VietNamNet Bridge – It is portrait season at historical and cultural sites in Ha Noi, such as Van Mieu and Hoan Kiem Lake. During Tet, enterprising professional and amateur painters and fine arts students can earn as much as VND1 million a day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ricky Foresters, the 33-year-old American owner of Hanoi’s only canine obedience centre Alpha Dog, is helping the capital city’s dog owners train their beloved pets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ADGE and TNT Theatre Britain will present the thriller-cum-horror comedy Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Ha Noi and HCM City in early March.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Around 250 bikes will be available for rent for only VND4,000-5,000 ($0.19) per hour under a pilot project in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

 Ethnic spring festivals on show this month; Da Lat kicks off horse racing on Valentine’s Day; Fishing village pays tribute to founder; Spring book fair to open in Hanoi; “Pushkin in Vietnam” opens in Hanoi

 Hanoi set to host traditional festivities for ethnic groups; Cherry Blossom Festival to open in Ha Long; Calligraphy class nourishes traditional values; Tran Temple Festival receives national heritage honour

VietNamNet Bridge – The Goethe Institute in Ha Noi will offer German films for public viewing at the end of this month, include a diverse mixture of successful German movies. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - From early January, Hanoi recorded 98 cases of typhus, suspected of measles, of which 30 cases were positive for measles.

 Lang Son confirms no H7N9 infection; HCM City to set up new post-planning office; Ha Noi suburbs face shortage of clean water; First Vietnamese school for children inaugurated in Japan; One killed in HCM City house fire

 VietNamNet Bridge - Close your eyes and listen to the breath of Hanoi night, you will hear the whisper of streets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beautiful sunny weather marked the first day of the Lunar New Year in Ha Noi. Chaotic streets were replaced by empty roads. The busy crowds disappeared as people spent their time reconnecting with families

 VietNamNet Bridge – Throughout Viet Nam, residents of ancient houses are watching them disintegrate due to a lack of funds for repairs. Can the ongoing efforts to restore these old homes succeed?

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The following is a list of some of the most typical snack foods that have become a part of winter in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2013, the capital tackled unnecessary bureaucracy and ‘sluggishness', Pham Quang Nghi, Party General Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee, tells Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Capital demand for building infrastructure of the electricity industry is increasing, but the industry still has difficulty in gaining access to it, stated Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tet atmosphere of the 1990s was so simple, warm and fun through the lens of two foreign photographers Steve Raymer and Nevada Wier.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The antique fair opens once a year, from 23rd to 30th of the 12th lunar month (January 23-30 this year) at the intersection of five streets in the Hanoi's Old Quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Today, according to the lunar calendar, the Vietnamese people believe the Kitchen God (Ong Tao) will begin his journey to the Heavenly Palace.

 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.