2015 was the first year in the past six years that the number of international visitors to Vietnam fell, reaching 7.9 million people.

The government has once again offered investment incentives to automobile manufacturers, but analysts still doubt Vietnam can build its own automobile industry. 

The things of universal interest in Vietnam, if put in order of importance, according to market research firm Nielsen, are general economic information, bills for basic needs, job stability, food price increases and health. 

Russia once helped Vietnam manufacture weapons and now may transfer automobile technology to Vietnam, experts say.

Vietnam, which has exported PhDs, specialists and farmers, has begun sending fishermen to the US.

Grocery shopping services are expected to develop strongly in Vietnam as people want to order food and essential goods without having to leave their homes or offices.

Vietnamese products are facing fierce competition from Thailand imports in the local market as Thai companies increasingly expand their presence in the country.

A man in the central province of Quang Nam has been making big money from building bamboo-framed bikes which have attracted many foreign customers.

Vingroup, a large real estate group in Vietnam, has spent 22.5 million Australian dollars (approximately US$16.1 million) to buy land in Sydney to develop a hotel project. 

After the Lunar New Year, thousands of people visit the God Fish Stream in Thanh Hoa every day to pray for luck in the New Year. On February 15, the God Fish Procession was held at the Luong Ngoc stream, attracting up to tens of thousands of people.