VietNamNet Bridge – Several measures undertaken to maintain security and order during the recently concluded Tet (Lunar New Year) festival have to be persisted with in the coming weeks and months, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered.

 An Australian man who killed a great white shark by ramming it with his boat and beating it with a pole has been fined A$18,000 ($16,000; £9,000).

 The first chartered flight with Russian tourists on board will land at Phu Quoc Island on Valentine’s Day, February 14, marking the start of an influx of Russian holidaymakers into this picturesque tropical island.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Around 250 bikes will be available for rent for only VND4,000-5,000 ($0.19) per hour under a pilot project in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's average inflation this year will rise to 7.5-8 per cent, said the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, in its latest monthly report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon rock fans may have come across The Lost Art, an expat band from the U.K and Japan that covers Vietnamese songs in a rock style.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Viet Xuyen Commune in central Ha Tinh Province are worried that contaminated well water is exposing them to cancer after a spate of deaths caused by the killer disease recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors to Moc Chau Plateau in the northern province of Son La these days will be amazed at the picturesque scenes there, where wild plum and peach trees blossom everywhere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has issued guidelines for the purchase of shares in Vietnamese credit institutions by foreign investors and their sale by these institutions through Decree No 01/2014/ND-CP (January 3, 2014).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the 2012 results of the public administration reform index (PAR INDEX 2012), on which Ha Noi received 82.79 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A company authoritised by Vietnam Television to protect the copyright of Kitchen Gods 2014 has officially sued websites, including YouTube, which published the programme without permission.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With fresh and clean natural environment, friendly people and special food, Phu Quy - a beautiful island in central Binh Thuan Province - is promising to become a paradise for kite-surfers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are a lot of fallow land plots in the coastal provinces, from Da Nang to Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan to Ba Ria – Vung Tau and Phu Quoc island.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German photographer Bill Thomas Hardt recorded the tragic images of the war in Vietnam, highlighting the faces of children.

“I can call up the names of a lot of rivers which have been broken by hydropower dams, but I cannot remember any virgin rivers--the ones which have not been conquered by humans,” said Dr. Dao Trong Tu, a well- known scientist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vuong Chi Sinh Palace or Vuong’s Palace is located in a valley in Xa Phin Commune, Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province.

 With a complex of over 300 caves and a 116km-long coastline with white sand, Quang Binh is becoming a potential tourist destination in the system entitled “Central Heritage Road”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Here at the John Von Neumann (JVN) Institute belonging to the HCM City National University, Professor Duong Nguyen Vu and his fellow-workers have been making every effort to grow up Vietnamese young talents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On February 9-10, the second horse fighting festival was held in Bang Hanh commune of Bac Quang district, Ha Giang province, with 20 selected pairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment has announced the amended draft Investment Law to create a more favorable and transparent environment for investors and to restrict transfer pricing and abandoned projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – $1 billion was once the total annual revenue that all the enterprises in the same industry strived to get. Meanwhile, one billion dollars is the turnover that a single enterprise can make nowadays.

 SCIC to promote divestment at SOEs; McDonald’s president surveys Vietnam market in person; Vingroup selects new CEO; Bad debt among the biggest monetary challenges of 2014; Australia sends first buffalo shipment to Vietnam

 Sand clogs Binh Dinh seaport; National Highway car crash injures 11; Two national border urban areas planned for Tay Ninh; A/H5N1 flu hits Quang Nam province; Central fishermen harvest young lobsters

 In her first testimony to the Congress, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated central bank's plan to taper its stimulus exit despite recent weakness in the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foggy weather caused chaos at many airports nationwide as dozens of flights had to be delayed or cancelled during the busy post-Tet holiday period.