VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health instructed relevant agencies to severely penalise small food stores and vendors on streets who continue to flout safety and hygiene regulations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The agricultural and rural development sector expects to gain US$39-40 billion in total farming, forestry and fishery products by 2020, according to officials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As most of us enter adulthood, one of the things that we encounter is the gradual disappearance of a habit, a place or a thing we loved as children.

Chinese stickers containing phthalates – a group of toxic chemicals believed to be harmful to human health – are still being sold by street vendors and toy stores near primary schools in Ha Noi despite warnings from local agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Competition is getting tougher for domestic brewers as foreign rivals are increasing their share of the country’s output.

Deputy Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, former Party Secretary of Nam Dinh, said that the election of young provincial Party Secretaries like Da Nang and Kien Giang is the result after implementation of personnel planning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities are aiming to alleviate 44 hot spots of traffic congestion, the city transport department said in a meeting on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV), announced on Monday (Jan 11) Vietnamese users lost some VND8.700 billion in 2015 due to computer viruses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – These timeless photos taken by photographer Lonnie M Long in 1964 provide some fascinating insight into Saigon from another era long gone by.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When we think about travel, we tend to imagine ourselves lying on a beach in glorious sunlight, swimming in transparent blue water or breathing fresh mountainous air.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued Decision No. 89/QD-TTg appointing Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh, General Director of PetroVietnam, as its new Chairman.

 Since its establishment, the Communist Party of Vietnam has held 11 Congresses. Each Congress is considered an important historical milestone in recognising the Vietnamese revolution’s victories, achievements and lessons.

 The Vietnamese film “Thanh pho khac” (Another City) is among the nominations in the short film category at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held from February 11-22 in Germany’s capital Berlin.

 Former Manchester United (MU) midfielder David Beckham has invited two Vietnamese singers- Ho Ngoc Ha and Toc Tien- to join his party on January 14 in Beijing, China, according to Zing.vn.

 Nikkei Asian Review magazine has released a list of 50 most valuable companies in Southeast Asia in 2015 with PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) standing at 48.

 Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) have signed a one-year contract with Nigerian footballer Odah Marshal to prepare for this year's football season.

VietNamNet Bridge - In early 2015, Parkson My Dinh shut down and at the end of the year, Big C announced it planned to leave Vietnam, proving to be a challenging year for retailers, including the most powerful firms.

VietNamNet Bridge - All Chinese goods can be sold in Vietnam, from farm produce to automobiles, from toothpicks to electronics and from clothes to thermopower technologies.

Certain specific vehicles will be banned from entering 30 streets in Ha Noi at three rush-hour slots during the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

 Farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai said they disagree with the contention that a low oxygen content in water caused the death of roughly 200 tonnes of fish in Dong Nai River recently.