Ha Quang Tuyen, director of the System of National Accounts Department under the General Statistics Office (GSO), talks about how Vietnam could achieve growth of 6.2% as targeted.

 Mars rover Opportunity, which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems, Nasa has said.

The uncontrolled development of waste recycling, which has caused pollution, has turned Xa Cau Hamlet in Quang Phu Cau Commune in the suburb district of Ung Hoa into the largest “garbage village” in Hanoi.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has chosen the current national U19 team to compete at the coming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore.

The weak English skills of incoming students, the big difference in students’ abilities and the high number of students in every class will all make it hard to implement the national foreign language teaching program at universities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For her entire life, Ms. Le Thi Quy, 80, has collected orphaned, abandoned cats from the street to feed. She lives in a small house in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City.

Foreign investors’ indifference to Vietnamese state-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) initial public offerings (IPOs) is feared to hinder the plan to equitize 432 SOEs in 2015.

A collection of traditional Vietnamese ao dai made from traditional materials such as My A silk and highlighted by the image of lotus is featured in a 20-minute program which Japan’s Fuji Television Station made at Vo Viet Chung showroom in HCMC.

 The award-winning film Flapping In The Middle Of Nowhere will be screened officially in CGV cinemas, starting on January 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – R&D firms need sound business strategies and more skilled researchers to overcome current challenges,

VietNamNet Bridge – Apart from its romantic sightseeing spots, Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has other new and wild places that are perfect for adventurers, including Hang Cop

Tim Doling, an English cultural researcher, has spent nearly 20 years trying to preserve architectural heritage sites in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts have been talking a lot lately about the so-called “domestic brain drain”, the movement of scientists leaving state-owned institutes for private companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Potentially one of the most monumental and important free trade agreements that Vietnam has ever entered into is poised to be signed.

 Vietnam is seen as a pro-active and responsible member of the international community with expanded relations with all nations across the globe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Once used to make bricks and build homes by people who could not afford modern materials, laterite has spawned a new art in a Ha Noi Commune, and the rusty-red clay sculptures are making villagers wealthy.

Safety checks of hydropower projects urged; Saigon Railway to add trains for New Year holiday; New health insurance not affect life threatened patients; Teachers struggle to find job in HCM City; Women-only bus routes infeasible, experts say

 A broad range of cultural programmes are being held at the Culture and Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups to mark the start of 2015.

Over 31.9 trillion VND worth of G-bonds sold in December; Processing, manufacturing industry performs well in 2014; More positive signs for economy; Retail sales up 10.6% in 2014; Number of re-operated enterprises up 7.1%

 The majority of cancer cases can be explained by "bad luck" rather than the result of environmental factors and inherited genes, a U.S. study said Thursday.