Vietnam must develop its capital market to avoid the current dependence of long-term investment capital on the banking system, State Bank of Viet Nam Governor NguyenVan Binh has suggested.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of the most mouth-watering dishes in Nha Trang City must be grilled pork skewers. The dish is a specialty of Ninh Hoa Town, which is about 30 kilometers north of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province.

 On the 8th day of the first lunar month (February 26 this year), people flocked to a unique market in Vu Ban district in the northern province of Nam Dinh province to wish for a prosperous and lucky new year.

 Europe's approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops is "fundamentally flawed", say MPs.

 Business-to-customer (B2C) e-commerce in Viet Nam garnered a total revenue of US$2.97 billion in 2014, accounting for 2.12 per cent of the country's gross retail sales of goods.

After eight months of construction, artisans from the Kim Bong carpentry village have successfully restored a traditional nha ruong house in Quang Ngai City. The house has been opened to the public from February 14, displaying more than 300 antiques.

Party features finest reggae music; French films screen next month; Woman's Day event to support young girls; British reggae star heads for Observatory; Four seasons through the window; Circus performs in central Vietnam

HCMC to complete traffic projects this year; Annual blood donation festival to be launched; Hanoi: Waste treatment plants to be operational in 2015; Rail discounts given to worthy passengers; Thieves empty HCM City ATM machine

 Mekong Delta to stockpile 1 million tonnes of rice; Da Nang port hastens infrastructure construction; Government puts stop to exports of coal dust; HCM City targets US$35 billion for export earnings; Vinachem targeting equitization of units this year

Demand for cruise holidays rises; Danang – A world’s best travel destination; Central coastal provinces attract visitors during New Year holidays; Chan May port welcomes first cruise ships of Lunar New Year

  The Prime Minister has agreed to the recommendation of the Ministry of Transport and Kien Giang province on appointing a contractor to build the Phu Quoc International Passenger Port. 

 The seventh annual ploughing festival to bring a year of favourable weather and a bumper crop season took place on February 25 at Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam.

 Reigning V-League champions Becamex Binh Duong ended up falling short of a home-turf win despite scoring twice against Chinese FA Cup winners, Shandong Luneang Taishan in Tuesday’s AFC Champions League Group E opener.

VietNamNet Bridge - McDonald's marked its one-year operation in Vietnam by opening its fourth restaurant in early February, as it struggles to compete in the US.

Although foreign direct investment (FDI) has created many jobs and stimulated competitiveness for local businesses over recent years, many citizens have raised concerns that its benefits have not been evenly distributed nationwide.

 The Dutch Sim card maker at the centre of NSA-GCHQ hacking claims has said it believes that the US and UK cyberspy agencies did indeed launch attacks on its computer systems.

Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for the US State Department, will travel to Vietnam as part of her visit to four Asian-Pacific countries from February 27-March 9.

 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen (SEVT) Co Ltd recently sent a document to the departments of labour, invalids and social affairs of cities and provinces.

 Pop star Madonna has fallen off the stage during her performance at the 2015 Brit Awards.

 The Viet Nam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) will soon announce its plan to merge with the Petrolimex Group Commercial Joint Stock Bank (PG Bank).

Land Sai Gon's 12-member cycling team will begin its seven-day and 1,000km-long journey from HCM City to Bangkok, Thailand on March 6.  

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bich La communal house market, which is at least 100 years old, might be one of the oldest once-a-year markets in Vietnam. It has special traditional characteristics of local people in Bich La village in Quang Tri Province.

American film Boyhood, which has been nominated The Academy Awards or The Oscars, will make its debut in Vietnam on March 6.

 The FBI has arrested three foreign nationals living in Brooklyn who agents say sought to join the Islamic State.

 Vietnam was listed among top ten countries having trade surplus with the US last year with a total value of more than US$24.9 billion.