Hanoi has unveiled a plan to develop ‘no-smoking' tourism zones in an attempt to build a friendly and civilised image for both domestic and international visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Co Loa Festival is held annually to commemorate and worship King An Duong Vuong Thuc Phan, the founder of Au Lac Kingdom who built Co Loa Citadel.

The site of a road accident which claimed 20 lives in Linzhou City, central China's Henan Province. Twenty people have been confirmed dead and 13 others were injured after a coach fell off a cliff late Monday night in Linzhou City.

 Stock markets in Asia were mostly down on Tuesday, despite markets in the US, where both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 closed at all-time highs.

 Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A palanquin parade kicked off the long-awaited Tran Temple Festival on Sunday (March 1) in Nam Dinh Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tra Que vegetable village in Hoi An town in Quang Nam province held the Cau Bong festival to pray for good weather and prosperity on the seventh day of the lunar year (Feb. 25).

Year of Goat’s Tran Temple Festival opens; Festival honours Vietnamese tea; Eight national relic sites recognised; Arts exchange honours archipelagos soldiers; Women's Day under way in HCM City

Passengers get refunds for long flight delays; Ha Noi solicits investment for 20 land-using projects; 1 killed, 13 injured in Phu Yen accident; Animal health department destroys 8,000 eggs; Vietnamese French nabbed for using fake credit cards

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ensuring water-resource security and balancing supply and demand of using water was identified as key missions this year for the National Council on Water Resources.

VietNamNet Bridge – Admitting that the initial estimate to build Long Thanh Airport was “unreasonable”, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) has revised construction costs to $15.8 billion instead of $18.7 billion.

 The funeral is due to be held of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in Moscow.

Vietnam Airlines wants to buy domestic terminal at Noi Bai airport; Vinpearl proposes 54-hole golf course in Ha Noi; FDI inflow declines but disbursement increases; KLF announces plans to raise charter capital

 The Government Inspectorate brought a final conclusion to the State Securities Commission’s wrongdoings last week.

More than 650 Vietnamese and international writers, poets, and translators attended an exhibition entitled “Vietnamese literature with international readers” held at the Vietnamese Literature Museum on February 2 in Hanoi.

 The Ha Noi Golf Open will begin on March 11 at the Sky Lake Chuong My golf course in Ha Noi.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has asked the transport ministry to allow it to buy Terminal 1 (T1) at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi.

The reorganisation of Global Petrol Bank (GP.Bank) has seen progress, its chief executive officer Pham Quyet Thang said in an interview with news website ttvn.vn.

 Fishermen in the southern province of Bac Lieu's Dong Hai District on Sunday caught a whale weighing more than 250kg.

VietNamNet Bridge – More and more foreign coffee companies are coming to Vietnam to make money from processing, while Vietnamese companies are content with modest profits from selling raw materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Digital Satellite Television announced yesterday it has won the broadcast rights for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifier and special accompanying programmes.

 Japanese dance performances which are based on street dance by three groups, “Moreno Funk Sixers”, “Memorable Moment” and “90’s” will serve fans in Hanoi.

 A 72-year-old Japanese photographer Ohsaku Eiichirou has taken 394 photos of birds and butterflies during his two-week visit to Vietnam.

 The nation got two big  prizes at a March 1 awards ceremony of the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia competition taking place in Manila, the Philippines, attended by more than 100 teams from 17 countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Although there are many well-off Vietnamese who are willing to spend money on expensive items, luxury malls may still not succeed in the market.