A deaf composer who has been dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" has admitted hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades.

 Every day at Tan Xuan wholesale market in Hoc Mon District of Ho Chi Minh City, about 5,000 pigs are sold to traders and transported to smaller markets in the city.

 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday declared a state of emergency for all of New York State, effective immediately as a winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, ice, and freezing rain to communities in both the upstate

Since early this year, the fishing wharf of Sa Huynh in Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province has been animated with the return of convoys of offshore fishing ships, each full of fresh tuna.

Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report in the second cycle was reviewed at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) on February 5 in Geneva, Switzerland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 286 people were killed in 598 traffic accidents nationwide during the recent nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) festival that ran from January 28 to February 5.

 Scientists have created a bionic hand which allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their fingers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Finance Ministry (MOF) will focus on strengthening revenue collection and helping Vietnamese enterprises overcome difficulties this year, says Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

There is a green vast century-old ironwood forest covering hundreds of hectares of land in Yen Thanh district of the central province of Nghe An, the locality which has been well known for deforestation and forest fires.

Sculptor Ker Tik from the Co Tu ethnic community has worked to make his community's culture shine beyond its locality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people believe that the Year of the Horse 2014 will bring good luck and prosperity, peace and happiness. One place in which the horse is particularly revered is Bac Ha,

Vietnam now has 10,543 professors and associate professors, publishes 1,000 scientific articles a year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam News asked readers what their thoughts were on a wave of new Western-style coffee shops entering Viet Nam, offering coffee starkly different from the traditional dark brews typically served with condensed milk.

Showing affection boldly right in the classroom, uploading sex clip videos on the Internet, making scenes of jealousy at school, pregnant teenagers ... are the signals of the degeneration of “school love”, which worry the schools and parents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having a cocktail and talking with a few new friends is how to enjoy the nightlife of many expats and foreign tourists in the Hanoi Old Quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta has a unique museum which can be found in the home of a farmer who has spent the last 40 years collecting antiques.

The government’s proposal to collect dividends from the shares it holds in state owned enterprises (SOEs) has got prompt approval from the National Assembly. Economists have commented that the decision should have been made earlier.

The biggest benefit of the business type is that the owners can make money from both the daily business and from the brand franchising. The market witnesses the high annual 20-30 percent growth rate.

Violinist Bui Cong Duy on February 2 performed Felix Mendelssohn’s concerto Op.64 in Berlin to the accompaniment of world renowned Berliner Symphoniker.  

For over 500 years, Ma Chau Village, also called "Tam Tang Silk Village", in Nam Phuoc Town, Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province has been famous both at home and abroad for silk weaving.

 The tile-roof bridge of Luong Pagoda in Hai Anh Commune, Hai Hau District, Nam Dinh Province has existed for over 400 years.

 Vinh Long is not only well-known as a “Land of Orchards” with laden fruit trees all year round, but also a “Land of ceramics and bricks”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After decades belonging to galleries and exhibitions outside Viet Nam, several paintings by famous Vietnamese painters have been returned to the country thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a Vietnamese art collector,

Socio-economic development and improving the lives of ethnic minorities has not distracted from the need to preserve and promote the cultural values of Central Highland ethnicitties.

The Vietnamese people create giant-size traditional Tet items as part of the numerous activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year.