Ho Chi Minh City, better known as Saigon, is home to 13 million people and about 8 million motorbikes.

 Vietnam are aiming to win the ASEAN U22 Youth Football Championship for the first time this month in Cambodia.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to strengthen the steering committee for Vietnam's industrialisation strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation.

 The music night “Classical Favorites” will be held from 6.30pm to 8pm on February 16 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street in HCM City’s District 3.

 Vietnamese designer Cong Tri made his debut at New York Fashion Week by presenting his latest fashion collection, marking the first time a Vietnamese designer has taken part in one of the biggest fashion weeks in the world.

 Spiritual tourism destinations in the northern province of Tuyen Quang attracted numerous visitors coming to pray for health and prosperity in the new year.

 An incense offering ceremony was held on February 13, or the ninth day of the first lunar month, at Kinh Thien palace in Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel to commemorate the late Vietnamese Kings.

 With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, look no further than Vietnam’s Hoi An city for the perfect romantic getaway.

 More than 5,000 residents in Phuc Tho district of Hanoi have signed their names to a petition calling for an end to bear farming, said Deputy Director of the Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has recently issued a decision to remove plant protection products containing chlorpyrifos-ethyl and fipronil from the list of those allowed for use in Vietnam.

The fourth conference to promote Vietnamese literature, the third International Poetry Festival and the 17th Vietnamese Poetry Day will take place from February 15-21 in Hanoi, the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Bac Giang.

 The air quality index (AQI) taken from 10 different air monitoring stations in Hanoi from February 11-12 showed air quality at a bad level, according to the Hanoi Environment Protection Sub-department.

 Vietnam’s beautiful beaches in the central region are ideal destinations for Valentines’ Day, read an article by Jade Tye that was run in Malaysia’s The New Straits Times on February 13.

 Vietnam is expected to master the remote sensing satellite manufacturing technology under the national remote sensing development strategy to 2030 with a vision towards 2040, recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on February 13 handed over the President’s decision to another officer to take on duty at the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a plan to implement the Law on Amnesty, which was approved on November 19, 2018 during the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly and will take effect from July 1, 2019.

 The figure somewhat showed results from the Vietnamese government’s privatization progress.

 The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) is planning an investigation into toll collection activities of the State-run Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) on all highways over concerns of a lack of transparency.

 Many foreigners living in Vietnam and tourists take advantage of their opportunity to experience the Lunar New Year (Tet festival), which took place in the country from Feb. 2-10.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese woodwork enterprises aim to increase their competitiveness in the global value chain, but they face a number of challenges.

VietNamNet Bridge - More corporations are buying shares in enterprises in the same business fields in an effort to become the dominant players in the market. 

 Vietnam has entered the new year with strong intentions to drive the economy in a more efficient manner. Representatives of businesses and international organisations talked with VIR’s reporters about how to make the country smarter in all sectors.

In the last month of the lunar year, ethnic people in A Luoi mountain district of Thua Thien Hue province celebrate Aza, the New Rice Festival. It’s one of the most sacred religious events of the Pako and Ta Oi groups.

 Buoc hamlet in Kham Xoe village, Hoa Binh province, is famous for its unspoiled natural landscape and primitive Thai ethnic minority population. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy director of HCM City’s Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about this year’s plans for the city’s health sector.