Australian police in Sydney arrested a woman on January 13 for allegedly selling fake airline tickets to overseas Vietnamese students through Facebook.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered a restructuring plan for Vietnam Television (VTV) companies.

 Vietnam was forecast to reach an economic growth rate of 6.6 percent in 2016 just behind India with 7.4-percent growth, said economists in the survey on the world's worst-performing economies in 2016 carried out by Bloomberg.

  Vietnamese and American artists will join hands to stage Broadway performances at the HCMC Conservatory of Music on January 16-17 at 8 p.m.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in an effort to reform higher education, is considering shortening the time for education from 4-6 years to 3-4 years.

 Vietnam risks being flooded by imported steel products, warned Nguyen Van Sua, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Steel Association at a meeting in Hanoi on January 13 to review the association’s performance in 2015.

 Jobs in Vietnam will increase by 14.5 percent by 2025, thanks to the country’s participation in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) forecasts.

 Vietnamese agencies are seeking verification and conducting an investigation to find the culprit of the sinking of a fishing boat from central Binh Dinh province on January 9.

 Hungary’s Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will resume its operation after years of interruption as its new headquarters were inaugurated at Lim Tower in District 1 on January 13.

 The 11th Party Central Committee wrapped up its 14th meeting in Hanoi on January 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - 4G, on which the society puts high expectations, is believed to cause some changes in people's lives. However, scientists say 4G is still far from being able to replace fixed internet services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After hearing about giant lotuses with leaves that are 3m wide and thick enough to "carry" a person weighing up to 80kg, we became curious.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 3,000 new hotel rooms were put into service last year, taking the total number of guest rooms nationwide to 355,000, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VietNamNet Bridge - The waste sludge may not only contains lead, but other heavy metals as well. Scientists have warned the problem would be very serious if the sludge reaches the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In early 2016 many big names have visited Vietnam to look for opportunities in business cooperation or to implement projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - While many Vietnamese people are pessimistic about economic development, foreign institutions have shown objective opinions that Vietnam’s economy continues to progress.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors’ appetite for Vietnam’s agricultural sector is growing, with a string of new or expanded projects scheduled to come on line soon.

 The New Year will open with three concerts featuring pop/rock stars in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Khmer in southern Vietnam race Ngo junks as part of the Ooc Om Bok festival to worship the Moon on the 10th lunar month. It’s a typical ritual of the wet rice agriculture to worship water and pray for bumper crops.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ninety four per cent of railway accidents are due to traffic violations by road users, according to deputy general director of the Viet Nam Railway Corporation, Doan Duy Hoach.