VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, three toilets of 4-5 star standards opened at the Tao Dan Park, 23/9 Park and Le Van Tam Park in District 1, HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 5,500 tons of rice from the national reserve will be provided to six provinces as food aid during the lunar New Year (Tet holiday) and the between-crop period 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the decision signed on January 22 by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Mr. Truong Minh Tuan has become the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications from the signing day.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hoa, the boss of a print company in Thai Binh province, has stated to have successfully test his submarine, named Truong Sa (Spratly Islands).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The antique fair opens once a year, from 23rd to 30th of the 12th lunar month (January 23-30 this year) at the intersection of five streets in the Hanoi's Old Quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Situated in the center of Hue City, Thuy Bieu is a peaceful village with vast gardens of plum mangoes and nha ruong houses of hundreds of years old.

 The latest Vietnamese ao dai (Vietnamese gown) collection designed by Quynh Paris will be the centrepiece of a fashion show in California, the US, today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities may permit residents to use "non-explosive fireworks" during the coming Tet (Lunar New Year).

 Pre-Tet meeting held with foreign military attachés; Deputy PM meets EU, Swiss officials; Deputy PM’s speech at WEF forum; Vietnam shares agricultural vision at Davos

 VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of rushing to enroll in economics schools, students nowadays tend to choose technologies for their university studies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Government agencies and experts have warned that Chinese enterprises buy mining licenses to serve their plan to control the Vietnamese mineral industries.

 "Banh Chung" or Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people in Tet Holidays. For the Vietnamese, making "Banh Chung" is the ideal way to express gratitude to their ancestors and homeland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese yen depreciation by 20 percent against the US dollar has made Vietnamese software firms lose big money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported the encouraging achievements in protecting the forests in 2013. However, illegal logging remains a hot potato to the local authorities throughout the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Organisers of the country's longest festival, the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival, expect to reap the benefits of recent improvements made to appeal to more tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday (Jan 22) that the Government is determined to make "positive" changes in pricing management and the equitisation of State-owned enterprises this year.

 For over 100 years, Sa Dec Flower Village located near the Tien River has been well known as the land of thousands of varieties of exotic flowers and strange plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In this mountainous town, you will feel like time is drifting very slowly. An old man sits on the couch stroking the back of a lazy cat, some girls do embroidery at the threshold.

 Iran will urge oil giants to invest in its oil and gas industries at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, local media quoted the oil minister as saying on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Credit rating firm Fitch has revised Vietnam’s credit outlook to Positive from Stable due to economic movements in the past time.

  Hanoi to host Poetry Day 2014; Folk market features tasty treats; Buddhist art shown in HCMC; Movie star brings smiles to kids; Spring Festival attracts crowds; Capital city prepares to welcome Tet holiday

 HCM City pays $57m in unemployment benefits; Festive blooms stop the traffic; Viet Nam sees increase in ‘vulnerable' workers; Gov’t orders tightened measures to prevent bird flu; Major dredging work underway

State Audit announces 2014 shortlist; Positive signals for shrimp exports to Japan; Vinacomin’s power plan goes into overdrive; Formosa eyes import tax break; Ground breaks at new titanium plant

 VietNamNet Bridge – English Premier League club Arsenal has confirmed support for Viet Nam Under-19 (U-19) team during its European tour in March.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese expatriates gathered at the Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) event at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Ha Noi yesterday (Jan 23) to celebrate the upcoming Tet holiday.