VietNamNet Bridge – One needs to spend at least hundreds of millions of dong to have the machines powerful enough to “dig” bitcoins and tens of millions of dong more every month to run the machines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic hardship seems to be a thing of the past as people are loosening their purse strings to buy expensive ornamental flowers and fruit trees for the coming Tet holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are several flower varieties that one can only see on Hanoi streets during the Tet holiday, such as coriander flowers, peach blossoms, dahlia and violet.

 Egyptian folk dance troupe perform in VN cities; TV channels prepare Tet lineup; Temples of literature featured at exhibition in Hanoi; Furama Resort Da Nang to host Tet ‘village market'

 Transport Ministry gets tough on speeding buses; Year-end meeting attracts over 700 overseas Vietnamese; 27 warheads deactivated in Phu Tho Province; Three teenagers arrested for woman's murder; Six bottled water companies suspended

 Japan helps HCM City develop high-tech industry; 2013 trade turnover surpasses US$264 billion; Big deals still reached despite real estate downturn;  Competition to force Vietnam Airlines to cut fares; Limousine service opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of January 19, calligraphers with ink and red paper began to appear on the pavement in front of the Youth Culture House and the Labor Palace in HCM City.

 Viet Nam, RoK speed up free trade talks; Leaders convey Tet greetings, laud work for national causes; Politburo member visits Long An border guards

 VietNamNet Bridge – The $700 million Phuoc Huu wind power project in the central province of Ninh Thuan will be revoked after four years of delay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold mining continues in northern mountainous Tuyen Quang Province's Chiem Hoa District, despite authorities' efforts to stop it.

 Mindshare globally recognized 15 January as Mindshare Day and celebrated it by announcing its refreshed global positioning: original thinking driven by speed, provocation and teamwork.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Owners of leading Thai retail groups are pushing ahead with aggressive expansions into Vietnam’s retail market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The VNREDSat-1B remote-sensing satellite will be produced by Belgium on Vietnam’s order and it is expected to be put into orbit in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has become the Vietnamese player with the highest position in the Junior Ranking of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

 VietNamNet Bridge - On January 21, nearly 5,000 artifacts excavated in the 700-year-old shipwreck in Quang Ngai were divided, based on the Law on Cultural Heritage and the decision of Quang Ngai authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism authorities have approved the Viet Nam Tourism Occupational Skills Standards, the first of 10 job standards for the tourism sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese investors have been flocking to Vietnam, pouring money into the two main business fields – textile & garments and real estate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only several overseas Vietnamese scientists and lecturers have been given the titles of professors or associate professors so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With cautiousness--in the lives of investors, they dare not expect brisk trade and do not intend to pour big money into investment deals in 2014, the Year of Horse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies to host and cooperate with relevant agencies to compile a dossier on Chau van singing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares in HCM City extended last Friday's gains during on Monday session (Jan 20), as the VN-Index jumped 1.85 per cent to a four-year high of 553.67 points.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Justice has been swift for the two women caught on camera horribly ill-treating children at a pre-school in HCM City's Thu Duc District last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Quang Ninh Province's People's Court handed down 30 death penalties to members of a heroin ring for drug trafficking and smuggling on January 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts from Bkav, a leading Vietnamese Internet security company, have said that spyware, malware and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks will continue to pose major risks in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has proposed the installation of devices to detect and quarantine food considered risky for public health at markets in Ha Noi.