duong Power Centre in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam’s largest power centre, has come into operation after four years of construction.

 The second Viet Nam Fitness and Dance Sport Stars Festival will be held at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi on Saturday.

 More than 220 international participants of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race set sail for Da Nang city on Monday from Whitsundays, Australia.

 V.League defending champions Becamex Binh Duong will host SCG Muangthong of Thailand during the visitors' ASEAN Tour 2016 on January 23 at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.

 The 2015 Literature and Art Prizes were awarded to 67 works of literature, fine arts, music, cinema, photo-graphy, dance, folk art and theatrical art yesterday.

 Tet Art 2016, the biggest Vietnamese and foreign art fair of the year, will kick off on January 21 in Ha Noi.

 Vietnam and Japan will join hands to develop a semiconductor industry in Vietnam, as stipulated at a cooperation agreement signed between the Integrated Circuit Design Research & Education Centre and Japan’s Nagano science and technology fund.

 The Lunar New Year festival bonus is expected to increase 15.7 percent from last year, averaging 250 USD per worker, according to head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Labour and Wage Department Tong Thi Minh.