Police in the northern province of Hai Duong have reported 13 incidents due to illegal firecracker using and smuggling, and seized around 35kg of firecrackers during the Lunar New Year festival.

The Government Inspectorate (GI) will this year conduct a series of crucial inspections, according to an official.

 HCM City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang on Tuesday paid a Tet (Lunar New Year) visit to Intel Products Viet Nam at the Sai Gòn Hi-Tech Park in District 9.

There are few sights as magnificent as the 100-year-old apricot trees with their branches full of blossom at the village of Phuoc Dinh in Vinh Long Province during Tet.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan is optimistic about his team’s chances in the FIFA U20 World Cup, to be held in the Republic of Korea in May.

 Vietnam expect to beat Hong Kong for the third time in a row in the first round match of Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia Oceania zone, on February 3.

 A street meal and a beer in Vietnam can cost the same as a coffee from Starbucks, travel writers say.

Many retailers are dancing enthusiastically in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City as restaurants and stores reopen for business on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year following the long Tet holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Composer Cellist Hoang Duong (Ngo Hoang Duong) passed away on Monday 30 January, according to an announcement from his close relatives.

 Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie on Thursday said U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries hurts vulnerable refugees and could fuel extremism.

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said it proposed a program to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration allowing people from seven predominantly Muslim nations to enter and leave the United States on business or family emergency travel

 In the Bahnar ethnic group’s community in Glar commune, Dac Hoa district, Gia Lai province, the trades of sculpting, forging and carpentry are considered as men’s jobs while wine making and brocade weaving are the typical trades of women.

Totalgaz Vietnam has terminated the agreement to buy Thang Long LPG Co., Ltd., the LPGstorage and bottling subsidiary of Malaysian oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad.

 The festival of Huong Pagoda, one of the biggest traditional festivals in Vietnam, kicked off in Huong Son commune of My Duc district, Hanoi, on February 2 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

 Major traditional festivals in Vietnam this month

 Vietnam’s seas are home to about 1,100 square kilometres of coral reefs with 240 species, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has promulgated an action plan with the aim of promoting cooperation, sharing and monitoring trans-boundary water resources from now to 2020.

 Vietnam ran a trade deficit of 100 million USD in January, after enjoying a trade surplus of billions of USD in 2016.

 The consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 0.46 percent over December, 2016 and 5.22 percent compared to the same month last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 The Power Transmission Company No.3 said it expects to transmit some 8.7 billion kWh of electricity via the 220kV lines to south central and Central Highlands provinces this year. 

 The Prime Minister issued a document demanding ministries and localities to implement their assigned tasks and missions immediately and avoiding indulgence in Tet-post playful activities.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead a Government delegation to the 39th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee at the inviation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Snapchat owner Snap Inc shot the opening salvo in its $3 billion initial public offering on Thursday, outlining aggressive expansion plans but offering new investors no say on how the company is run and no promise of profits.

VietNamnet Bridge - In the last 30 years, Vietnam has been trying to produce as much rice as possible but has not focused on improving quality.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dr Phan Minh Liem, a Vietnamese scientist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, has discovered that 14-3-3 sigma protein can kill malignant tumors.