VietNamNet Bridge – Plans to build national centres for the elderly following a Japanese model have been on the agenda of health care co-operation between Viet Nam and Japan,

In addition to traditional items such as conical hats and Vietnamese ao dai, foreign tourists who come to Vietnam during the lunar New Year can choose other items like lucky-money envelopes, lanterns or Dong Ho folk painting.

More than 60 percent of Japanese businesses plan to expand their future operations in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

Calligraphy exhibition opens at Temple of Literature; Can Tho triumph at national unicorn-lion-dragon dance event; Entertainment fills Da Nang throughout holiday; Hoi An to celebrate Year of the Goat with fireworks

Home ownership extensions rejected; Fire breaks out at City bank; Soc Trang law enforcement officials punished for corruption; Hospitals to tighten measles prevention measures; Binh Duong establishes public administrative centre

 Extra VND40 trillion for Tet cash withdrawals; OV help sought to boost farm exports; More time sought for Uber partners to complete procedures; Eximbank gets approval for mPOS service; Textile firms face high turnover

 VietNamNet Bridge – Imported flowers have become a favourite of a large number of consumers for the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, despite their higher prices compared with that of locally produced flowers.

Vietnam has witnessed a drain in foreign currencies over the years, with one expert saying that $33 billion flowed out of the country between 2008 and 2013 because of illegal transfer of funds and embezzlement.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of boats transporting flowers from southern provinces have landed at the wharf of Binh Dong in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City to serve the Tet holiday.

 Maps demonstrating areas vulnerable to elevated water levels caused by hurricanes in coastal provinces are at the heart of a project to cope with super typhoons conducted by the National Steering Committee for Flood Control and Prevention.

For this Lunar New Year, or Tet, Saigontourist is still the main organizer of major events in HCMC, including a lighting decoration on Ham Nghi Boulevard, a fireworks display for Lunar New Year’s Eve and the flower street on Ham Nghi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ba Thanh, the Head of the Central Commission for Internal Affairs, died at noon on February 13 after several months of treatment in Singapore, the US and Vietnam for marrow disorder.

Local and foreign visitors have a variety of domestic tour options during the upcoming lunar New Year holiday (Tet), which will last from February 15 to 23 this year..

Apple has banned the practice of bonded labour - where new recruits are charged a fee - from its factories.

 Women trying for a baby and those in the first three months of pregnancy should not drink any alcohol, updated UK guidelines say.

 US President Barack Obama and Apple's Tim Cook are among the speakers at a cybersecurity summit on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – They have a lot of money but do not have time to prepare the feast for their ancestors and for the Kitchen Gods, so they hire others to do it.

During Tet, Saigon is always different as its streets are not as crowded as usual and one can see beautiful flowers, fruits, ornamental trees and revelers with beautiful clothes and smiling faces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Quang Ninh Province have imposed administrative fines totaling VND20 million ($1,000) on five Chinese and one Korean for unauthorized entry into Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A woman from the central province of Nghe An was arrested on February 12 while transporting six dead, frozen monkeys in a sack.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese boy Do Nhat Nam who has excellent English and writing talent, recently ranked first in Dallas, USA at a presentation contest after only five months studying in the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese tax authority will investigate 26 tax accounts held with HSBC's controversial Swiss bank, which has been accused of helping affluent tax-dodgers across the world.

 The Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL) has entered a joint venture (JV) with real-estate and investment firm Rowsley Ltd. for developing a mixed-use project in Yangon, Myanmar.

 The V.League 1's Quang Ninh Coal team achieved an awards hat-trick in January, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

Hanoi's Hang Luoc Street in the old quarter is famous for its traditional Tet flower market. Nguyen Viet Thanh shows images of the market on a spring morning, a week ahead of the Year of the Goat.