VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung directed ministries, agencies and localities to do all they can to ensure a warm, happy and safe New Year holiday for the people, at the regular Cabinet’s meeting in Hanoi on January 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the current atmosphere in the markets, stock indexes have enjoyed healthy gains over the last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both of yesterday's matches (Jan 26) in the V-League's third round closed with same score of 2-2.

The recent snowfalls have damaged a lot of trees and roads in the Hoang Lien National Park. The park, including the Fansipan peak, will be closed in three months, to have time to repair roads and to prevent forest fire.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former Party Secretary of Ninh Thuan Province – Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung has been appointed the 7th Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, under a decision signed on January 25 by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The entire S8 studio of the national Vietnam Television Station (VTV) in District 2, HCM City was burned. The cause was determined to be welding sparks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To celebrate the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet), flower roads are set up in the three largest cities in Vietnam. Some pictures of the flower roads in Hanoi, Saigon and Da Nang.

 The Tram Chim National Park in southern Dong Thap province’s Tam Nong district has welcomed the return of over 20 red-headed (sarus) cranes, marking the beginning of spring.

While highly appreciating the official development assistance (ODA) as an important resource for the economic development, economists have called on to be cautious in receiving and using the capital.

 Thousands queued up at the Tan Son Nhat Airport to board domestic flights over the weekend.

Up to 207 majors of 71 universities in Vietnam will not be allowed to recruit students in 2014 due to lack of permanent lecturers, according to a dispatch signed by Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga.

 Largest flower festival marks the beginning of spring; Int’l Culinary Festival 2014 opens in HCM City; Ho Chi Minh City offers traditional cake to ancestors; Research on ancient ceramics wins int't award

 Talented Vietnamese tennis players Hoang Nam and Hoang Thien will meet the international top ten seeds Pakistan at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Davis Cup tie in Da Lat next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prices of many smart phone models have fallen strongly in the lead up to the traditional Lunar New Year holiday or Tet, making the local market much more bustling than in previous months.

 Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped one position to No 8 in the world rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though the social network Facebook has had around 20 million users in Vietnam, it has just officially been present in Vietnam via media and advertising partners here.

 VietNamNet Bridge – IT workers have been much in demand in January, according to HCM City's Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information.

 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Jay-Z and Daft Punk are among the stars vying for glory at the prestigious Grammy Awards.

In the days before Tet, many students are excited to come back home to welcome the biggest festival of the year. However, more and more young people are opting to stay in major cities to find jobs and earn lucrative Tet bonuses during the holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is committed to clamping down on corruption and strengthening the organisation and prosecution of big time cases in its bid to restore people’s trust.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite tens of billions of dong having been spent to build new markets to replace old or temporary structures in rural areas, several markets have been abandoned for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism parks and entertainment centres in HCM City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday, Jan 26, led the nation's leaders in conveying greetings and paying tribute to national heroes on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year).

 Protesters in Thailand have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say.

These days, residents of the largest bean sprout growing village in the central region - Tho Loc village in Quang Ngai province, flock to the sandy bank of the Tra Khuc River to harvest bean sprouts to serve the Tet-holiday market.