Police in India's West Bengal have held 13 people in connection with a gang rape of a woman allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawyers have warned that if VietinBank denies the responsibility for its worker’s behavior of appropriating institutions’ and individuals’ money, depositors would keep away from banks.

 UN mediator for Syrian peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi is to hold separate talks with rival delegations to assess their willingness to meet together.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Although the unemployment rate increased slightly from 1.81% to 1.9% over the same period of 2012, Vietnam is still among the countries with the lowest unemployment rates across the globe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 18-year-old female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has been voted Vietnam's top athlete in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, the Z121 factory delivered fireworks to 24 provinces and cities for the New Year’s Eve firework shows 2014, on midnight January 30, 2014.

Since January 19, 41 students of the Tri Duc high school in Hanoi have been hospitalized with symptoms of flu. Quick tests showed that they were positive for H1N1 virus, the strain that caused the pandemic in 2009.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A week before the lunar New Year 2014 or Tet, traffic congestion is reported on many roads in Hanoi, despite the effort of traffic policemen. It has become nightmare for Hanoians these days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world-renowned Manchester United football club is bringing its Premier League trophy to Viet Nam next month.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Education and Training and research institutions to add the contents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands into in textbooks at all levels of education.

 Vietnamese fencers have successfully bagged a total of 9 gold,3 silver and 2 bronze medals at the ongoing Southeast Asian Fencing Championships in Malaysia.

The big changes in Japan’s policy on the country’s agriculture subsidization would force Japanese enterprises to cooperate with the countries which have advantages in agriculture production like Vietnam.

 The Viet Nam Federation of UNESCO Association has listed a 119-year-old house called Huynh Thuy Le Ancient House in Sa Dec Town in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap as one of Viet Nam's most impressive destinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – With the Tet holiday fast approaching and the demand for goods expected to skyrocket, Vietnamese officials and consumers are becoming increasingly wary of imported agricultural goods, particularly those from neighbouring China.

The fact that the Binh Thuan provincial authorities have agreed to extend the project to discover a treasure at Tau Mountain has raised a worry that the environment and geological conditions would be severely affected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many rare and expensive kinds of animals, which were considered as specialties offered for Kings in the past, are now being displayed at Hanoi Spring Fair 2014 as Tet nears.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese plastics manufacturers hope they can regain the US market after it was dislodged from the market five years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efforts are on to prevent a possible oil spill in the Sai Gon River from the hydrofoil that burst into flames on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines has cut airfare for residents of Con Dao Island on HCM City-Con Dao route from January 21 following a request by Transport Minister Dinh La Thang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has slipped to the 48th place in the latest world rankings in January, with an Elo rating of 2,703, according to the World Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Women's Football Championships will be organised next month with the best athletes being selected for the national team.

 Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday that the army would closely monitor the situation after the caretaker government invoked a 60-day emergency decree in the capital and surrounding provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing the oversupply of high technology zones and economic zones (EZs).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underground water, which provides 35-50 percent of the total water volume provided to urban areas nationwide, has been seriously polluted and decreasing in reserves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel is all about street food these days, especially if you're visiting Viet Nam, a country where food is at the heart of the culture.