Fishermen in the central region who worked during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday returned to shore over the weekend with a bountiful catch due to good weather and fewer fishing boats out at sea during the festive period.

 There is no escaping the inevitable fact that larger crop farms perform better financially, on average, than smaller farms. The difference results mainly from lower costs of production. 

 A gunman has opened fire at a convenience store in South Korea, killing three people, local media say.

Fishermen on Ly Son island have kicked off a boat racing festival in the Lunar New Year to wish for peace and prosperity for the people and to commemorate ancestors and Hoang Sa (Paracel) soldiers who protect the country's borders.

The successful sequencing of the genome of a people is highly significant. Recently a group of scientists added Vietnam to the list of 20 countries successfully sequencing the genome of their peoples.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Nguyen Van Tien, former lecturer of the College of Foreign Economic Relations (Cofer), has said the school had committed copyright infringement by using his textbook without permission.

Despite international and local criticism about animal cruelty, the annual Pig Slaughter Ceremony in Bac Ninh Province went ahead on February 24 with participants maintaining they want to keep traditional customs alive.

 Private film companies that sunk large amounts of money into making movies for release at Tet (Lunar New Year) saw high ticket sales, while theatres also had large crowds.

 More than 140 amateurs from Thailand, Hong Kong and Viet Nam will compete in the Da Nang Golf Club Championship, the club announced yesterday.

 Vietnam's U23 team gathered at the Ha Noi-based Viet Nam Football Training Centre yesterday to practice for the 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifier.

 As many as 50,000 people flocked to the holy site in Ha Noi's suburban My Duc District on the opening day of the increasingly popular three-month long Huong Pagoda Festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past few years, some veterinary experts, forest rangers and volunteers in Viet Nam have been rescuing and caring for birds, particularly endangered species, at a national wildlife reserve.

 The northern province of Tuyen Quang is taking steps to have the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic group be included on the list of the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

 Bookings by both domestic and international adventurers to explore the world's biggest cave, Son Doong in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province, have reached 267 since the tour launched early this month.

 Vietnam is working fast to repair business gaps in anticipation of a myriad of bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTA) expected to be signed in 2015.

Viet Nam is ranked 75th among 93 countries in the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index, which measures a nation's competitiveness based on the quality of talent it can produce, attract and retain.

 Vietnam's cashew industry exported more than US$2 million worth of the kernels in 2014 - for the first time.

  In the warm atmosphere of the Lunar New Year Festival, people like to stay with their families. However, many doctors and nurses must continue their work over Tet.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung struck the gong symbolizing the opening of the first trading session of the Year of the Goat at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on February 24, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

 Presient Truong Tan Sang launched 2015’s tree-planting festival at Hung King temple in northern Phu Tho province, on February 24.