Unsecured websites and spyware were the two most serious cyber problems last year, the Back Khoa Anti-virus Centre has said in a report.

 HCM City opens free 3D cinemas for children in 24 locations; Viet Nam makes it to Kolkata's International Book Fair; Thai documentary series features Vietnam; 2,000-year-old drum face unearthed in Ha Tinh

 Twenty untitled oil and pastel paintings by artist Nguyen Tu Nghiem are on display at the Eight Gallery in HCM City.

 The UAE national football squad will arrive in Vietnam on February 4 to prepare for their Asian Cup qualifying match against the hosts.

$2b credit for poor students; Bus companies plan to hike festival fares; Vietnam responds to World Wetlands Day; Hanoi reduces jail terms for 386 prisoners; Kidnapped infant rescued at border

As much as VND300 billion (US$14 million) has been collected in road maintenance fees since the regulation on the fee took effect at the beginning of this year.

The Gioi (World) Publishers on Wednesday, Jan 30, issued a new book entitled Arts of Viet Nam 1009-1945, the first history to be published in English of the development of the arts throughout Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mui Ne’s strong winds and bumpy ocean conditions have bred some of Asia’s top freestyle kiteboarders.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association (VFA) has protested against the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s launch of investigation under an anti-subsidy lawsuit against frozen warm-water shrimp imported

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 30 organised a meeting with Hanoi-based foreign correspondents and press attachés of foreign diplomatic representative agencies in Vietnam

 New headquarters for Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia; Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association’s activities under review; New group fosters Algeria-Vietnam friendship; Nobel Prize winner Kroto visits Vietnam

A meeting to mark the 83rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the 1968 Spring Offensive and Uprising was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.

 The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism coordinated with the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee hosted a New Year get-together for diplomatic corps in Hanoi on February 1.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has its reason to tighten the control over the quality of the inter-school education, the type of education which allows students to pass credits to continue the study at higher levels.

VietNamNet Bridge – The market appears to be gloomier than it was in the most pessimistic forecast. The demand is so weak that travel firms have to sell Tet tours at a loss.

VietNamNet Bridge – No matter what way Vietnam follows to develop rice production and export, the way must ensure two things – the benefits for farmers and the stability of the rice trade.

VietNamNet Bridge - For years, the business of growing lotus plants have strongly developed in the area of Dong Thap Muoi in Nhon Hoa Commune, Tan Thanh District, Long An Province, helping the locals escape poverty and have a stable life.

If the ancient village of Duong Lam (Hanoi) is a symbol of architecture of the northern plains, the ancient village of Phuoc Tich (Thua Thien-Hue) is the symbol of architecture of the central region.

 Vietnam’s economy still difficult but shows positive signs; January’s trade surplus reaches US$200 million; Thailand wants to foster rice trade ties with Vietnam; Delta farmers in rice price dilemma

Being busy with making banh chung, watering vegetables, and decorating houses with peaches and kumquat trees but naval soldiers on the islands of Tran and Tra Ban in Quang Ninh province do not forget their mission of guarding the nation’s waters.

Over 4,200 enterprises had dissolved or suspended their operations in the year to January 20, up nearly 7% against the preceding month and 11.3% year-on-year,

A private airline may have to stop flying after Tet (February 2013), Tien Phong has quoted its sources from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) as reporting.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2012, the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development started to implement 28 agricultural models which contribute to changing the face of rural areas and increasing the income of the farmers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of mining enterprises have been found as running away after the mining period and not fulfilling the post-mining works they committed when receiving the exploitation licenses.

Poor farmers living in rural areas have been afflicted because of the “hy-spy” game played by Chinese merchants. After collecting ornamental trees in masses, they quietly disappeared, leaving farmers with unsold trees and losses.