Spring is the best time to see cherry blossoms in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat, particularly now that the lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is approaching.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has extended his thanks and New Year greetings to all veteran revolutionaries, leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, people nationwide and overseas Vietnamese.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The days before the lunar New Year Festival, Hanoi’s streets are beautiful with the colors of flowers. The flower markets of Quang Ba nad Hang Luoc, and the roads of Lac Long Quan and Hoang Quoc Viet look like flower roads.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ba Thien Hau (Pagoda of the Lady Thien Hau) is regarded as one of the oldest, largest and most beautiful temples of about 30 Chinese pagodas in HCM City.

 Many investors are currently seeking opportunities to plant macadamia, as the industrial-scale growth of this tree could be hugely lucrative for Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 singers, dancers, musicians, and theatre performers in HCM City are featured in a performance on a DVD released today for Lunar New Year.

 Hai Phong police bust cigarette smuggling ring; Container car catches fire while being driven; Some 2.7kg of drug seized at Noi Bai Airport; Tet gifts may mask bribery, corruption; Hospitals to tighten measles prevention measures

More than 100 professional and amateur performers from local art troupes, and foreign embassies and cultural centres joined the “Chao nam

 Central bank mulls loans for macadamia growing projects; PV Gas targets VND70 trillion revenue; Vietnam sees expanding job pool for its overseas workers; ASEAN women entrepreneurs to gather in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC will select waste treatment firms via tenders to keep prices at reasonable levels, save the State budget and ensure a fair business environment for enterprises in the sector,

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Valentine’s Day (February 14), passengers on Vietjet flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok were surprised to witness the wedding of the same-sex couple Thanh Phuong and Ai Linh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After over 10 years of growing amongst coffee, pepper and cashew plants in the Central Highlands, macadamia trees have become wildly popular among local farmers,

 Fast-food giant McDonald’s has just opened its fourth Vietnamese outlet in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of one year of its presence in the country, the Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper reported.

 An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Nang Kayak Club will offer kayak tours of the Han River to watch fireworks on Tet Eve, which falls on February 18.

 Electronics retailer Tran Anh Digital World JSC said it will close its electronics supermarkets in Vincom's Times City and Royal City on February 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese coach of Viet Nam's national team, Toshiya Miura, announced yesterday (Feb 13), the U23 team that will compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The low-cost airline Vietjet yesterday received the third Airbus A320 at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City.

 The eurozone's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.3% in the last three months of 2014, helped by rapid growth in Germany.

Visiting Suoi Giang Commune travellers will not only enjoy poetic scenery but also have a chance to taste tea collected from 1,000-year-old trees and learn about the peaceful life of the local people.