VietNamNet Bridge - About 130km from HCM City, Sa Dec flower village in Dong Thap Province provides flowers to the southwestern provinces and HCM City.

Calligraphers are showing their beautiful writings in both Chinese and Vietnamese characters on the 'Street of Calligraphers' (Pham Ngoc Thach), as gifts with best wishes for prosperity and happiness in the upcoming new Year of the Monkey.

The two ambassadors joined in the Tet (Lunar New Year) custom of releasing carp on the occasion of the Kitchen Gods Day (23rd Lunar December).

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 Vietnamese abroad are looking forward to changes after the 12th National Party Congress concluded successfully with numerous new important policies.

 Stronger economic cooperation between Israel and Vietnam will benefit both nations, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin affirmed during a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Cao Tran Quoc Hai who came to present his credentials on February 2.

 Saudi Arabia wishes to promote its time-honoured relations with Viet Nam and considers it an important partner in Asia, said Chairman of the country's Consultative Assembly Abdullah Bin Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Sheikh.

 A tour of yellow-eyed grass fields, a natural attraction in Dong Thap Muoi (plain of reeds) during the flood season, has been launched to attract more visitors during spring.

 Viet Nam TravelMart Agency offers daily helicopter tour services over Da Nang during the Tet holiday.

 The ancient town of Hoi An inaugurates a ‘Spring Festival Fair' at the junction of Nguyen Hue and Tran Hung Dao, near Hoi An Market, today.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung accepted the proposal of the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) to sell 70 per cent of Damen Song Cam Shipyard to the Netherlands' Damen Shipyards Group.

 The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a special wanted notice as part of its global hunt for a Vietnamese man named Nguyen Quoc Tuan.

 The People's Committee of HCM City has approved a five-year plan to promote cultivation of organic and safe vegetables.

Suntory Pepsico Vietnam has not given any official answer to the question about the quality of Oo Long tea allegedly made of materials from China. The Food Safety Department stated that the company will have to give an explanation this week.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Parents and educators cannot agree about whether to keep students at home on cold days.

Beautiful bank officers and luxury rooms with air conditioners will no longer be attractive to Vietnamese customers in the future, when they can stay at home and make transactions through e-banking.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has warned that the underground water levels in coastal provinces and cities from Hai Phong City in the north to Ca Mau province in the south have been decreasing dramatically.

In his address at the 12th National Party Congress, Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment, stressed the need for Viet Nam to speed up its institutional reform toward a prosperous, creative, equal and democratic nation.

After being temporarily moved to Ham Nghi Boulevard last year pending the upgrade of Nguyen Hue Boulevard into a pedestrian square, the flower street for the upcoming Lunar New Year will be back to its original place.