Despite the ups and downs of the stock market, foreign investment continued to flow into Vietnam in 2014, and a number of funds reported satisfactory business results.

Tay Tuu village is located in western Hanoi. The village has become famous for its large variety of beautiful flowers that not only grace local markets but are also exported abroad. The best time to visit the village is before the lunar New Year.

Updated information about cultural events in major cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six players of V-League 1 side Hoang Anh Gia Lai have been nominated as the Best Young Players of 2014.

More than 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates gathered at the Homeland Spring programme held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 7-8 to learn about the country’s development progress and sentiment towards the overseas community.

 At least 10 people have been killed after two buses lost control and collided in the early morning hours of February 9 in the Ham Thuan Nam district of Binh Thuan province.

 Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi held a series of cultural activities to welcome the Lunar New Year and spring festival of ethnic minority groups across the country on February 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam will train to compete in several international tournaments to collect points for an official berth in the junior championship of the upcoming Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – A property developer has decided to lease retail premises for free to help establish the “world of Vietnamese goods”.

 Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece has said he is sticking to plans to roll back austerity and rejecting an international bailout extension.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agencies have found it difficult to book hotel rooms in Danang City for their guests during the fireworks competition in April. They have complained that room tariffs have almost doubled.

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Washington for talks with President Barack Obama on Monday amid reports of a rift over Ukraine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said domestic enterprises now hold 97% local retail and wholesale market share though Vietnam opened its doors to goods imports from ASEAN decades ago.

 The Egyptian authorities have suspended football league matches indefinitely after clashes at a stadium in Cairo left at least 22 people dead.

 The process of merging VTC and the Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) will start this month, according to an official of the information and communication ministry (MIC).

 Media professionals are objecting to the Justice Ministry's proposal to allow ministries or government agencies to impose fines on media organisations publishing inaccurate information.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong beat a drum to open the 2015 Spring Press Festival on Saturday, the largest so far with the participation of 65 media agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has approved a plan to empower businesses to exploit the railways and waterways on the Lao Cai-Hai Phong route. The plan is aimed at reducing the overloading of the land route.

 The Prime Minister has approved participation in the regional project on observing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Asia funded by the United Nations Environment Programme.

 The management board of Dong Chau Protective Forest in central Quang Binh province has signed a contract for the Viet Nature Conservation Centre to lease forest land for scientific research and conservation.

 The leading anti-virus company in Vietnam, Bach Khoa Anti-virus Centre, plans to introduce a series of network safety products.

 Experts suggested policies that the Government can implement in response to plunging oil prices at a conference organised by the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast on February 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spring and love are the hottest themes for music videos that will be released this month to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year), which begins on February 19.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has officially approved adding the digit "1" to the "091" and "094" prefixes for VinaPhone, the third largest mobile operator in Vietnam.

 Telephone numbers that often sent spam messages should be blocked, experts agreed at a recent conference held by the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications.