VietNamNet Bridge - This is the first time scientists have discovered an ancient rock dump of the Ho Dynasty, with relatively intact rock cannonballs.

On February 15, on the Hoai River in Hoi An, foreign visitors and local people participated in traditional boat racing to celebrate the New Year. Thousands of people stood on both sides of the river to cheer the racers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has not only participated actively in promoting ASEAN as a member nation has but also played a leading role in ASEAN’s cooperation process.

Seven people, including three children, were killed and one was injured after a truck crashed into three motorcycles in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on February 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese spend $1.5 billion dollars to receive training at foreign universities, $2 billion to have healthcare abroad and $3.5 billion on outbound tours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam have retained their No1 position in Southeast Asia, ranking 134th despite their recent loss to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and San Marino signed an agreement to avoid double taxation in Rome, Italy on February 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIDE Grand Prix 2012 champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov outplayed top Vietnamese talent Le Quang Liem at the on-going Aeroflot Open final in Moscow on February 16.

After Tet, peach branches and trees are piled up along the road, on rubbish trucks or even burned on the road. According to the street sweepers, the clean-up of used peach branches will finish until the end of February.

Pre-Tet and Tet days prove to be the busiest days for students, because they have to move heaven and earth to arrange money to invite teachers to Tet parties.

As one of the country's few flute soloist, Nguyen Dieu Hong has been a key member the Viet Nam Symphony Orchestra, performing at more than 60 concerts a year.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Civets, deer, roebucks and porcupines are butchered and hung for sale along the way to the Huong (Perfurme) Pagoda.

On February 17, 8 boats carrying the icons of dragon, unicorn, turtle and phoenix joined the final race in the waters of Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai province, to the cheers of thousands of local residents and visitors.

Vietnam – an emerging tourist destination; Hanoi business incubator developed; Can Tho targets becoming largest Mekong Delta trade centre; Energy prices to follow market trends

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese labor export firms all confirmed that they have received a lot of big orders from Japan, which promises a prosperous year 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has conferred the Friendship Order on Nikolay Kolesnik, chairman of the interregional public organisation representing former Soviet Union and Russian experts

 The yen weakened in Asia after G20 finance ministers pledged not to devalue their currencies and avoided targeting Tokyo over the recent plunge in the Japanese unit.

Major oil industry executives gather in Nigeria's capital for an annual conference this week with Africa's largest crude producer under pressure over reports alleging large-scale corruption and mismanagement.

Sea horses have been hunted everywhere in coastal provinces by people, just because they are considered the panacea for gentlemen.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOI) has issued a series of documents, allowing some local enterprises exporting raw materials to help reduce the inventories.

The professionalism, not the big sum of money, will decide the success of tourism promotion programs.

 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Saturday proposed establishing a common defense system to counter space threats, one day after a meteorite explosion injured some 1,200 people in the Chelyabinsk region

Vietnamese enterprises do not lack money or technologies to implement PPP (private public partnership) projects. What they lack is the feeling of safety when they implement the projects.

After the old trees in the Yok Don National Park were chopped down by illegal lumberjacks, the young trees in the forest have also disappeared recently.

International Jew's Harp Society member Nguyen Duc Minh talks about his passion for the rare instrument.