VietNamNet Bridge – If you want a new destination for your weekend getaway, you are advised to give Ba Ra Mountain in Binh Phuoc Province a try.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung has described 2014 as a successful year for the relationship between Vietnam and Japan since the two countries elevated their ties to an extensive strategic partnership.

 Pham Ngoc Vien,general director of the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) hopes this year's season, which kicked off on January 4,will be one for the record books for both the team and fans.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In its glory days, Funan controlled the land stretching from the southern part of central Vietnam to the Me Nam river valley of Thailand.

Quang Ninh Province is stepping up procedures and site clearance so that work on an airport and a recreational complex including a casino can start in April.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the Lunar New Year (Tet) nears, residents in Ward 6 of Yen Dinh town, Hai Hau district in the northern province of Nam Dinh are hurrying to complete hundreds of longan cake batches from morning till midnight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of young Vietnamese couples are opting for Buddhist wedding ceremonies.

 Three boys drown in Phu Yen pond; 10,000 Mekong Delta households get electricity before Tet; Boat rescues fisherman from sea; Relocated families get drinking water supply; Nghe An opens tourist info centre

 Amongst many taboos and rituals connected with the Lunar New Year in Vietnam is xong dat , or “first-footing” as the Scots call it.

 Vietnam aims to send 90,000 guest workers abroad in 2015, deputy director of the Overseas Labour Management Department Tong Hai Nam told Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times).

 More than 75,000 tourists including 40,000 foreign arrivals have registered to visit the old imperial city of Hue during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), according to the Thua Thien Hue province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Nguyen Thi Thu Mai of Viet Nam won a bronze medal at the 22nd Asian Track and Road Junior Cycling Championships, which ended last weekend in Thailand.

 Coach Phan Thanh Hung has admitted that FC Seoul were too strong for Ha Noi T&T during the Asian Football Confederation Champions League play-off match yesterday in Seoul.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Dak To District's Tan Canh Commune claim they are forced to use polluted water pumped from the Poko River to water their coffee bushes.

 It's hard to find ancient wild peach branches on sale in the northern mountainous province of Son La, due to their overexploitation by the local people.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is expected to see rising remittances enter the property market, following the amended housing law that allows Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) to own a house in the country.

 About 275 traffic accidents occurred over five days of the Tet (Lunar New Year) vacation, killing 164 people and injuring 237.

 Vietnamese all over the world have organised plentiful activities to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), their most important festival in a year.

Prof. Dr . Nguyen Quoc Sy became an official member of the Electrical Sciences Academy of Russia after getting an absolute majority in a vote on February 17.

 Some 200 tourists arrived at Tien Sa port in central Da Nang city in the morning of February 19, the first day in the year of goat.