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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Drug Administration of Viet Nam (DAVN) has asked the Rohto-Mentholatum Viet Nam Company to give details of the entire production process of Rohto eye drop products in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has honoured former Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh for his contributions to the cooperation between Japan and Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take some "drastic" medium and long-term measures to create a foundation for sustainable development, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday, Jan 23.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the explosive packages inside Chinese toys sent more than 30 pupils to hospital, tests show that the substances in these packages are not toxic.

 As many as 31 elderly Canadians are unaccounted for and five are confirmed dead after a fire destroyed an old people's home in Quebec.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of January 23 (the Kitchen God’s Festival), Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and overseas Vietnamese released carb and birds at the Tran Quoc, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - These days the temperature in HCM City has dropped to only 16 degrees Celsius. Many people have to light a fire against the rarest cold over the past decades.

At the opening ceremony of the spring flower festival of Sa Dec City, Dong Thap province on January 24, the Vietnam Record Book Center will recognize the national record: the largest fresh flower basket in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From early morning, people go to rivers and lakes to release carp to see the Kitchen God out to the heaven in the hope of a peaceful new year to everyone.

 A car bomb has exploded outside the police headquarters in Egypt's capital, killing four people and wounding 51, Egypt's health ministry says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International lighting experts praised the lighting design of the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang city, as "an inspirational solution for a unique project."

 VietNamNet Bridge – Road transportation would certainly scramble with hydrofoil for passengers once the highways have been put through for traffic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the hard times, many businesses give their employees special Tet gifts like sedge mats, doormats, chili sauce, shorts, incense and even screws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the tourism sector plans to receive 8 million international tourists, serve 37.5 million domestic tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Administering agencies are speeding up legal and technical preparations for the birth of the first exchange traded funds (ETFs) in Vietnam in the third quarter of this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The profits made by the state owned conglomerates operating in the key business fields are believed to be undeserving to the huge capital and power given to them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Belgium signed an agreement for supporting the innovation and development of Business Incubators Policy Project (BIPP) in Vietnam with a total budget of 4.4 million euros.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students win high prizes at all the international competitions and surveys conducted by international organizations. But Vietnam is among the countries with the lowest labor productivity index in the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year Viet Nam experienced the harshest weather conditions in five decades, climatologists told a seminar in HCM City on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The decline of the Sarus crane, the tallest flying bird in the world, is causing concern for conservationists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled near-by National Road No.20, around 152 kilometers from HCMC and 148 kilometers from Dalat City, Madagui Forest Tourist City in Lam Dong Province is renowned for its natural beauty,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The big enterprises such as Viettel, VNPT and FPT have been moving very slowly with their IPv6 plans, because the State has not released the required standards for IPv6.

 Activities feature traditional Tet customs; Cellist Xuan releases music video; Ecstasy – a night of poetry and butoh; Japanese reggae artists to perform; Graffiti party for Saigon Outcast; VN-English choreographer hosts dance