VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has told State-owned enterprise (SOEs) to divest a total of more than VND14.5 trillion (some US$679.5 million) from non-core business operations this year.

It is unrealistic to expect Greece to repay its huge debt in full, the chief economics spokesman for the victorious Syriza party has told the BBC.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Stone lions used by the Chinese to watch over tombs can be found in many temples in Vietnam.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed that building a strong ASEAN community is important to its members as it will step up their regional and global integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The prestigious seafood journal, “Seafood Intrafish”, has announced the Top 100 most influential people in the fisheries sector worldwide, with two Vietnamese names.

HCMC opens photo exhibition on wild birds; Researcher to speak on late writer Son Nam; Opera depicts life of national hero; Artist Anu performs for Australia Day

New York City and other areas in the north-east US have shut down as Winter Storm Juno is expected to dump as much as 90cm (36ins) of snow.

  Twelve people will be joining a 960-kilometer cycling tour from HCMC, Vietnam to Bangkok, Thailand from March 6 to 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Marriages between banks and financial firms are forecast to be vibrant this year, but industry experts assume such deals could bring banks both advantages and disadvantages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last Friday the Hanoi Market Management Bureau seized four tons of cosmetics and three tons of aromatherapy of unknown origin on the way from Lang Son to Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Designer Ly Qui Khanh, 27, has been invited to participate in the fashion show of the amfAR charity event of New York Fashion Week on February 19.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) wants Vietinbank and Vietcombank to become the leading banks of Viet Nam, and boost their scale at the regional level.

 Electric cars are proving popular in HCM City even though the authorities have yet to allow them to be registered for use due to concerns about safety and suitability to traffic conditions and drivers have been told to get off the road.

 Recently the public and architects have frowned on the overly bright new paint on the Saigon Central Post Office that is one of Ho Chi Minh City’s most prominent icons and 150 year old cultural heritages of ancient Saigon.

 Rare Ha Tinh langurs were found on a mountain in central Quang Binh, according to the local Forest Ranger Department.

 National Taekwondo player Le Huynh Chau recently announced a surprise retirement, which has left Viet Nam's fate during upcoming tournaments hanging in the balance.

Viet Nam have called 732 sportspersons to take part in intensive training courses in preparation for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, to be held this June in Singapore.

Huynh Duc Tho, a member of the Da Nang Party Standing Committee and Vice Chair of the Da Nang People’s Committee, was elected chairman of the People’s Committee of Da Nang, the biggest city in central Vietnam, at a meeting this morning.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given his approval of a proposal to build a water reservoir at the U Minh Ha National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

 New water- and cost-efficient farming techniques will allow Vietnam to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in wet rice production by 15 to 20 percent by 2020, said the Director of the Institute for Agricultural Environment.