VietNamNet Bridge - To improve the safety requirements, the time of construction of the first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan province will be postponed for a few years, instead of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The award ceremony of the "Heritage Itinerary 2013" photo contest was held last week. The best photos are on display at 16 Phan Chu Trinh, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After 30 balloons exploded with a tremendous sound. Four people were burned on their faces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people of Phu Lam commune, Tien Du district in Bac Ninh province surrounded the headquarters of the commune government for two days to protest the implementation of a waste treatment project.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has released a statement that it will take drastic measures to stop the people attempting to emigrate illegally through traveling.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Interfax-AVN news agency cited the Russian shipbuilding industry group as saying that the second diesel - electric submarine named Ho Chi Minh was transferred to Vietnam on January 16.

 Two people have died and more than 150 people have been airlifted to safety after floods hit south-eastern France, local authorities say.

ASEAN ministers talk disaster relief; Japan’s Saitama commits to closer ties with Hanoi; Vietnam to attend WEF annual meeting in Davos; Deputy PM Phuc to visit RoK

 Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to negotiate with pro-EU protesters and opposition leaders after violent clashes in the capital Kiev.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Constitution breaks new ground in several aspects while stressing that economic growth should be combined with social progress, equity and environmental protection, a leading legislator says.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi-based businessman Hoang Son Viet, 28, won the first season of the 65-day reality show Big Brother which finished up on VTV6 last week in HCM City.

Being a ferocious species, nearly having no natural enemies, and considered as the symbol of strength, gaurs (Bos gaurus) are still in high danger of getting extinct because they have been the aiming points of the poachers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hoa has given all the money he earned from selling stolen credit card information to his father, and used it to buy land plots in Binh Duong and HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom groups have warned that clients would have to pay more for telecom services as the Ministry of Finance has set up higher fees for using the telecom number repository.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, for the first time in its history, has one enterprise meeting the requirements to be listed in the Fortune Global 500, the list of the global 500 biggest conglomerates worldwide.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chili sauce, toilet paper, seasoning powder, shorts or cinema tickets have been given to workers as the rewards for their hard works for the companies in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Quang Ninh Province's People's Committee has officially ordered an immediate crackdown on illegal tours to bear farms in Ha Long City – an area well known for its illegal bear bile business.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean guitarist Sungha Jung will perform in Vietnam for the first time with gigs in Hanoi on Saturday and HCMC on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese police uncovered over 44,000 criminal cases with more than 2,600 gangs last year via a spate of raids, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision on the establishment of the National Committee for Information Technology Application chaired by PM himself.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Nha, 53, has introduced tourists to farming and rural lifestyles in My Son – a very new service being offered near the My Son Sanctuary, a World Heritage Site.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year, 14 storms and five tropical depressions affected Vietnam, reaching the highest number of storms and tropical depressions on the East Sea in history.

 Ministry maintains fuel prices; BIDV lends Vinatex $600m; Leather and footwear firms set to increase exports; Debt collection efforts needed; Foreign investors dominate retail; Imported flower prices inch up at Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has committed to undertaking economic restructuring in 2014, focusing on investment, credit organizations, the financial market, SOEs, agriculture and rural areas, industry and service.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Cau - O Cho Dua Road in Hanoi has been open to traffic. However, along the most expensive road in Vietnam are many houses in odd shapes.