Hai Phong police bust cigarette smuggling ring; Container car catches fire while being driven; Some 2.7kg of drug seized at Noi Bai Airport; Tet gifts may mask bribery, corruption; Hospitals to tighten measles prevention measures

More than 100 professional and amateur performers from local art troupes, and foreign embassies and cultural centres joined the “Chao nam

 Central bank mulls loans for macadamia growing projects; PV Gas targets VND70 trillion revenue; Vietnam sees expanding job pool for its overseas workers; ASEAN women entrepreneurs to gather in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC will select waste treatment firms via tenders to keep prices at reasonable levels, save the State budget and ensure a fair business environment for enterprises in the sector,

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Valentine’s Day (February 14), passengers on Vietjet flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok were surprised to witness the wedding of the same-sex couple Thanh Phuong and Ai Linh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After over 10 years of growing amongst coffee, pepper and cashew plants in the Central Highlands, macadamia trees have become wildly popular among local farmers,

 Fast-food giant McDonald’s has just opened its fourth Vietnamese outlet in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of one year of its presence in the country, the Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper reported.

 An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Nang Kayak Club will offer kayak tours of the Han River to watch fireworks on Tet Eve, which falls on February 18.

 Electronics retailer Tran Anh Digital World JSC said it will close its electronics supermarkets in Vincom's Times City and Royal City on February 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese coach of Viet Nam's national team, Toshiya Miura, announced yesterday (Feb 13), the U23 team that will compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The low-cost airline Vietjet yesterday received the third Airbus A320 at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City.

 The eurozone's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.3% in the last three months of 2014, helped by rapid growth in Germany.

Visiting Suoi Giang Commune travellers will not only enjoy poetic scenery but also have a chance to taste tea collected from 1,000-year-old trees and learn about the peaceful life of the local people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's national futsal team lost to Croatia 3-8 in their third friendly match during a training course in Croatia on Thursday, Feb 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vacationers to the central city of Da Nang will have chance to enjoy an aerial view of famous tourist sites of the city as a helicopter tour will start as early as in March.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spent nearly $603 million on 15.6 tons of gold in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 13% compared to the same period in 2013, falling by two spots to ninth in the world for gold sales.

 Inspectors from the Ministry of Information and Communications have fined the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) newspaper 699.7 million VND for violating the Press Law and other legal regulations.

Da Nang will cancel all firework shows in the city on the occasion of the lunar New Year to show respect to Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyen Ba Thanh, a native of Da Nang who passed away on February 13.

Visitors from the UK, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Korea participated in a Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) wrapping festival on January 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A latest documentary on the biggest cave known in the world—Son Doong—located in the central province of Quang Binh, will be broadcast on VTV1 on February 14.

 The Vietnam men’s national football team is starting the New Lunar Year out in the number one spot in Southeast Asia in the latest FIFA rankings for February.

The People’s Court of Dong Nai on February 12 announced the verdicts for three defendants facing charges of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State.

Hanoi, Cape Town to boost cooperation ties; Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on Tet occasion; Vietnam, RoK enjoy fruitful relations: Ambassador; Vietnam, Algeria seek stronger partnership

VietNamNet Bridge - They are football players and football coaches who married Vietnamese women and live in Vietnam.