Conservation officials were hopeful Tuesday that most of a pod of 46 stranded pilot whales had made it out to sea after finding one dead animal on the coast at the top of New Zealand's South Island.

 Though Vietnam does not play any international matches in January, it jumps one notch in January’s FIFA standings to 143rd position.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have pocketed five gold medals after the second day of competition at the ongoing Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships in Malaysia.

 Boat on Sai Gon River bursts into flames; Father arrested for selling newborn son; 800 plastic toy guns seized in Ha Noi; Boat capsizes off Thua Thien-Hue, four missing; Large Tet warehouse burnt down in capital

 Iran started Monday to implement a nuclear deal reached with six world powers in Geneva late last year by halting its 20 percent uranium enrichment, a sensitive part of its controversial nuclear program.

 VietNamNet Brige – The rapid increase of the Vietnamese income and the strong rise of the middle class explains why most of the big guys in the world want to sell their goods to Vietnam.

Viet Nam eyes increased ties with Belgium; Nation steps up RoK co-operation; Banquet held for international officials; Deputy PM affirms Vietnam’s comprehensive integration policy

 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has warned that the country's stability is threatened by continuing clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the capital Kiev.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After studying clips and the evidence collected from the scene, Thai Nguyen police have arrested four workers for "disturbing public order."

 VietNamNet Bridge - After a week of illness, a 52-year-old man in Binh Minh commune, Bu Dang district of Binh Phuoc province, died. This is the first death by influenza A (H5N1) in 2014, after 9 months of no human case reported.

After a hydrofoil carrying more than 90 people caught fire on the Saigon River, the HCM City People's Committee has decided to suspend the operation of all hydrofoils running on the HCM City-Vung Tau route for inspection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's renowned artists are heralding the new year with their latest exhibition titled Mua Xuan (Spring).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The heart-shaped Phu Quoc Island of Viet Nam ranked third in the list of best winter trips 2014, according to the U.S.-based National Geographic Traveler magazine.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Around 300 workers of two seafood processing companies in the Tra Noc Industrial Zone in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho refused to work, asking for Tet bonuses and seniority allowances.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a rare showing, the winners of Voice Kids Viet Nam 2013, Nguyen Quang Anh and Phuong My Chi, defeated older singers to win the Mai Vang (Golden Ochna) Awards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A spring festival to welcome the upcoming (Tet) Lunar New Year of the Horse is underway at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts, in the capital city of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is striving to perfect its laws and policies to foster the rights of disabled people and plans to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam will lend US$70 million to an An Giang-based company to carry out its big paddy field programme in the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has won a high profile lawsuit in which South Fork Ltd Company of the US sued the Binh Thuan provincial People’s Committee for an indemnity of US$3.75 billion for costs and expenses it spent on its project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – France and Vietnam have agreed to cooperate in the training of peace-keeping forces within the framework of United Nations activities, Lieutenant Colonel Nadia-Piercy has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided that foreign languages would not be the compulsory exam subjects in the 2013-2014 finals.

The taxation bodies have requested coffee enterprises to reimburse the VAT refund and reduced the tax deductions of hundreds of billions of dong. Enterprises have claimed to be innocent, vowing to fight to the last breath.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of enterprises have made heavy investment to develop OTT protocol IPTV, which is believed to be an inevitable tendency. However, analysts commented that they embark on a risky, doubtful venture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A beefy gaur, which might lose its way or be defeated in the battle for the “leader” position, has moved to live in the Phuoc Binh National Park buffer zone, where it has produced tens of F1 cross bred bulls.

 VietNamNet Bridge – McDonald’s is wise enough to separate itself from the crowd by deciding not to set up its first shop in the downtown like other fast food brands.