Hue Festival 2014's organization board expects to be received around 100,000 international visitors, up 20 percent over 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Originating from the conception that everything has holy characters, worshipping water god is an early custom popular in water areas in the Red River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Chess Federation enjoyed a remarkable 2013, with many local players claiming victories at regional and international competitions.

 A commercial spacecraft operated by U.S. space company Orbital Sciences Corp. blasted off on Thursday, flying its first cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA TV showed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly half a year since the Vietnam Asset Management Company was established to restructure the Vietnamese banking system’s bad debts, VAMC chairman Dang Thanh Binh spoke with VIR about the company’s achievements

 HCM City rated 174th most expensive to live; Hanoi officials visit Hanoi-named submarine; Cold weather covers Northern provinces; Overseas Vietnamese gather for Tet Meeting; 2 kilos of drugs confiscated at airport

 Industrial production up 5.9% annually; Harsh year from Korean labour market; Banks to face uncertain growth in lending; Lixil Vietnam opens Dong Nai factory; Economic growth still depends on capital, resources

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite 2013’s economic difficulties, Vietnam attracted more than US$21 billion in registered foreign direct investment, a 54.5% improvement on 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Installation and sculptural works in the exhibition ‘Venus in Vietnam’ by Vu Dan Tan and Nguyen Nghia Cuon, focusing on the image of femininity, will open at HCMC Museum of Fine Arts on today.

 A new air route connecting Da Nang city in the central region and Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta will be launched in 2014, according to Vice Chairman of Can Tho People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A communication campaign has been launched in the northern province of Quang Ninh in a bid to raise public awareness about the need to protect bears during the first tourism months of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s grandmaster Tu Hoang Thong has claimed the gold medal in the blitz event of the 2014 Australian Chess Championships being held at Springvale Town Hall, Springvale, Victoria, from January 2-11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ceiling proportion of stakes a foreign investor can hold in a bank has been lifted from 15 percent to 20 percent. However, the 5 percent increase proves to be not attractive enough to foreign institutions.

 Online music prizes awarded; Hue to host International Food Festival; Phu My Hung Spring Flower Fair reproduces waterland scenes; Koganecho Bazaar 2014 calls for Vietnamese candidates

 Vietnam to compete in 20 Asiad events; Tien Minh qualifies for Korea Open semi-finals; Duan pedals to second stage win of Ben Tre cycling tournament

 The European Central Bank (ECB)'s decision to leave interest rates on hold but to step up the verbal tone put it on "wait and see" mode, economists said Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the IAEA would support Vietnam in any way to successfully build the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plants in safety and sustainability.

 VietNamNet Bridge – MobiFone, a subsidiary of Vietnam's largest telecom service provider Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group, has launched a pre-paid Happy Tourist package exclusively designed for foreign visitors to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of January 9, white lather which looked like soap suds suddenly pushed up from a manhole at the Lac Long Quan - Binh Thoi junction in Ward 10, District 11, HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Unsatisfied with the compensation rates for land and crops, farmers in Vinh Phuc province blocked the newly-inaugurated Noi Bai-Lao Cai highway in protest.

After guards threw the rice box of a worker to the ground and knocked down another for entering the factory through a wrong gate, hundreds of workers burned motorcycles and houses of guards and attacked mobile police with stones and bricks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “As stupid as in-service courses’ students” is the saying which shows the low quality of the in-service training provided by universities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tend to buy the latest and more expensive products, not to utilize the advanced technologies of the products, but to show them to friends

 Deputy PM praises Vietnam-IAEA cooperation; Party commission to accelerate trial of serious corruption cases; Viet Nam, Algeria to boost co-operation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) recently sent a letter to labour-export companies requesting a reduction of fees for Vietnamese workers before their departures to Taiwan.