About 6,000 labourers from 70 enterprises are still waiting to get paid 2014's wages, which are approximately 59.7 billion VND (2.8 million USD), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police and airline investigations into the theft of tens of thousands of litres of aviation fuel are making little progress in working out how the theft was done or where the stolen fuel came from.

VietNamNet Bridge – So-called black school services are increasing on the internet - attending class for others, sitting exams under others’ names and forging student cards and university degrees.

Government agencies and professional associations have proposed to restrict cross-border trade by reducing the ceiling value of tax-free goods brought across border gates.

Major General Phan Nhu Thach, former police chief of Quang Nam Province, will have to pay a fine of VND22.5 million and dismantle his villa built in the specialized forest of Nam Hai Van in Da Nang within 35 days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Within a month of implementing a campaign against drunk drivers, Hanoi traffic police have handled 676 cases, collecting more than VND1 billion ($50,000) of fines.

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 The Government is requesting the utmost efforts from relevant agencies and local administrations to achieve the set targets of 6.2 percent growth in gross domestic product and 5 percent inflation this year.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has hailed the role of the mass media in carrying out the Party and State’s policy on external relations in 2014.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh received Ms. Ann Mills Griffiths, Chairwoman of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, in Hanoi on February 5.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception for Counsellor of the United State (US) Department of the State Thomas Shannon in Hanoi on February 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia have proposed extending the consultation process for the Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos by six months to one year before work on the project starts.

 Thai people in Vietnam with the population of more than one million people, mainly live in the mountainous Northern provinces such as: Lai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.

Though information about BKAV’s smartphone is still secret, the manufacturer has been criticised by hi-tech product fans, who doubt that a Vietnamese anti-virus company can make a good smartphone product.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While folklore experts said that this festival - with noble purpose – has overcome its seemingly barbaric form, educational experts have suggested that it should be eliminated because of its negative impact on children.

VietNamNet Bridge – The sharp decrease in world oil price over the past three months is expected to affect Vietnam’s oil export earnings as well as a wide range of socio-economic aspects.

Fashion shops on Nguyen Trai Street linking District 1 and District 5 in HCMC has become crowded these days with a lot of people rushing to buy clothes, shoes and other items in the run up to the Lunar New Year holiday

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic enterprises have won contracts to ship 240,000 tons of rice to Malaysia this year,

The capital city of Ha Noi's People's Committee has decided to stage five high-range fireworks displays, alongside 25 smaller ones, across the city on the Lunar New Year's Eve.

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The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to buy the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) at zero dong per share. This is the first time in history the central bank has bought shares of a commercial bank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of HCM City are rushing to book various services from home security to rental cars, despite the dramatic price increases as demand surges during the lead-up to Tet.

 The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

 Audiences to the Art Talk 4 at S.O.C Studio in HCMC’s District 1 on Friday and Saturday nights will have a chance to exchange and receive drawing lectures from Rodney Dickson, a popular artist from Northern Ireland.