VietNamNet Bridge – A woman from the central province of Nghe An was arrested on February 12 while transporting six dead, frozen monkeys in a sack.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese boy Do Nhat Nam who has excellent English and writing talent, recently ranked first in Dallas, USA at a presentation contest after only five months studying in the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese tax authority will investigate 26 tax accounts held with HSBC's controversial Swiss bank, which has been accused of helping affluent tax-dodgers across the world.

 The Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL) has entered a joint venture (JV) with real-estate and investment firm Rowsley Ltd. for developing a mixed-use project in Yangon, Myanmar.

 The V.League 1's Quang Ninh Coal team achieved an awards hat-trick in January, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

Hanoi's Hang Luoc Street in the old quarter is famous for its traditional Tet flower market. Nguyen Viet Thanh shows images of the market on a spring morning, a week ahead of the Year of the Goat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai's (HAGL's) striker Nguyen Cong Phuong has been found guilty of violating the national team's trade rights after he wore the team's jersey during a beer commercial.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many travel agencies have reported their domestic and international tours for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday are almost fully booked and bookings are up at least 10% compared to last Tet.

The Hoi An Culture and Sports Centre has issued a notice, suspending all tour guide activities during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 HCM City's gateways and many streets in the downtown areas are regularly gridlocked in the run-up to Tet with people trapped in traffic unable to get any real time information about the jams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water puppetry and Dong Ho paintings are just two amongst Viet Nam's many traditional arts selected to entertain locals and tourists alike during the Lunar New Year holiday season in Ha Noi's Old Quarter.

 The Ministry of Health's Food Hygiene and Safety Department has instructed the health sector in Binh Duong Province to set up an inter-disciplinary team to inspect production activities at the Tan Hiep Phat Beverage Group in Thuan An Commune.

 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival paintings of the Sinh village are a combination of traditional culture and ancient artistic methods and have been part of the of the Hue ethnic minority culture for over four centuries.

 For the first time, Vietnamese tourism agencies are displaying their products at an international tourism fair in Tehran, Iran, which commenced on February 12.

VietNamNet Bridge – The decision by foreign express companies to expand their business in Vietnam reflects the promising market in the country.

 The Prime Minister has approved the “Integrating Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Forest Management in Trung Truong Son Landscapes” project.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Health signed a cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) with medical universities in Japan’s Kansai region and the Japan Association for International Health on February 12.

 The ancient city of Hoi An in central Quang Nam province will launch a wide range of public cultural activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival this year.

Bach Khoa Anti-virus Center (BKAV) last week reported that 1,600 computers in Vietnam had been  infected with CTBLocker, a dangerous ransomware infection that decrypts files on computers and displays a so-called ransom warning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Education in Viet Nam has always been a subject that arouses passionate discussion as it involves small children and almost every family has something to say about it.