"Banh Chung" or Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people in Tet Holidays. For the Vietnamese, making "Banh Chung" is the ideal way to express gratitude to their ancestors and homeland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese yen depreciation by 20 percent against the US dollar has made Vietnamese software firms lose big money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported the encouraging achievements in protecting the forests in 2013. However, illegal logging remains a hot potato to the local authorities throughout the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Organisers of the country's longest festival, the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival, expect to reap the benefits of recent improvements made to appeal to more tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday (Jan 22) that the Government is determined to make "positive" changes in pricing management and the equitisation of State-owned enterprises this year.

 For over 100 years, Sa Dec Flower Village located near the Tien River has been well known as the land of thousands of varieties of exotic flowers and strange plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In this mountainous town, you will feel like time is drifting very slowly. An old man sits on the couch stroking the back of a lazy cat, some girls do embroidery at the threshold.

 Iran will urge oil giants to invest in its oil and gas industries at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, local media quoted the oil minister as saying on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Credit rating firm Fitch has revised Vietnam’s credit outlook to Positive from Stable due to economic movements in the past time.

  Hanoi to host Poetry Day 2014; Folk market features tasty treats; Buddhist art shown in HCMC; Movie star brings smiles to kids; Spring Festival attracts crowds; Capital city prepares to welcome Tet holiday

 HCM City pays $57m in unemployment benefits; Festive blooms stop the traffic; Viet Nam sees increase in ‘vulnerable' workers; Gov’t orders tightened measures to prevent bird flu; Major dredging work underway

State Audit announces 2014 shortlist; Positive signals for shrimp exports to Japan; Vinacomin’s power plan goes into overdrive; Formosa eyes import tax break; Ground breaks at new titanium plant

 VietNamNet Bridge – English Premier League club Arsenal has confirmed support for Viet Nam Under-19 (U-19) team during its European tour in March.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese expatriates gathered at the Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) event at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Ha Noi yesterday (Jan 23) to celebrate the upcoming Tet holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Drug Administration of Viet Nam (DAVN) has asked the Rohto-Mentholatum Viet Nam Company to give details of the entire production process of Rohto eye drop products in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has honoured former Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh for his contributions to the cooperation between Japan and Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take some "drastic" medium and long-term measures to create a foundation for sustainable development, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday, Jan 23.

 Party leader welcomes new Japanese ambassador; Deputy PM meets EU, Swiss officials; VN supports Sri Lanka development; PM outlines revival plan for economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the explosive packages inside Chinese toys sent more than 30 pupils to hospital, tests show that the substances in these packages are not toxic.

 As many as 31 elderly Canadians are unaccounted for and five are confirmed dead after a fire destroyed an old people's home in Quebec.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of January 23 (the Kitchen God’s Festival), Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and overseas Vietnamese released carb and birds at the Tran Quoc, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - These days the temperature in HCM City has dropped to only 16 degrees Celsius. Many people have to light a fire against the rarest cold over the past decades.

At the opening ceremony of the spring flower festival of Sa Dec City, Dong Thap province on January 24, the Vietnam Record Book Center will recognize the national record: the largest fresh flower basket in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From early morning, people go to rivers and lakes to release carp to see the Kitchen God out to the heaven in the hope of a peaceful new year to everyone.

 A car bomb has exploded outside the police headquarters in Egypt's capital, killing four people and wounding 51, Egypt's health ministry says.