Festival portrays ethnic minority life to celebrate Tet; Tet Art Fair presents works of Hanoi artists; 1st Young Photographer Festival to be kicked off in March; Can Tho to host Book Festival

Quarry collapse kills three in Thanh Hoa; Rash truck driver kills 2; Two women missing from capsized ship; Da Nang firms fail to cut transport fees; Multidimensional poverty standards; Health ministry tells hospitals to cut overcrowding

Circle K convenience store chain opens 100th store in VN; Retailers despair as discounts fail to attract more customers; Stalled projects likely to be re-sold; Foreign remittances remain robust in 2014;

 VietNamNet Bridge – The upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, is a national holiday which turns most exciting one to two weeks before it starts. So tourists are advised to travel to different parts of the country

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 V-League seventh round witnessed an incredible loss for reigning champions Becamex Binh Duong and a sweet victory for XSKT Can Tho. Let’s take a review of some of the most notable events from this round of play.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities and ministries are drawing up large public investment projects, even though the state budget remains modest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An examination has been created for candidates vying for the position of a chief in State corporations for the first time in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reigning champions Becamex Binh Duong suffered a humiliating 1-3 loss, playing guest to Dong Tam Long An in their V-League seventh-round match on Sunday – the first defeat of Binh Duong

By Hieu Minh The Ministry of Trade and Industry has given the go ahead for yet more increases in electricity prices following a plea from the state-owned  Electricity of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Pottery kilns of many families in the imperial city of Hue and the ancient town of Hoi An are very busy producing terra-cotta statues of the Kitchen God to serve the high demand of the market during the lunar New Year holiday.

 GEMS Education, a big Dubai-based schools operator, is looking at opportunities to expand during 2015 into Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, the company's executive director has revealed.

 Ambiguous instructions have led to a disagreement between steel importers and the General Department of Customs about the application of the import code for steel billets.

 The southern city of Can Tho recently installed free public WiFi on Ninh Kieu Wharf as part of an image-building exercise and to attract more tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Families in the village of Thuy Tram (in Tuy Loc commune in Phu Tho province) are raising red carps in ponds to prepare for lunar new year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has reached agreements with two of its 22 creditors on debt restructuring, but negotiations since then have stalled.

 Authorities in a range of countries are considering examining HSBC's actions in helping more than 100,000 wealthy individuals avoid paying tax.

 British soul singer Sam Smith has won four Grammy Awards in the US, including the prestigious prizes for record and song of the year and best new artist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hon Lao Island off the coast of Nha Trang City has grown attractive to local and foreign visitors as it is home to nearly 1,500 tricky monkeys.

 A man has been killed in a shark attack on the New South Wales north coast, police say, a day after another man was injured by a shark in the same area.

Vietnam's cycling team will participate at the Asian Cycling Championship 2015 which kicks off today in Thailand.

Deputy Defence Minister hosts outgoing Russian official; Party inspection commission to be enhanced; PM assigns socio-economic tasks to Dak Nong; Vice President praises RoK group for support of Vietnamese children

 A building housing the examination and high-tech treatment departments of the Hanoi-based National Geriatric Hospital was inaugurated on February 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Ho village in Bac Ninh Province is not only known as the home of Dong Ho folk paintings, but it is also the largest votive-paper producing village in Vietnam.

 Indonesian food firm PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (AISA) plans to pour 80 million USD into Vietnam and Malaysia to purchase stakes in two food companies this year.

 A map of Vietnam made entirely out of fruit has been recognized as the largest fruit map in Vietnam by the Vietnamese Guinness Book of Records on February 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.