UNESCO heritage site Hoi An has launched a tourism stimulus programme with the participation of travel and services companies to attract tourists.

 A number of special art performances will be held at amusement parks in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2016.

 The International Fleet Review (IFR) took place in India on February 6 with the participation of nearly 50 countries, including Vietnam.

V.League 1's Quang Ninh Coal inked a three-year contract with defender Nguyen Thanh Hien of Dong Thap Club and national team.  

 Newly-elected Politburo Member and Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has been nominated as the secretary of HCM City's Party Committee for the next five-year term.

 An inclusive growth path – rapid, sustainable growth that leaves no one behind – is key to achieving overall progress in human development, according to the Vietnam Human Development Report 2015 released on February 5.

 Noticeable figures of new Political Bureau

 VietNamNet Bridge – Flowers and ornamental trees from southwestern provinces and peach trees from the northern region have flooded HCM City spring flower markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius practiced calligraphy under the instruction of senior calligrapher Cung Khac Luoc at the Hanoi Calligraphy Festival on February 3. This is the second Tet for the US Ambassador in Vietnam.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an attempt to reduce traffic accidents in the city, Ha Noi police suddenly fined more than 100 pedestrians, starting early this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of supercars in HCM City has reached almost 100, so it is not difficult to see luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands of USD on Saigon streets.

VietNamNet Bridge - The bankers that were seriously criticized by the local press in 2015 were those that managed banks involved in bad debt scandals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taking photos at Sa Dec flower gardens, visiting Lai Vung mandarin gardens, rowing small boats on the canal ... are experiences you should try in the last days of the year.

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 The Prime Minister has approved a project on preserving and improving value of Nguyen Dynasty wood blocks (moc ban), a UNESCO-recognised documentary heritage item.

A more than 100- year old banyan tree in the central province of Binh Dinh has been certificated as a Vietnamese Heritage Tree by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Thai Muay squad aim to win two gold medals at this year's Asian Beach Games (ABG).

The People's Supreme Procuracy on Wednesday (Feb 3) began legal proceedings against nine people for violating construction regulations that caused breaks in water supplies at the Vietnam Construction, Import - Export Corporation (Vinaconex).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien spoke with Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) about changes to the education system, especially for high schools.